Mum to twins but fated to the alpha

Chapter Ten

Alpha Drew.

I was disappointed when she walked straight past me without any acknowledgement but not surprised. I mean why would she? I'm a complete stranger to her what reason would she have to speak to me?

I stood and followed just behind her and heard her give her name to the young man in the kiosk. Isabella. It was such a beautiful name and it suited her perfectly. I loved it. I saw her body tense as I came up behind her and I knew she sensed my presence. I gave my name and she turned round to look at me. I saw her checking out my body and I felt a sense of pride. Whether she was willing to admit it to herself or not I could tell by the look in her eyes she liked what she saw. She quickly turned away from me to talk to the man in the kiosk again. After he'd asked about our experience and she'd answered she had none, he had launched into a very long 20 minute lecture. I stood waiting patiently for him to finish. I knew what I was doing but she needed this information. When he handed over the life vests I took one but just clipped it to the back of my jet ski. I watched in horror as she set off and realised she hadn't clipped hers on properly or fastened the strap to her wrist. For a first timer who couldn't swim she took off fast. Too fast. I jumped onto my jetski and sped after her. She was laughing so loud I could hear it clearly above the roar of both of our engines. It was a beautiful sound and I wanted to be the one to make her laugh everyday.

She turned suddenly and hit the crest of a wave. She was catapulted into the air and her life vest slipped from her body and dropped into the water behind her. She hit the water hard and vanished beneath the surface. I pulled back on the throttle as far as I could pushing my jetski to its absolute limit. I picked up my pace and closed the distance between myself and where she had gone under. When I reached the place Isabella had disappeared, I leapt into the water without any hesitation. I dove straight under and looked around in a panic. I saw her there about 10 foot under flailing her arms around without any clue what to do to return to the surface. I swam down to her with quick determined strokes and wrapped her up in my arms.The second our bodies connected I felt sparks shoot across my skin where we touched. It felt surreal. I was feeling the electricity of the mate bond for the first time and it felt like nothing I'd every experienced before.She was facing away from me and I felt her entire body tense for a split second before she relaxed slightly apparently realising that someone was saving her. I don't know if she knew it was me, or if she felt the same sparks, but I didn't really care at that point. I had to get her to the surface. Keeping a tight grip on her body I kicked my feet hard until we rose above the waves. She coughed and spluttered then gasped for air before finally turning to face me. Her eyes went wide as she saw my face. She gasped and quietly whispered " Thankyou". I beamed at her and replied " It was my pleasure. I could never leave a beautiful woman to drown".

Her cheeks burned bright red as she turned her face away from me. She is obviously not used to compliments I thought. How could she not be? She is gorgeous and only a fool would fail to see that. How can her husband not tell her how beautiful she is every single day?

I gently grasped her chin and turned her face back to me. " You don't need to be embarrassed around me" I told her " You are beautiful and I'm only stating facts. I'm just so glad I was in the right place at the right time."

She stared into my eyes as I spoke then responded " You have no idea how glad I am you were here. I was so irresponsible to come out here knowing I cannot swim. I could of drowned and left my sons motherless". She started to sob in my arms and I just held her close. I was so happy she was letting me hold her. I never wanted to release her from my grasp. The rescue boat pulled up next to us and I helped her climb aboard and then hauled myself inside. Both of our jetskis had veered off when we had each disembarked and had collided together causing a mangled mess off metal. The man from the kiosk was on the boat and looked worried. I wasn't sure if he was worried for our safety or the loss of his two jetskis. Before he could say anything that might make Isabella feel even worse than she already did I leant towards him and told him I would cover the costs of both. He nodded in response and turned the boat towards the shore. I turned my attention back to Isabella and I could see the relief on face. I noticed she was shivering and asked the kiosk man of he had any towels on board. He shook his head in response. So I moved over closer to Isabella and wrapped my arms around her. I expected her to tense up or move away but she just melted into my arms.

Maybe she does feel the bond I thought to myself.

Isabella.

