A Weekend With The Alpha

Aaron had ordered grilled beef while I was still asleep, so even when he made us pancake and creamed milk breakfast, he had himself sorted out. He served breakfast, and we sat at the table to eat. His pancake tasted delicious, and it was perfe with the milk. Yet, I wanted the grilled beef which he ate and when he noticed my longing stare at the piece in his hand; t offered it to me. Of course, I couldn't take it. Zion sat at the table and I had always taught him this thing called contentment and wanted to lead by example. So, I shook my head and thanked him.

Aaron informed me he had also ordered clothes he could change into since he knew I had none in the house or I would have given them to him.

I had no issue with that, and I thanked him for breakfast before standing up. Today was a long day, and I had a few things to do. I had to start by cleaning up and bathing myself and Zion.

I did not know if I said it out loud, but Aaron beat me to it, picking up the plates and heading back to the kitchen and whe I opened my mouth to speak he yelled back, “Take care of Zion, I've got this.”

A smile seized my face, and I carried Zion away to the bathroom. After bathing him, I dressed him up and brought him int the living room for Aaron to look after him. I dashed into my bathroom to take a bath while he played on his iPod. I bathe and changed into my yellow sundress before returning to the living room.

Aaron's eyes lit up on seeing me and it made butterflies run around in my stomach.

“You look amazing, Zera."

Nothing was amazing about the sundress I had on or the bun I had my hair in. There was not even a trace of make-up on my face, and yet he spoke as if I had it all. However, I couldn't respond arrogantly. There was no need for that. “Thank you I said, and I brushed off the nervous feeling therein.

“Going somewhere?”

“Yeah, I need to get my phone and line back." I told him.

“Ill take you,” he offered and then I noticed he was already dressed in a polo and blue jeans trousers.

My eyes narrowed on him and I wanted to ask how he did that so fast, but I saved myself from the stress.

“Okay, I'l take him then,” I said, walking over to Zion and taking his hand.

He drove us to the phone store to get a new phone. The phones were brought out and after making my selection; I tried t pay with my MasterCard but the payment declined twice and I did not know why. Aaron, who stood beside me, offered to pay. I accepted but told him 1 would return his money as soon as my account came back on. Though he told me it wasn't any trouble to him; I didn't want to be in his debt and so I insisted.

Having Aaron with me was a plus, especially with Zion. He held him in his arms all the while we were at the store and did: complain for a second. Zion was no longer a baby and though I carried him around once in a while, I always made sure nc to carry him for too long. Aaron didn't care about any of that as he carried him for almost thirty minutes while we waited for the sorting of my phone.

The attendant at the shop activated my phone and old line, then package it for me and next, we stepped out of the store heading home.

“Can you drive?” Aaron asked, already digging his hands into his pocket and handing me the keys without waiting for my response. I slowly took it from his hands. “He's sleeping and I don’t want to wake him up.” he later added.

We got into the car with him in the passenger seat and me in the driver's seat and we drove off. I knew the road home as I've travelled a few times on it. I drove home and stopped the car at the parking spot before my house.

I barely paid attention to anything when I came home yesterday, but now that I was, I realise the neighbourhood looked the same way it had always been, and it didn't even look like I left. It would have been a lot different if Aaron hadn't take care of Henry and every other mess made days ago at my house.

The incident happened in my house, yet I couldn't see traces of it. I knew the neighbours had an even slimmer chance of noticing the change. I wondered if Aaron had done such things before, making people disappear and not leaving a trace. glanced at him and found his intent gaze on me. My heart skipped a beat, and I turned away from him.

Perhaps he heard me, but if he did, he said nothing.

I noticed a red Toyota parked opposite the road and a figure that looked like Daniel leaning against it.

I opened the car door and stepped out. Daniel looked up, saw me and approached at a pace so fast I feared he'd trip and fall.

He got over to me, the blinding smile on his face, made my heart flutter. “I was so worried. I kept calling your line, and it wasn't going through." he reached out and stroked my face before leaning in and kissing my lips.

“I will go lay him in bed,” Aaron said, making us pull away. Daniel's eyes travelled to him and they turned cold the next minute.

“You were with him these past few days?"

I turned to Aaron and saw him already walking away with Zion, who was still sleeping on his shoulders. I wanted to ask if was with the key, but I figured since he had worked on the house in my absence, he had more access to the house than I did now.

“Daniel...

His eyes strayed from Aaron over to me. “Are you two back together now? After what he did to you?"

“Daniel! Not"

“Cause while I was here worried sick of your safety, you were with him doing God knows what."

“I can explain.’

He folded his arms across his chest, “Fine, explain.’

“Henry, the delivery man, attacked us in the house and Aaron saved us," I said and his eyes travelled to the house and th back to me.

He gritted his teeth, “I am not some fool you can just lie to, Zera."

“ am not lying. He was going to kill us, and Aaron saved and took us to keep us safe. I will never lie to you."

“That's what you're doing, that's what you're f*****g doing! If you were attacked, where's the police report? Where's the witness account? Where's the proof? You've got none because you're lying.”

“l am not lying. I have proof.” I turned my scarred wrist to him to have a look at it. “Henry dug his claw into my wrist while was trying to escape. Look at the scar!”

He glanced down at my wrist, but his face only grew redder. “There is nothing there”

My face paled up, and I glanced down. “Can't you see? Right here!”

“stop doing this to me, Zera. Yes, I love you... A lot, but don't treat me like a fool.” he growled lowly.

I turned to the door where Aaron had just gone through, wondering what the hell was happening to me.

“I am not. 1 am telling you the truth. Believe me.’ The neighbourhood was a quiet one and scenes like these would quick! attract attention from neighbours. I wanted him to come inside so we could talk, but Aaron had taken Zion there and I doubt Daniel wanted to be under the same roof with him from the look of things.

“Did something happen between you two?”

I shook my head. I made sure nothing happened in the last few days with him. I almost spoke then realised that wasn't tf truth. “Not while I was with him,” I answered truthfully.

“But it happened.”

“Daniel...

“Damn it, Zera, tell me the truth.’

I bit my lips, and my head dropped. “Yes, at Diya’s wedding. I was going to tell you before the attack”

“top lying to me!” he snapped at me and I jumped on my stand.

“He kissed me." I blurted out, shaken by his voice.

“Son of a bitch,” he cussed and stormed towards the house, but I stopped him because I didn’t want a fight and because : son was sleeping in the house. If Daniel proceeded with his suicidal plan of fighting Aaron, Aaron would fight back and th last thing I wanted was Zion waking up because the two men couldn't control themselves.

“Please stop, Daniel, control yourself; I yelled, shoving him back when he struggled to set himself free.

He turned to stare at me, the fury in his eyes now directed at me. “Did you kiss him back?”

My eyes grew glassy, I knew where this was headed and it would only leave me in tears. “Please.”

“Did you f*****g kiss him back?” he shouted at me and I flinched back.

“Yes, it was a moment of weakness,” I admitted, and it wasn’t something I was proud of.

His face paled up, and I saw the hurt and pain in his eyes. He took a step back from me and shook his head. “I can't do this."

“Daniel..” I called out, my heart breaking in my chest. A tear rolled down my face, and I wiped it off. Why was everything turning against me?

I reached out, stepping towards him, but he backed away again.

“I can't do this," he repeated before turning away and I watched him go.