Alpha’s Virgin Stripper

Hell no.

Those were the first twod words that rang in my head as I looked Anthony in his beautiful gray eyes. His hair was still as dark as I remembered it. And I could not tell if it was me or all the chaos that was happening around me, but the man scented like the absence of conflict, the presence of unending peace.

Yet, his face was not the face of the man I wanted to be looking at, and this made me… disappointed and oddly sad.

“Can I come in?” He asked, flashing me one of those innocent smiles that did nothing but remind me of the fact that he was a good man that more than deserved my love. More than anything, I wished I could give it to him. My life would have been so much easier if I could.

“Sure.” I called out. I moved away from the door and made way for him to enter. I knew that the alpha would be returning soon, and knowing alpha Lake, he would not be very pleased to see him here.

Anthony walked past me. I heard Valerie scream as she saw him. She rose from her chair and ran towards him. He picked her up and scopped her in his arms.

“This is for you.” He said, handing the bouquet over to her.

Handsome and sweet. What more could a woman possibly want in a man?

A lot. A whole lot. It wasn’t that Anthony couldn’t give me the things I wanted, the man would be anything for me, I knew it. But… I just didn’t want those things from him. I wanted them from… well, someone else.

Valerie blushed as she took the flower. He placed her feet gently on the ground and we both watched her scoot back into my mother’s arms with a smile on her face.

He looked up at me and I forced a nervous smile. I had just come out of a dungeon so I knew that I looked and smelt like shit. Yet, he stared at me as though I was the most beautiful being he had ever set his eyes on.

“So, I haven’t heard from you in a while. I thought of contacting and calling so many times, but with the father of the baby around, I didn’t want things to be awkward and everything else. I thought it best to be away for a while. But when Mrs Smith told me that you were here in Rush, I had to come here to see you, Jojo…”

Shit.

My heart started to race in my chest. I knew where he was going. Yet I could t find a way to stop him.

“Anthony,” I had to cut in, even though I did not know what to say. It would have been incredibly cruel of me to allow him pour his heart out, only to reject him at the end.

“Yes, Lucian’s father is present in our lives now. And he…” My voice trailed off when Anthony’s sweet smile dissolved into a faint look of horror. The horror dissolved into annoyance, and the annoyance quickly made way for disappointment.

Anthony scoffed, it was a bitter one. He turned away from me and looked at Valerie and my mother as they strolled up the stairs.

“Now you want him back, Jojo? Is that it? You want the man who got you pregnant and rejected you?”

“He didn’t know!” I snapped back. It was only after I blurted out the statement that I realized what I had done. I let out a frustrated sigh and ran my ten fingers down the back of my head.

Anthony saw it too. He arched his left brow at me in query, and I flashed him a stony glare.

“So, you’re defending him now? Jojo, I can’t…” He paused and kissed his teeth, making a hissing sound. He chuckled bitterly. I watched as his eyes did a swift sweep around the living room before he looked down at me.

“What? You’re living in his house now?”

Okay. It was enough. I had had it up to my fucking neck. I shook my head as I thought of the best and nicest way to answer his question.

“Look, Anthony, you’re an amazing person. You have always been, believe me. And you deserve all the happiness in the world, but that happiness isn’t me, Anthony. I can never give you the love you deserve because you are not the man I want. I… I want someone else, Anthony. I would have chosen you in a heartbeat if I could, but my heart…”

“The heart wants what it wants, huh?” He chipped in, wearing a smile I did not quite understand.

Before I could reply, the door bursted open and Alpha Lake stepped in.

I knew it was him because his scent was the first thing to hit my nose, before Lucian’s soft whimpers greeted my ears.

My heart skipped three beats at once as I turned sharply. There they were!

The two most important males in my life standing together – although Lucian was in the alpha’s arms. I rushed to the alpha and wrapped my arms around his waist. I would have cried, I would have let my tears flow if Anthony was not behind me.

Alpha Lake placed a soft kiss on my forehead, and I lifted my head to transfer the kiss to my son, our son.

“He’s okay, he’s okay. I brought him back.” Alpha Lake whispered softly. I nodded in silence as I stared at my beautiful boy.

“You didn’t tell me we had company, Jojo.” I heard the alpha say. I looked up at his hard jaw and my mind suddenly acknowledged Anthony’s presence again. I turned to look at him and found him standing still, with an awkward smile plastered on his face.

I cleared my throat and gestured to Anthony.

“Uhmm. Yeah. That’s Anthony, and he is a friend of the family. He…”

“I know who he is, love.” The Alpha cut in. I felt his right hand wrap around my waist from my back. He gently pulled me to the side and placed a soft kiss at the top of my head.

I couldn’t help the blush on my cheeks and the smile that followed.

Petty much?

“He came to say hello to the baby and I. We haven’t seen in a while so your mom gave him this address.” I continued.

“She did, didn’t she?” The alpha muttered underneath his breath and I fought hard not to roll my eyes.

I had never thought he could be so possessive and petty. It was strange and cute at the same time, I wanted to laugh.

I couldn’t see the look in the alpha’s eyes, but I could tell it was so intense from the way Anthony seemed to want to look at anything but Alpha Lake’s face.

I did feel pity for him. Alpha Lake was not the best person to challenge, especially not with the things and people he cared about… and, I don’t know, maybe loved?

Anthony soon got fed up of the awkwardness in the room, I could see the uneasiness in his eyes. He walked to where the alpha and I stood and looked over Alpha Lake before he turned to me.

“I guess I’ll see you some other time.”

“I doubt you would.” Alpha Lake chipped in again, and I turned my face to glare at him. He gave me a sharp stare before he fixed his eyes on Lucian who he protected with his left arm as his right hand rested on my waist.

I returned my gaze to Anthony and flashed him a sweet smile. It was the least I could do. I really hoped we could continue to be friends. He was one of the few people I had with me in the worst moments of my life. I couldn’t let him go so easily.

“Yes. I’ll see you around.” I replied.

He gave me a curt nod and walked past us. I heard the door open and close behind me before I wriggled out of alpha Lake’s hold.

When I did, I stood in front of him, folded my arms underneath my chest and arched my left brow at him.

“Seriously?” I queried with the most stern stare I could muster.

He looked back at me with a false innocence in his eyes.

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