Mated To My Sister’s Alpha Fiance by Veliciah
Chapter 90

Chapter 90 Skylar I only have to drive for thirty minutes until I notice I’m almost out of gas. Luckily, there is a gas stationjust up the road. I pull in and cut the engine, unbuckling my seatbelt. Jaiden is sleeping in the back, but Lucas is awake. He finally uncrosses his arms, which have beentense since we left the airport, and unclenches his jaw before he turns to me, “I’ll pump” he says. “Y-you don’t have to do that!” I stammer.His eyes narrow, but I don’t dare to look into his mismatched eyes. Just sitting in the car with him ismaking me anxious. What makes it even worse is that I know Lucas has already figured out hefrightens me. His next question confirms it. “Do all men frighten you, or is it just me?” That question hits me like an arrow through the chest, and I lift my eyes, staring at his muscles andunyielding expression before gulping. “W-what makes you think I’m afraid of men?” He shrugs a massive shoulder. “At the airport, you were perfectly calm speaking to a lady who askedfor directions. I watched you from afar while Jaiden was in the bathroom. But as soon as Jaidenapproached you, you wore this expression…kinda like you would shit in your pants.” Discomfort wraps around me while Lucas, the brutish idiot, cackles at his own words. “You said I wastoo short five years ago, and now you can’t even look me in the eye…girls are such hypocrites.” Really, he is muttering that in front of me? He is so rude! I want to call him stupid to his face, but I’m notbrave enough. Instead. I end up glaring ahead. “It’s not very nice to make fun of something someone said in the past. P-people change,” I say beforeadding, “Don’t ridicule me for my fears either. Y-you don’t know what I’ve been through“Sorry, can you repeat that without stammering? It’s hard to understand what you’re saying.”The audacity! I turn around to glare into his handsome face, but no matter what, words won’t come to me. I’m tooafraid to think or speak in his presence. He knows this, too, and smiles evilly from the passenger seat.

“Also, I’m curious: what have you been through that makes it so hard to speak to men? You’re agrownup-shouldn’t you be more assertive at your age-” His words get interrupted by me slapping him in the face. Immediately, the car turns silent, the only sound being the soft hum of the AC. He slowly turns his faceback toward me, rubbing his cheek with a dumbfounded expression. It’s clear he didn’t expect myreaction, and frankly, neither did I. I stare at my own hand in disbelief. Did I really just slap an Alpha? What the hell has gotten into me?! For the first time in five years, I let my emotions get the best of me because, somehow, Lucas mademe think of the past. My own parents abandoned me. I endured years of abuse from the caretakers at the orphanage.

1/4 Get the App. Get All of XM XMDOWNLOAD NOW ။ 11:02 Fri, May Chapter 90 Rape. Loneliness, It all turned into rage, and now, I fear what will happen next. I expect Lucas to punish me for slappinghis face, but instead, he chuckles in his seat. “Well,” he finally says, lifting a hand to touch his reddening cheek gingerly. “I guess there is some fire inyou.” My only response is to stare at him, a little breathless, with my heart hammering hard against my chest.Even my lips are quivering

