The Alpha’s Little Rogue

Chapter 141

Daphne's POV It's just another day at school and I welcome the familiarity. Taking care of kids and playing with them are things that I can do effortlessly and flawlessly. It's second nature.

I'm a bit rusty when it comes to fending off a persistent stalker though. Thankfully, the aforementioned persistent stalker hasn't made his presence known, and- Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

As though summoned by my mere thoughts, Raphael peeps through the window and into my classroom, smiling widely when his gaze lands on me.

"Hey," he mouths, and I quickly whip my head away from the direction of the window and force myself to ignore him as I wait for John's Mom to pick him up.

She hardly ever comes this late but I think the pounding rainfall that started ten minutes ago probably has something to do with her lateness.

The rain is pounding against the roof of the building and I inwardly try to remember if I brought an umbrella with me. I don't want to wait in this school with Raphael for the rain to go down.

Heck, I'm contemplating running headfirst into the pouring rain if I actually forgot to carry along an umbrella.

I sigh in relief when I head over to my bag at the corner of the room and find my umbrella shoved deep inside. Thank the Moon Goddess for small mercies.

Five minutes later, John's Mom shows up to pick up her son. I'm walking out of the classroom door a few minutes later with my umbrella in o ne hand.

My heart does that fucking annoying thing that it does when Raphael is near. It's in between a heart attack and a heart flutter.

"Hey," he greets me and gives me a tiny wave with his other hand hidden behind his back. The hand that waved at me reaches for his nape and I swear his cheeks tint pink. "I got something for you."

brow and hopefully

behind his back comes out and

draw together in confusion as I eye the hideous bouquet in his hand. It looks like

confusion on my face because he starts saying, "You said that you didn't like the previous flowers I got for you, so I got everything." He thrusts the flower forward. "I got one of all of them for you. I hope you like them." The flower hangs

say, ignoring the way his face drops and

quickening my pace when I

the bouquet absent and I try not to wonder if he threw it away in the trash. It's none of my

you going to enter the pouring rain?" He asks, his voice chippy like I

wave my umbrella as

holding that," he responds, sounding

Hah, jokes on him. Getting to the steps that lead into the heavy rain, I open up my umbrella and step

myself not to feel

hear him over this

and can't leave until the rain stops. No one forced him to show up

to feel guilty for leaving him there when I have an umbrella

close my

ignore people in need. Turning around when I'm just a few feet away from the gate, I start walking back to the school where Raphael is still standing on

above.

he hears me approaching. He arches

through my teeth and my breath