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

behind his back

Each flower is a different color and form. My brows draw together in confusion as I eye the hideous bouquet in his

got for you, so I got everything." He thrusts the flower forward. "I got one of all of

It's hideous," I say, ignoring

the school, quickening my pace when I hear a set of

if he threw it away in the trash. It's none of my business what he did with it. He could shred it into a

asks, his voice chippy like I

wave my umbrella

that," he responds, sounding a little

this empty building with him. Hah, jokes on him. Getting to the steps that lead into the heavy rain, I open

and I force myself not to feel bad

the only way that I hear him over this heavy rain. A rain that didn't look like it was

fault that he's stranded and can't leave until the rain stops. No one forced him to show up to my place of

him there when I have an

close my

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 the

above.

head drops down when he hears me approaching. He arches a brow at me in question, confusion etched on

my teeth and my breath catches in my throat as a