Alpha’s Virgin Stripper

Jojo:

I watched the alpha move closer to me. He corked his head to the side, examining me as though he did not believe any of the words that came out of my mouth.

He moved closer to me and stared down at me. I swallowed hard, fighting my urge to take steps backward.

“What did the doctor say? About your nausea?” He asked, his thick baritone laced with genuine concern.

Now, I know that you’re thinking I should have stolen this opportunity to talk to the alpha, but that is not how the whole thing works. I was a nobody and he was the alpha, I had to thread with caution.

“Nothing serious. As I said, it was just the smell of the hospital and bad food, maybe from the cafeteria.” I spat out. I noticed how the intensity of his gaze did not relax, even after all I had said.

“Are you sure? Either way, you should take a leave. It’ll be a paid one, be with your sister and your mother. It seems to me like you must do so.” He said out loud.

I felt heat rise to my cheeks, warming my soft heart in the process. He was so nice; he had always been so nice to me. Helping me, going out of his way to protect me, even when I had nothing to offer. It couldn’t be the sex; I was not the best. So, what was it that made him so nice to me?

I decided to stop questioning myself and take the bold leap to ask him. I cleared my throat and he narrowed his eyes at me.

“Can I ask you a question?” I started.

With his eyes still fixed on my face, he nodded.

“Yes, of course.”

I found myself intertwining my fingers, only because they were all trembling. I always found it hard to speak to him. I coughed to clear my throat for what seemed like forever before I finally spoke.

“Why do you care so much about me?” I blurted out, only realizing how weird the question was after I had utterly disgraced myself. I could almost see his lips thin into a smile, but the smile never came.

“I was never told it was a sin to care for my workers. Is it?”

His workers? His… you know what? Never mind. Of course, that was all I was to him, a stripper in his club.

Not the mother of his unborn child, but a worker whom he paid monthly.

I chuckled nervously.

“Certainly not, alpha. My apologies.”

He nodded and looked down at the wristwatch around his left wrist.

“I would leave you to your family duties now. Do ensure you take care of yourself.” His tone was definite and official.

I nodded, a weak smile on my face.

“Of course, alpha. I would.”

He turned away from me, without a second thought, and walked away. I watched him disappear out of my sight before I turned away from him. My eyes immediately searched for Valerie and Mel. I found them seated on a bench at the distal end of the corridor. I walked towards them with more than a heavy heart. There was so much going on in my mind and I needed to speak to someone, to Mel.

When I got to where they sat, Ley’s eyes brightened as they looked up at me. I forced a weak smile, I could see the heavy bags underneath her eyes. She had been crying, perhaps even more than I was. I lowered myself to her and cupped both my cheeks with my palms. She sniffed in her tears and stared into my green eyes.

I embraced her and my heart melted when her little arms wrapped around my wider body. I slipped my hand into my pocket and drew out a five-dollar note. I held it up to her face and watched her eyes light up with excitement.

“Do you want ice cream?” I asked, fighting hard to keep my smile plastered on my face. I messed up by losing my head in front of her, I needed to keep my head in the right place now.

She nodded eagerly and I chuckled.

“You can go and get ice cream and enjoy yourself, okay? Mummy would be just fine. Don’t mind me, I was just stressed out from work.” I cupped her little knees with my larger hands and placed a kiss on her forehead.

“Mummy is going to be here until she gets better. Meanwhile, you, Mel, and I would go home, be together and come and see her every morning until she can return home with us. Okay? You, my love, have nothing to worry about. You trust me, do you not?”

Finally, she broke her cord of silence and parted her lips to speak.

“Yes, I trust you.”

Tears stung my bottom lips, but they were of the many mixed emotions I was feeling.

I watched her grab the dollar notes from my hand and scurry away with her cute little legs. I could almost see myself at that age, running around the house.

I rose from the ground and settled into the chair beside Mel.

“I’m glad you found the courage to speak to her. You know she trusts you, right?”

I turned my head, even while I leaned against the wall. My eyes landed on Mel’s and I found myself heaving a heavy sigh of relief.

“I know. That is why she is the least of things on my mind.” Of a truth, Valerie was the least of my worries at that point. I knew my sister trusted me and she was strong. I knew that my mother would regain her memory, it would only take time and more money. What I did not know, what I was not sure of, was what I was going to do with myself.

Mel stared at me with concern.

“If this is about your mother’s memory…”

“I’m pregnant, okay?” I blurted out. You could say my frustration had gotten the better of me, because that was what it was.

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“Say what now?”

I heaved a disgruntled sigh as I leaned away from the wall.

“I did not want to speak about it before because it was nothing serious. But a lot of things have happened between the alpha and me, things I can’t even begin to speak about. The thing is, now I’m pregnant. I just found out today and I have no idea what I am supposed to do.”

It was only when I finished speaking that I saw Mel’s lips thin into a smirk.

“You mean the alpha has been dicking you down? Like, you’ve sucked on his cock and shit?”

I rolled my eyes, ignoring the heat in my cheeks. I could trust Mel to blow things out of proportion.

“Stop Mel, that’s disgusting.” I snapped, she threw her head back in laughter, obviously ignoring my fake show of anger.

“I’m so sorry, the whole thing is just crazy! But really…” She leaned into me, her voice turned into a whisper.

“You’re carrying the heir of Rush pack? That’s huge! You do realize how huge this is, right?”

The knot in my stomach tightened, my heart began to race in my chest.

“You’re not making me feel any better, Mel. And that’s facts.” I growled, placing my back against the wall, allowing the brick to soak in the sweat of my depression.

“I know that face, Jo. And I know that voice too. You have to tell him before you do anything stupid. I mean, it’s the alpha we are speaking about here. If it were Harris or any other random man, I would have helped you get rid of it myself. But, not the alpha’s baby, Jo.”

She talked as though it would be easy to keep it. I scoffed and leaned out of the wall, placing my hands on my thighs.

“If I keep the baby, what would I do with it? I work part-time jobs; I do not have a degree. I won’t be able to dance once I get a baby, then what would I do? How would I take care of him, or her, or whatever?”

I saw her blink rapidly, as though she thought I was crazy.

Maybe I was.

“His father and grandfather are the richest and most influential men in this pack! What do you think you’ll need money and a college degree for? Don’t tell me this pregnancy’s got you on crack.”

She didn’t understand, at all.

I buried my face in my palms and fought the urge to scream into them.

“You don’t get it, do you? What if I ever need to raise the child myself?”

She chuckled, an amused one, before she leaned into me.

“Why would you ever raise the child yourself when the father is alive, healthy and most importantly, wealthy?!”

“What if he doesn’t want it?!” I cried out. There it was; the fear that had been in my mind. The real reason I was scared.

Mel sighed and placed a soft hand on my right thigh.

“The alpha doesn’t have a wife; he doesn’t have a child. What reason would he have to reject the baby?”

I knew that she didn’t know the alpha as well as I did. I was going to have to explain to her.

“Alpha Lake is just different, okay? He doesn’t like women and he is firmly against getting married. If I tell him I’m pregnant, he might see it as nothing but a trap.”

It was then that Mel took her hand off my thigh and leaned into the wall.

“I guess you do have a point there. But, you’ll have to tell him either way, he deserves to know.”

It was both an advice and an instruction, I could hear it in her voice.

I leaned on the wall, beside her. A heavy sigh escaped my parted lips.

She was right, he did deserve to know.