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"You knocked out Jerry Heritage in only two rounds! You've definitely gotten faster!" I boomed. Billy barked out loud.
"Right! Oi remember he was talking that mad shit at our weigh in!" he laughed and I laughed so hard I was crying remember how Jerry said he'd knock Billy out in one round.
"Oh my god yes it was hilarious!" I replied remembering the threats. Since I couldn't remember where Rafael lived, I asked Billy to take me to my parent's home. He knew where they lived and my parents knew him too so I figured I'd stay with them tonight. I was sure Rafael would be working late anyways. As we drove through familiar neighborhoods I smiled at the memories.
"Remember when we first met?" he asked. I nodded leaning back into the leather seats of his car.
"Yes. It was a meeting at the park for AntiDom. Everyone who saw you was impressed to see a well-known athlete and alpha in support of free love for everyone." I said. He grinned.
"But you weren't impressed." he said as he turned down the street of my parent's neighborhood. I grinned looking at him.
"Yeah, I thought you were a poser." I replied and he laughed some more.
"A poser! Well now you're in this poser's car." he said and we both laughed and he began look down the street with reminiscence type eyes.
"Then we went out for drinks with some of the others and that big bar fight happened." he said. I hummed in thought of that night.
"God, I had never seen anything like it. It was my first ever fight too!" I exclaimed. "And when that asshole had his hand around my throat, you were right there to get him off me." He nodded slowly looking at me with cool eyes.
"Ay no man should ever put their hands on a woman." he said. I nodded.
"Agreed." I replied. He nodded as we pulled up into my parent's driveway.
"Your mate put his hands on you?" he asked seriously and I looked at him to see the dead stare in his eyes. I shook my head.
"No he has not." I replied. He replied.
"He ever do, you let me know. I don't care if I'm on the other side of the world." he said. I shook my hand.
"Always trying to fight someone." I replied and he nodded.
"Aye. Always trying to fight someone." he agreed and we both sat there staring at the garage. "I know your alpha doesn't want us seeing each other. Do you no longer want us to be friends?" My heart dropped at his words and I shook my head.
"No. I have always valued your friendship, how deep you truly can be. You've even given me good advice when I thought you were just a mindless fighter not capable of critical thinking." I said. He gave me a playfully offended look.
"Hey now mindless?" he asked. I just laughed.
"And you make me laugh." I said finally my laughter dying some before sighing some shaking my head slowly and looking at my lap. "I just want to be happy. I don't want to be tied down to someone I hardly know." He stared at me sympathetically before looking ahead.
"Maybe… you'll like him in time." he said. 'You're only saying that because you're an alpha.' I looked up at him upon realizing that it was true he was an alpha whose beta is dead.
"Do you think you'll ever find another beta?" I asked. He shrugged looking at me.
"I'm sure we've both been taught the same thing on alphas and betas. We mate for life." he said. I winced and nodded.
"And my mate is in his forties." I said and he scoffed.
"Oh man he's old!" he said before looking me over. "But you like older men." I shrugged.
"When I have the choice to." I said and he nodded.
"Maybe you can make him love you so when he dies you can inherit his money." he teases. I groaned waving him off.
"You know money isn't important to me. Once school is over I will make my own money." I replied. He nodded.
"Attagirl. Always had a strong head on your shoulders." he said and I smiled some looking at him.
"So does this mean you can be with whomever you want?" I asked and he shrugged.
"I don't know. I mean honestly, I am afraid to date again because what if the girl is a beta who hasn't been claimed yet? I don't need that drama." he said. I nodded in thought of his words.
"What about an alpha woman who lost her beta as well." I said.
"Or a beta woman who lost her alpha." he said. I nodded slower now.
"You deserve happiness Billy that much I know." I said. He grinned.
"Well thank you. You deserve that too." he added.
"You know I think I wouldn't be the person I am today without you." I said honestly and he gave a gentle smile.
"I have that effect on people." he said and I grinned knowing our time together was at an end. I started to look around for my back pack now. "Hey can I ask you something without offending you?" I looked at him curiously and nodded.
"Of course." I said and he bit his lip some.
"Seeing as this may be the last time I ever see you, can I kiss you?" he asked. I stared at him intently now thinking about that loaded question. He shook his head slowly. "It can have whatever feelings comes with it, it can even be a farewell kiss from your transition of a beta to a mated beta. Meaning, after this moment we will never see each other or contact one another ever again."
From freedom to prisoner. I stared at him with saddened eyes feeling them start to water a bit. It made sense to me and I nodded unbuckling my seatbelt and leaning over to him and we leaned forward and let our lips press against one another. Immediately the excitement of rebellion was there again. His hands gripped my hips and pulled me into his lap. His lips were smooth and dominating and I loved it. We made gentle noises of pleasure as our mouths opened to one another. Our tongues moved around each other and we exhaled in pleasure against one another. My hips began to move on their own against his and his hands gripped my ass immediately in response. My head fell back and my eyes closed in bliss as I feel his lips moving up and down my neck. His tongue was hot as it slid over my jugular.
"AMARA!" I hear my mother yell making us both jump.
Normal POV
Nothing could ruin Rafael's day. Not the cases he was preparing for or even the gruesome cases he had to read in order to prepare for them. It was after one and he and Olivia were coming back from lunch.
"I think things between us are going to be okay." he said confidently. Olivia kept her encouraging smile on her face.
"It's only been three days, let everything unfold as they should." she reminded. Rafael rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Of course. I just have to make sure we both are in good moods when we talk." he joked looking down at his phone. Olivia arched a brow.
"You've been looking down at your phone at least six times since we left the café." she noted. Rafael nodded wincing some.
"Amara said she'd message me when she was leaving school." he said. Olivia shrugged.
"You don't know her schedule, which I am sure she is grateful for. She may have a full day of classes." she said. Rafael avoided eye contact with his detective friend a sign she didn't like. "What did you do?"
Rafael finally glanced at her.
"I may have found her school schedule and sent a picture of it to my phone without her knowledge." he said. Olivia's eyes widened.
"Barba!" she snapped and his shoulders raised in defense.
"I was just keeping it in case I would have to come get her or maybe she'd want me to get her. I don't know!" he said. Olivia shook her head as her phone began beeping. She pulled out her phone and looked at it and immediately her face froze, her eyes flexing some as she stared at her phone. Rafael looked at her face and looked at her with concern.
"What's going on?" he asked. Olivia looked at him and bit her lip and looked at the phone before inhaling.
"I follow NYPapparrzi, as a way to keep up with certain celebrities I follow. It seems Billy Conlan is in town and that he may have a new girlfriend." she said lowly as she began to hold up her phone to him. Rafael arched a brow at her before looking at the phone and as he saw the images, his face immediately dropped, his eyes swelling up with immediate anger. Olivia had seen that look on her face, when he was about to completely destroy a defendant in the court room. He then looked at Olivia.
"Send me those pictures." he said and turned and moved back to his car. Concerned Olivia began to follow.
"What are you going to do?" she asked, but got no answer." Barba!" But he didn't answer. He just got in his car and took off.