In The Arms Of The Bad Boy Alpha
Chapter 7

Bella's P.O.V

The shop was very crowded today, probably because it was evening. I work in the shop both before an

school. In the morning I'm there for shorter hours, but in the evening I work as many hours as possible so that I can earn enough money to support myself.

As soon as I thought about money, I remembered Asher's words. As if to comfort myself, my hand subconsciously moved up to grasp the chain I always wore around my neck only to once again replace nothing but warm bare skin, Asher having taken my most cherished possession. Since receiving the chain ten years ago I had not once taken it off, the thin delicate piece al was the last memory...the last piece of my parents that I really had left to carry with me through life. Now with it's absence it felt like Asher had not only snatched it away but them as well.

My spirit was dented and starting to cave at the loss of the last tether to an important part of my life, Then I focused on my mom remembering her last words, then I began to replay them over and over ag I loathe him!

There is only hate for him!

"Miss....miss...." A man called out, startling me a little when he put his hand on my shoulder and gently "Are you okay?" The man asked me. He was a tall handsome man, with a heart melting smile on his fa "Yes, yes I am fine." I replied, sighing and starting to add up his purchases.

ly home I may ever truly know. It was no surprise that I cried a lot after getting home from school, I knew with conviction that I had lost that chain forever. my mind until every last drop of hopelessness had been swallowed by the flames of my burning fury.

me, bringing my attention to him.

nced around to replace that I had been spacing out while at work.

"Sir, your bill is $50." I said, handing him the bill. I was smiling at him while talking, but he was staring had realised that he was talking to a lone wolf, which was in all likelihood the reason for him staring a Chuckling to himself he turned around and left the store. I couldn't understand why he was laughing place was like a small shopping mall, you could replace just about anything you could need in the place When I was moving boxes from here to there one of the boxes was super heavy. Actually it was not rea slipped from my hands. My jaw dropped as I knew that it was crockery, if it fell the contents would bre Out of nowhere two big hands grabbed the box, stopping it from crashing to the floor. I took a deep b been my hero of the hour to replace that it was the same handsome man from earlier in my shift. "Miss, are you ok?" He again asked me the same question, I swear it was haunting me today. "Yes I am alright. Thanks for your help." I replied, he helped me by putting it safely on the ground. "No problem, I am always ready to help beautiful girls." He flirted, after hearing him I couldn't help but smile. Now any thoughts I had about him being odd had flown right out the window. I started to place crockery in its place, but he was still standing there. "I'm David by the way." He introduced himself, extending his hand towards me.

oddly. That was when I realised that he was a werewolf. I was so lost in my own thoughts that I had totally missed that I was talking to a werewolf, one who eirdly.

his body language had meant. I left the other girl to handle the counter, while I was on the other side of the store stocking snacks and other things. This was why it was always crowded. The job itself was great for me as they paid me extremely well compared to similar positions.

theavy, but my hands were just too small to get a good enough grip for such a large carton. I was trying to hold it as best as I could, when suddenly it I would be in serious trouble.

ighing in relief because if that box had fallen then I would have had to pay for the damage of the crockery out of my paycheck. I looked up to see who had

"I'm Bella." I replied, shaking his hand. For a second I don't know why but I felt like Jesse was with me. He was always with me when I was sad after arguing with my mom. He was the only one who had known everything about me. He smiled and I again started to do my work.

"What are you doing?" I asked him when I saw that he was helping me.

"I am waiting for my friends and I have nothing to do, so why don't I help you. Don't worry, the manager is not here." David informed me, thankfully he was right. I asked him not to help me, but he wasn't listening to me continuing to stock the crockery and other things with me.

"Are you a school student?" David asked, I nodded.

"Yes I am a school student." I agreed, smiling. Looking at his height and face I knew he was not in school. He must be 26 or 27.

"You do know that you should not be spacing out in the workplace thinking about your mate." David pointed out, I was surprised. How had he known that I had been thinking about Asher? How had he known that I even have a mate?

