Falling For My Cruel Mate novel Chapter 82

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want too." I give her a sad smile as she shrugs and hands me another dish to dry.

"Theres not much to talk about. I didn't know them and they were- Ajax said they weren't good people. I believe him."

"Yeah, I believe him too."

"So then he told you?" Her blue eyes peek down at me as she rinses off the last dish in the sink.

"He told me that your father was abusive and your mom did nothing to stop it." I sweep the towel over the last dish and place it carefully on the rack with the others that were ready to be put away.

"Was that it?"

"Is there more?" I turn to look at her, my curiosity peeking. Was Ajax still hiding part of his past from me? Siren had interrupted us before we could continue with that conversation, the night of my party.

There was a short pause. Her eyes moved all around the room, refusing to meet mine. I've never seen Cipher act so nervously. Maybe this topic is making her uncomfortable.

"You should ask him."

My mouth opens to form words but I cut myself off at the sound of Ajax and Sam laughing. The door closes and their laughter gets closer.

"I almost kicked your ass." Sam stumbles into the room as Ajax gives him a playful shove.

"In your dreams."

"There's no way in hell I dream about you." Sam scoffs and pulls open the fridge. " I dream about beautiful women feeding me grapes and mass-"

"Shut up." Ajax smiles as he sneaks past Sam. His eyes lock with mine and the smile that takes over my face is uncontrollable. His skin glistened with sweat, his shirt draped over his shoulder as if it were a sweat towel.

"How was training?" I ask as the space between us diminishes. His gorgeous eyes have a twinkle of light in them, a rare sighting. It's always been hard to decipher his emotions. He wasn't exactly an open book.

"It was the same ole thing. I kick Sam's ass and he tries to save his ego by creating a false scenario where he almost beat me." His smile is replaced with a playful smirk as he steals a glance at Sam over his shoulder.

"I really did almost beat you!" Sam chokes out as he shoves one of the left over pancakes into his mouth. I giggle has his cheeks puff out and enlarge due to him shoving more left over breakfast into his mouth.

"It's so cold my hands are going numb."

"I tripped over my shoe lace!"

"I shrieked because I thought I saw someone behind you not because I was falling. I swear!"

I giggled and laughed at all of his lame excuses and nearly peed my pants when he screamed like a little girl. Eventually he gave up and ultimately blamed the weather for his failure. Classic Sam. We were outside for a good hour, Ajax headed in a bit early to turn on the weather channel. I could feel my heart rate rise as Sam and Cipher walk up the few short steps to the door.

I'm not ready to go back inside. The chilling wind blows strongly shaking the naked trees and snapping a few brittle branches. I had a feeling in my gut that the weather broadcast would be completely different from this morning. We are definitely going to get more snow than predicted.

I'm not ready.

I stood still in my place. A few minutes go by before Cipher and Sam emerge from the house. Their curious gaze on me. Cipher retrieved her purse and Sam was stuffing more food into his mouth as he stood beside her.

"Why are you still standing out here?" Cipher asks, her blue eyes take in my appearance and she checks our surroundings in a very protective way.