Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 19

REID’S POV

If there was one thing that drew me to Aliyah, it was her willingness to assist. Her eyes radiated satisfaction when she helped Lucas, and the kindness and sincerity she offered were true. She didn’t smell like pretense and lies, unlike the other women out there.

After dinner, she went to the bathroom and took a hot shower. As I waited for her to finish, I lay down on the bed and checked a couple of emails I had received that day on my phone.

‘Lucas made it. Thanks to Aliyah’s magical cake.’

It was a text message that I received from Klaus, which made me grin from ear to ear. Who would have thought Aliyah would have changed someone else’s life in one baking?

The bathroom door opened, and Aliyah finally went out wearing her new pajamas that we bought from the market. A pajama that was more like lingerie. Its top had a thin strap while the bottom was a silky micro short.

I gulped as I stared at her from head to toe. My heart rate picked up as I observed that her skin was so exposed, and I had trouble controlling the l**t that was building up within me. I could hear my wolf screaming want… want… want in my head, and I cursed under my breath.

“Does it look good on me?” Aliyah asked innocently, her cheeks reddening so perfectly.

“Y—You look fantastic.”

… and sexy that it was tempting me in a very bad way, I thought darkly.

“F**k…” I whispered and shut my eyes as my bad thoughts consumed me so badly.

“Are you alright?” Aliyah walked up to me and sat on the edge of the bed, staring down at me curiously.

My jaw clenched, scolding my wolf in my head.

“Of course,” I said, biting my lower l*p. “Come here.”

She crawled up my side innocently. I shifted my position so I could face her and cupped her cheek while my other hand held her nape and caressed it.

“Your PJ is making me f*****g horny…” I said.

She gasped, licked her lower l*p, and continued to stare at me, this time with the same amount of desire that could be seen behind her eyes. She looked thirsty… hungry… needy.

“T–That’s the first time I heard that word,” she said in her faint voice.

“Does it sound bad?”

She blinked twice and took a deep breath before she bit her lower l*p. Her eyes dropped to my lips, as if she wanted to do something…

“No, it sounds great. My wolf likes that word…”

I smiled. F**k… How could she be so innocent and a temptress at the same time?

We were both breathing heavily, and I slowly guided her head down to meet her soft lips. I kissed her softly. My s*x felt so aroused when she kissed me back, moaning against my mouth as she liked how I tasted her lips. It awakened the need in me, pulling her closer and pinning her body against mine.

My hand moved down from her back to her curvy h**s…and even went down to her cheeky butt. I squeezed that part of her, making my s*x harder.

“W–Wait,” she protested and gasped, perhaps because of my s*x that was poking her belly.

My face reddened when she looked at it. She was shocked that it made her mouth drop open.

“W—How come it’s getting so big?” Her voice was soft but panicked.

“That’s what happens when I am f*****g horny.” I licked my lower l*p and rose from the bed. “I’m going to take a hot shower.”

“Did I do something wrong?” She frowned.

“It’s not that, Aliyah…” I shut my eyes and inhaled sharply. “I don’t think I can still control myself if I don’t take a shower.”

She swallowed hard. Her eyes spoke of heavy emotions that I couldn’t understand.

“S—Sure then,” she said, then she avoided my gaze.

***

Aliyah’s m**n and sultry facial expression lingered in my mind when I woke up the next day. I swallowed hard, realizing that I had just a wet dream as the hot shower didn’t help relieve the l**t I felt when I saw her in her pajamas.

I massaged the side of my head and looked at my hand, only to figure out that Aliyah wasn’t there anymore.

“Aliyah?” I called, rising from the bed and walking to the bathroom to check if she was there, but no shadows of her were there.

“Aliyah, where are you?” I called her once again, this time going out of the room and checking my personal kitchen and living room, but to no avail.

My forehead creased, and I could feel my chest tightening as I couldn’t find her. I immediately went downstairs and checked the main kitchen to see if she was just cooking there, but only a few packmates were there having breakfast.

“Have any of you seen Aliyah?” I asked my packmates in the main living room with a low growl.

They glanced at each other, and one of them answered, “No, Alpha. We just came here a few minutes ago.”

“Damn it, where is she?” I uttered, my jaw clenching in frustration.

Thinking that she might have escaped from me because of how I acted last night brought a pang of pain inside my chest. I fisted my hand as I walked to the hallway and exited the pack house to find her.

“Aliyah!” I called her name, but no one ever responded.

I looked at the front gates filled with thick snow, and they weren’t open yet, like no one had gone out from the rest of the members living in the pack house.

I took a deep breath and ran to the lake next to the packhouse. She was standing there with her hands up in the air, feeling each snowflake on her palm.

It was as if relief washed over me instantly, and all the heavy feelings that consumed me finally vanished.

I thought she left me for being a jerk who gave her vague answers last night.

“Aliyah,” I called, my voice as soft as the snow melting in the air.

She spun around to look at me, and I was astounded with the way she stared at me innocently with her misty eyes sparkling like gleaming snow. When she smiled sweetly at me, then gazed up above the sky and closed her eyes to feel the snowdrop on her face, my heart rate increased.

“I’ve been looking for you,” I said as I walked towards her. “I thought something happened to you, or you left me…”

She frowned. “Why would I do that if I feel safer and more at home with you?”

Her words stunned me for a bit. So she felt at home with me around.

“I will never run away from you, Reid.” She giggled as she continued to feel the snowdrop, extending both of her hands in the air. “The snow feels good. This is the first time I felt them on my skin. I am so happy.”

“I’m glad you like them.” I held one of her hands and caressed it. “Promise me you won’t do that again.”

“Do what?”

“Leaving without my knowledge, Aliyah,” I said with a low growl.

She bit her lower l*p, staring at me with so much affection written in her eyes.

“Alright, my Alpha…” she said and tiptoed to k**s me on the lips.