"What are you talking about? I was not thinking about my mate. Actually I do not even have a mate!" I sputtered, looking away from him. I was annoyed when he was talking about that jerk, as I again remembered the long list of things he had done to me and it had only been a day.

"You can lie all you want, but the smell from your body says that you have found your mate." he countered, it was then I realized that my whole body smelled like Asher. It had been many hours since I came back from school, but his smell was still on my body like perfume. In my mind I could see Asher's eyes in front of when he had called me a poor lone wolf, my barely controlled anger increased to a level of almost pure fury again. I did not say anything to David though, just continued my work.

"Do you hate your Alpha?" David inquired, I nearly crushed a plastic box with my hand.

"Yes I hate Alpha. I hate him, but he is not my alpha. Just like he is not my mate!" I growled, gritting my teeth in indignation. The sound of David's chuckles cut through the haze.

"He is your Alpha. No matter how much you try to hate him, in the end you will love him." David stated matter of factly to me, gracing me with a handsome smile then walked away. I was totally confused. Who was he and what did he actually mean? I ignored my chance meeting with an odd handsome werewolf, trying to concentrate on my work. when I realized that he had said Alpha? How had he known that my mate is an Alpha? Who was he?

The following day at lunch time, Lily and I met on the school grounds, which I guess could be considered as a playground even though there was no one playing in it.

"Hey Bella." Lily called, walking over to me. This was the first chance we had to talk outside of being in class.

"Hi Lily." I replied, sitting down on a bench as Lily joined me.

"It was good that you got your ID card back or it was going to be a big problem." Lily informed me. I couldn't help but look down at the ID which was in my hand. It was proof of my selfishness. I could have chosen my chain, but I chose my ID. I don't even know what he had done with my chain.

Did he throw it? What would I do if he threw it away?

"Where is your chain, Bella? It was beautiful." Lily asked, I reflexively touched my neck. She also noticed it.

"I traded my chain to Asher for my ID." I replied trying to not let any emotion slip out.She closed her mouth tightly, I could see that she was feeling bad.

"Are you ok? It seemed important to you." Lily asked, holding my hand.

"Actually it is better that now the chain is not near me. I did not deserve it. I could not protect the last memory of my parents." I explained, as a few tears managed to slip out past my control. I quickly wiped the evidence away hoping Lily hadn't noticed but she was being quiet. "Bella..." Lily whispered, I looked at her.

"As... Asher... is... there..." Lily whispered, slightly stuttering. I lifted my eyes and looked at that side where Lily said. Asher was standing leaning against the wall watching only me as I glanced over his ever present shadow Leohad joined him. It is a good thing that I had quickly wiped my tears because I refused to allow him to see me any weaker than I was already forced to be in this situation.

I will not allow him to know that he had succeeded in his plan of making his pet and slave. His gaze was so intense, that it was like he was saying something to me. I do not know how long he had been standing there. He knew I was looking at him, but he was still not taking his eyes from me.

My heart was once again beating fast. I got up from the bench and started to leave. When the bully and our senior Taylor came in front of me with his gang. I was not in the mood to deal with the inevitable mess that this would turn into.

"Hey Bella." Taylor said, I ignored him. Lily was already dying to run away from here. Today the seniors had not been in front of our classroom to bully us so maybe they planned on doing it now.

"Hey don't ignore me." Taylor sneered. I felt his hand on mine, but as I turned to look at him I saw Asher.

"Ash... Asher." Taylor stuttered in fear. All his friends stood far away from Asher. Asher's eyes were glaring at Taylor's hand on me. He shoved Taylor's hand away from mine and looked at me.

"I need my slave in my lab... right now!" He ordered me, I noticed he was furious. He had called me a slave in front of everyone. He glared at Taylor then me. After seeing the rage in Asher's eyes Taylor's whole gang ran away from there. He walked away from there with Leo.

"Will you go?" Lily asked, I glanced down at my watch.

"Yes, I have to go or I don't know what he will do to me this time." I replied, Lily was looking worried.

"But it is also class time. If you miss your class then it will be a problem." Lily stammered, I took a deep breath.

