Betrayed Luna's Second Chance Alphas
Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Alphas – Chapter 25

-Riley-

“Stop looking at me, and look at the road, Adrian,” I said with a sigh as we drove through the winding roads. The night was darker, and the moon was only a thin little slice in the sky, and the wind was freezing, but everything looked strangely beautiful.

“I am good at doing both,” Adrian said as he gave me another smoldering look, his gray eyes turning heated and I felt my breath stuck. I felt what I felt when I first saw him at the bar. The intensity of his looks made my heart race, and I had to tell myself once again, how wrong it was.

“So…” I trailed off and he looked at me, quirking his brows.

“Go on. I have a feeling you are itching to ask me something. It is either that or you really want to pee.”

I bared my teeth at him. “You are an i***t, sunshine,” I whispered and he laughed.

“What did I tell you, drunk girl? I am no sunshine. Ok, go on, now. You look like you will burst.”

“I called Roman to ask for your number and he- I heard a woman’s voice. Do you know- I mean, did he call you?”

“Do you want to know who she is, curious cucumber? Should I call Rome?”

“He might be busy with her already, and I know who she is. It is his ex-wife.”

“Did he tell you then?” Adrian asked. He looked surprised. It was weird. I knew nothing about Roman, and still a part of me felt like I knew him for lifetimes. Even Adrian.

“No, but I know. Oh, and she asked him for a drink and a f*ck,” I said without moving a single muscle in my face. I was very impressed by myself for not screaming or stomping.

“Okay, that must be Feyona, but like I said, Roman won’t even look at her.”

“Is she ugly then?”

Adrian gulped and then shook his head.

“So? Is she supermodel sexy?”

“That she is, but she is nothing when compared to you. Come on… You are gorgeous and you know how much he wants you, how much I want you…”

“You are very slick, Adrian, very slick. I told you it would never happen,” I said, waving a finger at him, chuckling as I did, but I couldn’t help but remember the morning Adrian touched me when he mistakenly thought he was dreaming… and how good it felt to have his hands on me. I shook the distracting memories away.

I had decided. NO ROMAN OR ADRIAN. Definitely no Roman and Adrian.

“Are you sure?”

“Are you sure? I can hear your hesitation.”

“Would you do it to your friend?” Not that Roman would be affected by this in any way, but still.. I looked at Adrian, wanting to know what was going through his head right then. Adrian shook his head, running his fingers through his brown hair, messing it up further.

“You are the one who said it was a one-night-stand with him. You don’t worry about a one-night-stand. That is the point. Also, I am sure a woman can never hurt our friendship, even if that woman is you. I just need a chance, Riley. You are amazing, and-” Adrian’s voice was a soft growl.

“You can get anyone you want even without trying so hard, and I know that. So why are you wasting your time on me?” I said and almost jumped up when I heard a loud snort from the back. I turned to see Dee’s head lolling to the side, and she wasn’t laughing at me. She was sleeping and snorting. I chuckled a little and wondered what weird dreams she dreamed when she slept.

He didn’t answer. He just let out a breath. “So you don’t really like me? Not even a smidge? If that is the case, I will stop. I might be a flirt, Riley, but I have never flirted with a woman who hasn’t enjoyed it.”

“You enjoy it,” Gem said. “And that is okay. We don’t know much about both of them, but we know we are attracted to both of them. Ok, maybe we are more like obsessed with Roman, but it doesn’t make you cringe when Adrian flirts with you. You actually love the attention.”

“Maybe I do, because I just found my husband with my friend. So… maybe I am selfish person.”

Soon, we were in Dee’s apartment. I dragged her inside her bedroom, and she fell to the bed with a g***n.

“I am going to sleep for three days straight,” Dee mumbled.

“I am leaving water and an aspirin. Take it when you wake up,” I said, and she nodded before grabbing a pillow and putting it over her head. “Bye, Dee.”

“Ri-ri, I love you,” she sang in an absurd voice and I laughed as I tucked her inside the blanket.

“I love you too,” I said with a smile before I walked out of the bedroom and softly closed the door behind me. Adrian looked up from the couch. “Should we go or… I have an idea.”

“What now, Adrian?”

He pointed to a bottle of wine on the shelf. Dee had always been a wine girl.

“Let’s drink. You know, to toast our new friendship.”

“That is Dee’s favorite. She will kill you if you empty it. She got it at a local auction.”

“Hah, don’t worry. I can replace it easily. Have you heard of Wine, Dine and Mercer?”

“Don’t tell me your family owns that?” I blinked at him and Adrian smiled. I grumbled under my breath. One was a literal prince, and another was the heir to one of the biggest wine distributors in the USA. Or maybe even in the world. “Adrian Mercer. I haven’t heard of you, but your father… is he William Mercer?” Adrian nodded. “I really should kill myself.”

He smiled and nodded. “Yes and no, you don’t have to kill yourself.”

“But still we should go-” I started and hissed when I felt the first hint of the familair pain. It started like a small cramp, and soon it spread to my chest, and I felt like I was dying.

Hiran. My legs shook. A soft whimper left my lips as I sat down on the couch. Adrian bent towards me, his eyes worried as he cupped my cheeks in his palms.

“Riley? Riley? What is going on?”

“It is Hiran. He is having s*x with Keller.”

