Eventually, the realisation hit Isabelle, who came to her senses and pushed Alex away with her hands splayed on his chest, clearly not expecting this. Alex stumbled back a few steps; if he hadn't wanted to move, he wouldn't.
"You said.... You said just the cheek!"
Isabelle splutters, wiping her lips aggressively as if trying to wipe away the memories of the kiss they had just shared, even though she secretly never wanted to forget a second of it, not that she would tell Alex that. Isabelle turns on her heel and stalks into her room, slamming the door shut behind her with as much force as her small body could manage.
Alex follows closely behind but soon finds himself on the wrong side of the door. Isabelle slides her back down the door to sit behind it while Alex knocks on it softly from the other side. After a couple of moments, Isabelle hears Alex growling softly in annoyance but after hearing Isabelle's heartbeat increase out of fear, he stops.
"Open the door, Princess"
No response
"I'm sorry"
No response
"You're a great kisser if that counts for anything", he yells with a big grin on his face, which slides off when he hears Isabelle scoff. On the other side of the door, Isabelle doesn't even realise she is smiling until she brings one of her hands up to her swollen, smiling lips: Alpha King Alex thinks I am a good kisser?
A small meow and scratching on the door bring Isabella back to her senses. Bulkoso was clearly trying to get into the room, and Alex thought this would be a perfect opportunity to get Isabelle to open the door to him; he clearly underestimated her intelligence.
"Can you hear that? The cat... I mean... Ginger is trying to get in?" he says in more of a questioning tone. Isabelle frowns at his attempt at thinking of Bulkoso's name, but she is soon smirking. Isabelle stands up, and hearing this, alex is smirking just like Isabelle, thinking the cat might not be such a bad thing; it was clearly Isabelle's weakness. Yet Isabelle's smile was out of cunningness as she opened the door just wide enough for Bulkoso to contort his body in through the small gap before the door was slammed shut again giving Alex barely the time to realise what was happening.
"Real nice Isabelle" he growls slamming a fist on the wall beside the door leaving a crack in the wall which he instantly regrets, he was supposed to be making her forgive him not make the situation worse
"What do I have to do for you to forgive me?" Alex calls out, growing ever more impatient
"Get on your knees and beg for my forgiveness!" she yells back still smiling, although it wasn't how she believed him and let him in again, although what he didn't expect to see when the door opened was a phone camera in his face before a bright flash momentarily blinded him as a picture was captured of him begging.
"You didn't" Alex simply says, still not moving
"Gotcha!" Isabelle shrieks, grinning in victory. Alex lunges for her making her half scream and half laugh as she runs into her bedroom completely forgetting to shut the door behind her, Alex follows closely behind and narrows his eyes at her, his eyes flicking from her to the at least 4-year-old phone in her hand
"Now, my little mate, delete the picture", Alex orders, but he doesn't use his Alpha voice like he would on anyone else; he never wanted to do that on his mate. Isabelle was almost his equal (Once mated, they would be complete equals), so why would he ever want to control her? He already liked her free mind, decisions, emotions and thoughts.
"Nuh uh, it is there for future reference... the big bad Alpha King isn't so big or bad", she smirks, sliding the phone into her back pocket "Not to mention you deserve it for what you did! I wanted my first kiss to be special," Isabelle mutters. It wasn't really her first kiss, but she liked to pretend it was because of the other times with... Finn was the worst time of her life.
"That was your first kiss?" Alex says his voice catching slightly, she had no practice and that one kiss alone already had him under her spell, he was screwed!
"Yes and I wanted it to be special" Isabelle says looking away as she blushed furiously
"I am really sorry you know, I never want to hurt you emotionally, physically, mentally.... everythinglly" he says with a lopsided cheeky grin that Isabelle can't not smile at.
"I believe you... damn, look at the time and I got no packing done" Isabelle mutters as her eyes get continually heavier as a big yawn rips its way through her body
"Let's get to bed" Alex smiles reassuringly "We can work together tomorrow to sort it all out"
"Thank you, Alex... " she grins sleepily forgetting about the plan of him going back to the pack house.
After taking a shower, Isabelle allows Alex to lead her to the bed, and he starts to unpeel her dressing gown from around her body. Despite having clothes on, Isabelle hung onto the dressing gown with all her might; it didn't go unnoticed by Alex, who was instantly hurt that she thought he would ever try anything.
"I already said I was sorry for taking advantage before, I'm just getting you ready for bed now. I won't do anything I promise" he smiles and the mate bond lets her know that he is telling the truth, she isn't really sure how she knows but she does and she trusts him
Alex lifts the sheets that have been messily made. The bed was lumpy and uncomfortable, but just having Isabelle in the bed to cuddle with made it seem to Alex like the best bed in the world. Alex put Isabelle into bed before undressing himself to his boxers, he slid into the other side of the bed beside Isabelle who moments previously had been nearly asleep but feeling the bed lower as Alex climbed into it made her freeze with fear
"I need to be here so we can get all the work done early tomorrow, don't worry. Like I said, I have no intention of trying anything apart from..." Alex slides over to sling an arm over Isabelle's chest to keep her close and safe while they slept, despite only doing this for a couple of minutes Alex then moves to kissing her neck and ear while whispering sweet nothings into her ear until he was sure she had fallen asleep so he could also fall asleep.