"I know but I have to go. Please take notes for me and give them to me at the end of the day." I pleaded, leaving from there to face my tormentor once again. I started to run towards Asher's classroom. He walked swiftly. If he once again took me being slightly late as an offense or disobedience then I would be in trouble. I entered his class and he was not there. If he is not here then where did he go? I walked inside to see once again, the whole class was full of students, but he was nowhere to be found. "Alpha is in the lab." I heard someone's voice. I looked back to see it was Leo.

"Why there?" I asked. He only bowed his head in front of me and walked back inside the classroom. He was also strange like his Alpha! He doesn't like me, but bows in front of me like I am his Luna. Asher hated me, so why would he behave like this?!

I walked out of the room, heading towards the lab. Now I very well knew where it was. The positive thing was I had my ID card, but what was odd was that there was no guard near the lab like before. Where had he gone? I looked around. I walked inside the lab and saw Asher sitting in the same place he had sat yesterday. Like before the lab was empty. No one was there but Asher.

"Close the door." Asher ordered. I hesitated before following his order. Why was he asking me to close the door? His icy eyes gave me a warning and I closed the door, but I didn't lock it. I started to walk towards him.

"Why have you called me?" I asked, he indicated towards his desk.

"Do it for me." He said, I saw he was asking me for his project work.

"You want me to do this work? But I am in class 11 and it is the work of class 12." I muttered, looking at the books.

"Are you daring to disobey me?" He questioned, raising his brow. I was mentally gritting my teeth in frustration. He was intentionally asking me to do this project.

"I can try." I replied, he looked satisfied with my reply. He threw his worksheet in front of me on the desk. I picked up the worksheet and books then turned to walk away from there.

"Where are you going?" he asked, making me look back at him.

"I am going to sit there." I declared and continued. But I felt an arm around my waist pulling me back. I grabbed the books in fear tightly and found myself sitting in front of Asher. I found myself in a seat positioned between his thighs. "You can not sit just anywhere." He said, I held the books even tighter.

"But why?" I questioned, feeling his warm breath tickling my ear and neck with every exhalation..

"Because the lab is full as you can see." He whispered. I couldn't help myself, I looked at him like he was absolutely crazy. There was no one in the lab!

"Sit here and do my work. I do not have that much time." he warned and I nodded. I quickly got up from between his thighs and took the seat beside him. The whole class was empty, but he was forcing me to sit beside him. I knew he wanted to tease me, that was not even including how his scent of citrus and sage was tickling my nose. I opened the book and began to write.

First I looked at some concepts and examples. I understood what it was. I was trying to focus, but the person beside me was distracting me.I could feel his eyes on me like a caress and at the same time without having to look I could tell that the space between us was getting narrower.

I kept inching away from him again and again, until I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I would fall off if I moved any further. He again moved towards me and our hands were touching. My body was feeling so good from his touch. "Can...You please...move a little?" I stuttered, without looking at him. My hand had not moved on the worksheet because of him. His presence was enough to make my heart go crazy. "Why?" He whispered, I clutched my pen tightly.

"Please... move away." I said, feeling his fingers near my ears. I closed my eyes when he pushed hair back from my face, tucking it back behind my ear.

"I can hear your heartbeat." He mused. As I heard him I opened my eyes and immediately looked at him, as I did my lips almost grazed his. My breath stopped in my chest at seeing him that close to me. His eyes were gazing straight into mine, as if he were trying to read my very soul. My eyes travelled to his lips, I noticed he was once again getting closer to my lips. As his lips were going to touch mine, my eyes closed of their own accord.

"Asher!" I heard a voice of a girl screech. I opened my eyes looking back to replace. Suzy was standing near the door, crossing her arms over her chest. She was glaring at me in outrage.

"Can you leave the room? I need to talk to my boyfriend!" Suzy almost shouted the word boyfriend. The use of the word boyfriend stabbed my heart, which was the effect she had desired. I looked at him, he had a normal face. I swiftly got up from there and left the room. I ran out of there and stopped in the hallway. I placed my hand over my heart and thought, why had I closed my eyes for him? He was just playing with me. I proved myself stupid by doing it. Why was he affecting me?