BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon by Cassandra M

BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha’s Little Demon Chapter 164 Book 2
Chapter 12 – Better Than Coffee
LUCIUS.
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“Good morning,” Patrea was the first one to greet me, and I immediately stood up. I took the mugs from her hands and placed them on the table.
Coffee. One was black, and one was with milk.
I pulled a chair for her, and she immediately sat down with a wide smile on her face, but her eyes were teasing me. “So what’s new in the news?”
“Hmmm…” My eyes darted to the newspaper I laid on the table, and I took in the first news that caught my eye. “It says that Delilah Guzman was being sued by her ex-husband for defamation.”
She laughed with her hand over her mouth, and my heart skipped a beat because her eyes were twinkling as if she found what I said amusing.
“I didn’t know entertainment news fascinated you. ” She teased.
“Not as much as you fascinate me.” I winked at her.
Red tints crept up her cheeks before she pointed at the coffee and ignored my words. “Coffee? I’m not sure what your eyes want, so…”
“Which one do you prefer to drink?”
“I can drink both, but I like the one with milk.”
I remained silent and pushed the coffee with milk in front of her, then took the black coffee to my lips and sipped it slowly, not minding that it was too hot. It could never burn me.
“How was your sleep?” I asked.
She was about to answer when a voice rang in the air.
“Good morning!”
I would have thrown fire at the f*cker for interrupting us if I hadn’t seen the way Patrea’s eyes grew wider, as if she could read my mind.
Both our heads then slowly tilted toward the boxwood bushes that separate Patrea’s land from her neighbor.
Patrea smiled at him, and I felt my lungs constrict. Did she need to smile at everyone?
“Good morning, Bernard,” she greeted him.

“I see you have a company. Care to introduce me to your friend or cousin?”
“Oh,” Patrea exclaimed before her head turned back in my direction.
I stood up from the chair before she could say anything, but it didn’t slip my gaze the way her eyes widened again.
I walked toward the fool and stood in front of him with just the bushes between us before laying out my hand. “Lucius.”
“Nice to meet you, man. My name is Bernard.”
“Same here. I’m Patrea’s boyfriend.” There, I said it.
He opened his mouth, but no words came out as his gaze went past behind me. We shook hands firmly, and I was dying to burn him, but I was proud of how I was able to control my fire.
“Well, Patrea never mentions she has a boyfriend.” He flashed a devil’s smirk without knowing I owned that look.
“I didn’t know my girlfriend was cozying up with the neighbor and letting him know about her private life.” I snapped at him, and I was not sure now if I was pissed off with him or with Patrea.
Were they close enough that he knew everything about her?
“I’m not cozying up with anyone,” A soft voice came from behind me before I felt a soft hand touch my back before she gripped it with her nails as if clawing me.
Her action f*cking aroused me.
“Except you…” she continued, and my head tilted down to look at the female who was now beside me. From the other side, it looked like she was holding me in her arm, but in reality, she was clawing my back.
My eyes locked with her, and I couldn’t help but smile because she looked annoyed, either with me or the f*cker, but it still didn’t change the fact that I liked her fingers on my skin.
“That’s what I thought,” I told her before snaking an arm around her shoulder and pulling her to my side. I was enjoying the feel of her body against my bare skin, especially in front of this f*cker.
“I see,” he scoffed without taking the smile off his face. “So are you moving in?”
“He’s just here for a vacation.”
“Vacation from work then. Where are you working?
I was not really in the mood to talk with him, but I had no choice at the moment. How do I tell someone to f*ck off without burning his ass with fire?
“Yup. Vacation from work I work as the CEO of a company in the south. Now before you ask for what company, I just want to remind you that I’m here for a vacation. Unless you want to apply and work for me, then I would rather keep the company names a secret.”
“Sounds fair. I work as an accountant for a company here, but I also do side jobs. Volunteer firefighter and personal trainer at the gym where Patrea goes for training.”
“I see. Nice to know.” Now, how the f*ck do I get Patrea out of here?
“He volunteered to be my personal trainer…” Patrea spoke in a soft voice, but I could hear the words loud and clear, and it made my forehead crease. “… but I refused because I don’t think you will appreciate that.”
“Good girl…” F*ck, I was not able to stop myself from saying that, but all the regret flew out of my mind the moment a smile slipped out of Patrea’s face as she glanced up at me.
Our eyes locked again, and for a f*cking moment, I forgot we have company.
“It’s nice to meet you, Barden. But I think I want to take my girlfriend away from here so I can spend time with her. Alone.” I told him without taking my eyes off Patrea.
“It’s Bernard,” Patrea corrected me and slapped a hand on my chest — the smile was still on her face.
I brushed a hand over my hair before chuckling softly. “My bad, I didn’t hear your name correctly. We’ll see you around, man.”
I didn’t wait for him to say anything and just guided Patrea’s body as we turned our backs on him and headed for the front door.
We were already inside, but my hold on her remained, and she still has her arm around my waist. I was annoyed that the kitchen was not that far because I wanted to walk longer with our arms around each other.
“Would you like to have another coffee, as we forgot to take our coffee from outside?” She let go and walked away from me towards the kitchen.
“So, you drink coffee every morning?” I asked.
“Yes!” She exclaimed excitedly, and I followed after her. “It’s the best thing to have in the morning.” “Hmmm…” I mumbled before my hand coiled on her wrist and pulled it back so she spun around, and her body slammed against mine.
“Do you know what’s better than the first cup of coffee in the morning?” I asked.
Her brows raised, but she didn’t say anything and
just stayed there, with her body pressed against mine, waiting for me to continue.
“Me…”
“Do you know what’s better than the first cup of coffee in the morning?” He asked, and his deep baritone voice sent shivers down my spine, directly to my core.