After the mystery man who im sure was called Drew pulled me above the surface I couldn't even find the words to express my gratitude. He had saved my life. My boys still had a mother thanks to him. I sat on the boat shivering and he must of noticed as I heard him ask for a towel. There wasn't any aboard though and so he came and wrapped his arms around me. I should of moved away immediately but I was grateful of the warmth. I know it was a hot day but the shock of nearly drowning had turned my entire body to ice. There was something else to. I couldn't put my finger on it but being in his arms just felt right like this is exactly where I am meant to be. When he had wrapped his arms around me in the water I had felt the weirdest sensation. It was like hundreds of tiny electric shocks on my body where he was touching me. It wasn't unpleasant in fact it was quite the opposite. As we approached the shore I felt a sense of disappointment that his embrace would soon cease. I'm not sure if I imagined it but I'm sure his grip around me had tightened slightly as if he was thinking the same thing.

When we reached the jetty he climbed out first then extended his hand to me. I smiled and took it and gasped immediately jerking my hand away. I hadn't imagined those sparks. It had just happened again!

He just nodded at me as if to confirm that what I'd felt was normal and so I took his hand in mine and climbed out of the boat.

" Please let me escort you back to the hotel" he gave me a pleading look.

" Thankyou that would be kind"

" Do you feel ok to walk" he asked me sounding genuinely concerned.

" I'm fine thankyou. I'm just glad I have a massage booked for 2 I think ill need it after what just happened" I laughed.

" What a coincidence. I have one booked for the same time. Hopefully I don't need to come to your rescue there" he grinned at me.

I felt my face redden again and I started to walk away so he wouldn't see. He gently gripped my arm and turned my body to face him whilst our bodies pressed a little too close together. My chest was heaving up and down as I found myself becoming breathless under his gaze.

" What did I tell you before Isabella? You don't need to feel embarrassed around me". I didn't know what to say and for a few moments we just stood there staring into each others eyes. I saw his eyes flick down to my lips and I shook my head.

" I I'm married" I managed to stutter. He released me from his grip and shrugged. Did he not care I was married? He had seen me with the boys. Was he really willing to split up a family? I mean he didn't know that I was beginning to realise that Marcus didn't love me. That even in this short time away from him so far I had glimpsed a potentially happier life. One where I wasn't worrying all the time if Marcus would approve.

I set off back to the hotel with Drew following closely behind me. The entire walk back was in silence.

I headed straight for the elevator and he climbed in just after me.

We got off on the same floor obviously and when I got to my door I turned and said thankyou to him again. He just nodded and beeped his card and entered his room without another word.

I frowned as I walked into my room. Was he seriously mad I turned him down because I'm married?

Once I was in my room the events from a few moments ago all hit me like a train.

How could I have been so reckless? What if Drew hadn't been there?

I fell to my knees on the cold floor and began to sob hysterically. I just knelt there letting the tears flow for what seemed like an eternity. Once I finally composed myself I stood from the floor and made my way to the bathroom. Catching sight of myself in the mirror I was shocked. I looked a complete mess. My hair was all over the place and still dripping wet and my face was red and blotchy from where I'd been crying. I stripped off my clothes and jumped in the shower letting the warm water sooth my body and mind. After I was done I dried my hair and decided to curl it before I dressed in a nice baby blue maxi dress that had a low cut at the front and clung to all the right places above my waist before flowing out at the bottom.

I looked in the mirror and was pleased I looked presentable again. I realised that I would not normally make so much effort as Marcus didn't really bother to look at me in desirable way anymore. I hesitated for a moment before heading to the door. Was I making an effort for Drew? Had him calling me beautiful before caused me to subconsciously want to make myself feel so? I shook those thoughts quickly from my mind. I told myself that it was just the shock from earlier had made me feel so bad that I now needed to feel better about myself. Yes thats the reason. I glanced at my watch and saw it was nearly time for my massage. I made my way towards the door and even though I knew it was wrong, I felt both nervous and excited knowing that Drew was going to be there too. It had been so long since Marcus had told me I was beautiful or even touched me that the attention from Drew was nice. So what is the harm in spending some time with him? Its not like I'm being unfaithful.