Lucas seems to replace that amusing. “You’re such a weirdo…” He shakes his head. “You’re the one whoslapped me, yet you’re the one looking like you’re in pain.” His words cut like knives because he is making me feel as if I’m being misunderstood. If only he knewwhy I rejected the way I did…but is it even an excuse? Violence should never be okay, and yet, Icouldn’t stop myself. “I will start pumping now.” Lucas opens the door. “You just sit there and keep being a weirdo.” Despite the unsettling feeling in my chest. I manage to glare daggers at him. “You could be nicer tome… you’re mean.” “Nicer? Pift, as if you deserve that!” Lucas snorts. “And I’m not mean. I say things how they are. Thereis a difference! I’m honest. I swallow thickly. Lucas is a bully, yet I say nothing to provoke him further. I just glare at him until his nostrils flare.“Whatever,” he climbs out of the car. “The gas is on me.” Since I don’t have a lot of money, I just nod. But then I figure I should contribute with something andquickly ask, “D-do you want something from the store?” “Sure,” he mutters. “We can enter the store together after I’m done here.” I keep my eyes on him as he walks to the pump. His shoulders are broad, and his profile is strongunder the harsh sunlight. There’s a hardness in him-a callousness that comes from years of anger andloneliness that mirrors my own. Is it because he is a tribrid? Because that’s what he is. I think. At least I heard his dad was a mix ofthree different species, but I’ve also heard rumors that his mom has angelic blood. So, maybe Lucas is a quadbrid? Is that even possible? As he finishes and makes his way back to the car, I replace myself lost in thought. What would it be like tohave such a diverse lineage? Could that be why he’s so different? “Are you coming or not?” Lucas asks in his deep voice, making me jump. His red and green eyes meetmine and for a moment, I feel he can see straight through me, into all my thoughts and feelings.

There’s an intensity there that takes me aback. “Oh yeah, c-coming,” I stammer, hastily undoing my seatbelt and getting out of the car. The warmafternoon sun beats down on us as we walk together into the store. There are two mean girls from the local pack working the cash register. They snicker when they seeme, but their faces fall 2/4 Get the App. Get All of XM XO XMDOWNLOAD NOW Chapter 90 once their eyes land on Lucas. “Holy shit, is that a basketball player?” one of them whispers in Spanish, just loud enough for me tocatch. The other smirks and leans across the counter, her eyes following Lucas as he strides past them with anonchalance born of years of dealing with unwanted attention. He opens the cooler to take out anenergy drink, and the girl swoons. “I don’t know, but hot d*mn, he is gorgeous.” “He is. I wonder what the hell he is doing with the nerd from school, though?” “Maybe he is the ginger’s cousin?” “Or maybe he lost a bet?” The second one snickers, elbowing her friend as they continue their hushedspeculation about me and Lucas. 1 feel my checks grow warm, embarrassment sliding down my spine like trickling ice water. This is whyI avoid people and social situations. They never fail to remind me of my place.

Lucas, however, remains unbothered since he probably does not even understand what they aresaying. He opens the freezer and glances at me. “Do you want an ice cream cone?” he asks, holdingup a strawberry one. I blink in surprise at his question and the offer of a treat. “Um, yeyes, thanks,” I reply, feeling even moreout of place. Perhaps Lucas is not as mean as I initially thought. He tosses the strawberry cone into our basket along with his drink, his gaze never leaving mine.There’s a new emotion in his eyes! s that I can’t quite decipher – not kindness, but something similar..tolerance, perhaps? “Get whatever else you want,” he adds casually before moving away to grab a six-pack of beer. I reach for a bag of chips and a bar of chocolate, my favorite. As make my way towards Lucas again, Isee him chatting up the girls at the counter. They’re giggling and blushing, fawning over him like he’s amovie star or something. “So you play basketball?” I hear one of them ask in English as I approach, the coy smile on her facemaking it obviously clear she wants to f*ck him. “I don’t,” Lucas replies. “But you’re so tall!” the other girl interjects, fluttering her eyelashes at him. “I’m sure you’d be great atit.” Lucas only shrugs in response, paying for our snacks with a laid-back air that sends the girls intoanother giggling fit.“Coming?” he asks me. “Y-yes!” Just as we are about to exit the store, Lucas suddenly turns around. “By the way,” he says, his tone flatbut authoritative. “The ‘nerd’ over here is my friend. Treat her decently, or we’ll have a problem.” The girls’ laughter dies instantly, replaced by stunned silence that hangs heavily in the air. Did he just defend me? I blink at Lucas in surprise, my heart pounding against my ribs. Never has anyone stood up for me likethat. Even my sister joins in to tease me whenever her friends do.

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