Tears trailed down my cheeks. How could Keller do this even after… all of this? He told me he was sorry. He lied, once again. I clutched my chest as Adrian sat next to me and started rubbing small circles on my back.

“Listen to me. Just listen to my voice,” Adrian’s voice was concerned. I ground my teeth together, trying hard not to let it get to me. The physical pain was too much, but it was the betrayal, once again, from Keller… that made me weaker.

I swiped the tears away from my cheek, but it just wouldn’t stop.

“What should I do to help you, Riley? Oh, I wish I could kill that a*shole for you,” Adrian growled, and I could feel his body shaking next to mine. “Just wait here,” he said to me, his voice urgent, before he ran to the shelf and grabbed the wine. “Here, drink this.”

“Get me something to sto- make it stop, Adrian,” I whispered as I clawed at my throat. I realized how much more painful it would have been in the past for me without the pain medication they had been giving me for the past few months whenever I complained about the pain. So, they at least had a microscopic amount of kindness.

“Aspirin. On Dee’s bedside tabl-” He ran before I could finish and came back with it. I took it with water and prayed it would work. I waited for the pain to go away, but even after ten minutes, the sting wouldn’t go. “Call Keller,” I whispered to myself as I pulled my phone out. I gritted my teeth as a low growl left my lips. He picked up the phone in first ring.

“Rile- Riley. Can we-“

“Are you with Hiran?” I hissed out and Keller went quiet, before I heard him clearly say NO. And I had to believe him, because if he had been in the middle of s*x, he wouldn’t have picked the phone up in the first ring.

“I am in my apartment. Alone. I- I was a terrible person, Riley, and Hiran did call me… but I haven’t met him since you and I last spoke and-” Keller paused. “Why did you ask? Pain? Do you feel pain, Riley?”

“Yes. He is having s*x with someone else. I thought it was you. Only you,” I said and gasped when another shot of pain hit me right in my chest. “Tell me… how long have you been f*ckin-“

“It was when we went camping and-“

“Three weeks.” I hung up without another word. So he had been cheating on me with more than one person. I had been feeling this pain a lot longer than three weeks.

“It is not him?” Adrian looked at me as he wiped rest of my tears away.

“I don’t want to cry, but the tears just won’t-“

“It is fine for you to cry, Riley.”

I looked into his eyes and saw how warm they were. This f*cking pill was not working. I bit my lips until I felt the b***d on my tongue.

“Adrian, k**s me.”

He looked shocked and startled as he stumbled back and fell to the floor. “What?”

I was confused as to why he was looking so spooked. After flirting with me for days, why would he look at me like I was a ghost when I asked him to k**s me?

“You are right.”

“I am right about what?” I said with a wince as I gripped my throat when another shot of pain ran along my nerves.

“I can’t do this to-“

“If I didn’t hurt him back, Adrian, I would forever feel like he had won. I won’t let him win.” I snarled as I stood up. Everything in me was burning with anger. “He is not allowed to hurt me without- without any consequences. He is not allowed to threaten my pup and then runaway somewhere to f.uck someone else.”

“Riley…”

I laughed as my eyes watered. This was funny as hell. After all that he had said…

“You don’t want to?”

“I want to, so bad… but wouldn’t I be using you if I…”

“I am the one who is using you, Adrian. I suppose I am selfish,” I said as I stood up and stepped closer to him and g*****d when my spine felt like it had been crushed under a truck. I gulped as I grabbed him by his shirt collar and pressed my lips against his. I could feel the hesitation in his lips, but I was desperate. The only thing in my mind now was to stop this pain and hurt Hiran back.

For a second I wondered would I have done this if it was anyone other than Adrian, but I didn’t have the answer to that.

He g*****d, before he gripped my hair and pulled me closer before his lips slammed against mine.

The moonlight poured through the window, casting a soft glow around us. As his lips moved against mine, I felt the pain subduing.

He pulled me close, his hands wandering down my curves. I m****d as he deepened the k**s. Hungry. He looked hungry. His lips were hot and fast, his tongue exploring mine with an urgency that made me catch my breath in anticipation.

“Oh…” Gem g*****d.

He finally pulled back and his fingers softly trailed down my cheek to my neck. His lips traced a path along her jawline, down my neck, and onto her collarbone. I shuddered under his touch, my fingers tangling in his hair as he continued to go down.

I g*****d as he growled softly and tilted my head back with a hand.

His hands cupped my breasts through the fabric of my dress, thumbs grazing my n*****s, while his mouth continued its relentless attack on mine. He used one hand to pull me by the waist as he ground himself against me through our clothes.

With a sudden jerk, he pushed me against the wall and lowered his head to my neck. His teeth scraped gently, sending shivers up and down my spine.

His eyes met mine, and though they held hunger and l**t, there was also something almost tender about them as he bent down and took a n*pple between his lips and I arched my back to meet his mouth.

“Is your pain gone, Riley?” he whispered as he finally pulled away and my eyes widened when I was finally caught up with what I had actually done.

I nodded as he touched my cheek with a gentle look in his eyes and he just stood there, staring. I didn’t move. I couldn’t move. We both jumped apart when his phone rang. He grabbed it out of his pocket and winced. I knew who it was from. Roman.

“Roman,” Adrian answered the call and mumbled something before he handed me the phone.

I grabbed it from him and sighed. “Riley, I- I was-“

“I kissed Adrian.”