The Alpha King Call Boy
Chapter 218

Fiona

"I did something... kinda bad..." Nina said, clenching her teeth in a guilty-looking grimace. "Or maybe it's no big deal?'

After Alex absented himself for a phone call and then returned to work for the evening, I texted Nina and let her know I'd actually be on my own for dinner tonight, if she wanted to circle back here and join me for a pizza. She took a few minutes to shower and refresh herself, then returned to our room. Lexi was still crashed out.

I shook my head at my friend, trying to guess at what kind of " something" she was about to confess. "Hmm. Knowing you? I'd put my money on the former."

She groaned.

"What'd you do, Nina?"

Just then, a knock on the door announced that our dinner was here.

Nina jumped up to answer it, apparently glad for the opportunity to delay her confession for another minute. I cleared the table and fetched a couple plates while she brought in the food.The staff had also delivered a bottle of red wine with our dinner, per Nina's request. She removed the cork skillfully and poured two glasses in the kitchenette while I served up a heap of pepperoni slices for her and a couple white sauce, butter nut squash and mushroom ones for myself.

"Cheers," we said in unison, clinking our glasses together after settling down at the table.

I let my best friend take one sip of wine and one big bite of pizza,and then pressed her to spill the gossip.

She shook her head like she was reprimanding herself the whole time she talked. Apparently she had been hooking up with Kayden in the pack's training room, and accidentally wound up in a rather steamy situation involving another man watching them, a voyeur for whom she'd put on a little show - literally behind Kayden's back.

My jaw had fallen open at some point during the story. "Oh, Nina," I said when she finished. Then I laughed. I couldn't help it.

She covered her eyes. "I know,"I pulled her hands down. Nina blinked at me, pressing her lips against a smile.

"Ohh, you really enjoyed it, didn't you?" I could that by the glimmer in her eyes. "You have been bored lately. I know. You were itching for some excitement, huh?"

She frowned. Then smiled guiltily again. "I dunno. I guess it's a kink. Having that.. attention..." She looked away, shivering a little like maybe she was reliving it.

I shrugged. "It's not like you had s*x with the guy. I don't think you should beat yourself up over this, Nina."

She nodded, taking a giant bite of her second slice of pizza.

The more I thought about what had happened, the less surprised I felt. It kind of sounded to me like Nina was about to sabotage things with Kayden. She was starting on the road to exploding their relationship. This event was just a little baby step in that direction. But knowing Nina, she might break into a sprint at any moment.

In any other situation, my friend simply would have ended this thing with Kayden a long time ago. Before it... well, before it turned her hair pink. But as long as Alex and I kept our friends in each other's lives, it seemed Nina and Kayden just could not resist staying involved. Even if one, or perhaps both of them were not really ready for a serious, long-term relationship.

But I kept my opinions to myself this time. Nina just needed to talk and be heard right now. I actually hoped she would not ask for my advice about where to go from here with Kayden. Because if she did, I would not know how to answer.

"Oh, Nina," I muttered, after washing down a bite of pizza crust with another mouthful of delightfully smooth, rich and delicious wine, "Nina, Nina, Nina. You just can't keep away from trouble, can you?"

She cast me a big-eyed, defeated look. "Trouble is my puppy," she grumbled. "That bitch just follows me around."

I laughed, snorting. It was an apt metaphor.

Nina pulled a loose pepperoni off her pizza and threw the crispy little slice of meat at me. I caught it before it could hit my face, and ate It.

"Hey," she said, giggling. "I have an idea. Remember when were in high school, and we'd play 'Truths'?"

"Of course."

Nina had spent many, many nights at my house when were younger. In our high school years, we'd taken to playing one particular game during all our sleepovers. It was very straightforward, Truth-or-dare, minus the dares. Basically, we just badgered each other with personal questions and didn't let each other dodge any of them.

"Let's play," she said, pouring herself another glass of wine. I wasn't finished with mine yet, but she topped it off. "Like old times."

"Hmm. But is there anything I don't already know about you, Nina?

Do you have any secrets from me anymore?"

She sipped her wine, leaning back in her chair and arching an eye brow mischievously. "I doubt it. But maybe we play an updated, adult version this time. 'Sexy Truths."

I blew air out of my mouth noisily. And then took a sip of liquid courage. "Alright," I said, licking my lips. "You go first. What do you wanna know?"

It was quite late when Alexander was finally finished working. Nina and I had been having a good time. I was shocked that Lexi was still out, having slept through all our chatter and giggling.

I met my husband at the door, eager for a kiss. I missed him. I'd been talking about him a lot.

He looked amused the instant he met my eyes. And chuckled into my mouth when he tasted the flavor of wine on my tongue.

"Are you drunk?" he asked, arching one of his thick, beautiful eyebrows. He slipped his hands around my waist and started to feel me up a little.

I'd only had two glasses of wine. But i have never been much of a drinker at all; Nina's always called me a lightweight. And abstaining for months while I was recently pregnant surely only made that more true.

"Not sure I'd say drunk," I hedged. "Tipsy? Perhaps."

I'd been sitting down for a while, and now that I was standing, realized that I needed to use the bathroom. I gave Alex one more little kiss and excused myself to do that.

When I came back out into the bedroom, I found Alex was talking quietly with Nina in the kitchenette. He was putting a kettle on to boil while Nina thumbed through my tea box.

"What are we whispering about over there?" I asked.

Alex had a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He strode quickly in my direction. Nina kept her head conspicuously bent over the teas, as if she were extremely focused on making a selection from the box, but I saw her lips curling in a conspiratorial smile. When he reached me. Alex grabbed hold of my wrist and tugged on it somewhat roughly, pulling me toward the door.

"Where are we-"

He looked down at me with an unmistakably lusty grin and said, " Upstairs." As soon as we were in the hall with the door closed behind us, Alex suddenly pressed me up against the wall, pinned my hands over my head and hovered his lips over my ear. I gasped in surprise.

"You remember the last time I got to play with 'tipsy' Fiona?" His hot breath on my neck sent shivers down my spine.

"Hmm. You mean the first time we met?" My cheeks flushed as I recalled the night in question.

"Mm-hmm. You were... so much fun."

I don't know why this made me laugh. Alex was trying to be sexy.

But the memory of that night was a bit cringey and embarrassing for me. Yes, the s*x was... hot doesn't even begin to describe it properly.

But I'd also been a hot mess. I guess Alex had a different way of remembering it, though.

Whatever the reason - embarrassment, awkwardness, wine - now I was cracking up, snorting through a fresh batch of giggles. Very un-sexy, I thought.

But my adoring husband seemed to like it, actually.

He laughed a little, too, and then started peppering my neck with hungry, sloppy kisses.

Then he swept me up into his arms and carried me upstairs, where we proceeded to have... so much fun.