On The Border - Marry Him Or Die

2.51

Lucas’s POV

I was being a teasing asshole this morning to Angel.

Her red, embarrassed face was enough to tell me that my teasing was working better than I expected.

She didn’t even want to look me in the eyes as soon as she saw me enter the dining room. That’s why I tried to get under her skin. I didn’t want her to act like nothing happened, because it did happen, and I was so happy that it did, I had no regrets.

But did she?

Or was she acting this way because she thought it meant nothing to me and she was trying not to read too much into the kiss?

After two days with her, I’d say I have a firm understanding of the way she thinks, but not enough to determine the answer to that question.

Guess I’ll have to talk to her about it at some point.

Let her know that it wasn’t just a game to me. I wasn’t just having fun with her while she’s here. I meant that kiss, I fucking kissed her like my life depended on it.

“Lucas, I’d like for you and David to accompany April and Angelina to the town gym after breakfast. April wants Angelina to train her in self defense and I don’t want them to be alone there” said mom firmly.

I looked at April with raised eyebrows while she just looked at me challengingly.

“Self defense huh? I’ll teach you how to fire a gun, that’s a lot more useful than self defense little sis” I said sarcastically.

“I can learn both” she said sweetly.

“Why the sudden interest?” I asked curiously as I played with my stubble beard.

She cleared her throat and said firmly “It looked pretty useful when being backed into a corner”

“Not because you want to kick mine and David’s asses if we ever piss you off?” I asked amusingly.

“Oh that too” she said nonchalantly.

“What about you, Angel?” I asked her interestingly.

She looked up at me and asked in a puzzled expression while trying to hide her annoyance at the use of my favorite nickname for her “What about me?”

“I thought you wanted to leave. Now you want to give April lessons. Does that mean you changed your mind?” I asked firmly.

She shook her head, eliciting a slight pinch inside my chest before she said determinedly “No, I’m not staying. I’ll give April daily lessons until it’s my time to leave. Then she can enlist herself in Fairbanks once the danger is over and Zade is taken care of”

I nod my head slowly and ask “What about shooting? Aren’t you interested to learn how to shoot? You know you can’t knee a man aiming a gun to your head”

“Are you offering to teach me?” she asked in confusion.

“Only if you want to. But if you ask me, it’s a very useful thing to learn, especially given your situation. You never know when you might have to fire a gun to save your life…. Or someone else’s” I said convincingly.

I was really trying to convince her to let me teach her. Because if she was hell bent on leaving, My mind will not rest knowing she can’t defend herself against a pointed gun.

She seemed to consider it much to my relief. I didn’t want her to be stubborn about it just because it was me offering to teach her.

“I guess you’re right” she said quietly.

“OK, then. Looks like we have our day planned already. I’m going to change into my workout clothes while you finish your breakfast” I said excitedly.

“I thought you were just going to hang out with us” said Angelina in suspicion.

“What? And pass up the opportunity to learn from the best? No way. I’m not going down again like yesterday. I need to train too. David, you’re included as well, let’s go change” I said with a smug smile.

She narrowed her eyes at me cutely and I couldn’t resist from laughing under my breath as I headed out of the dining room.

Fifteen minutes later, we're stopping in front of the empty gym. It didn’t even have a sign yet.

“We need mats to train on, Lucas you know where to get them from” said April from the backseat.

“OK, I’ll go get them. Here, take the keys and wait for me inside” I instructed.

They all got out while I went to get the mats from a nearby store.

I went inside the gym after I brought them and was amazed with the work done on the place.

It was David’s responsibility to finish renovating the place after Alex and Jenny left town. I never sat foot inside it until now.

It was very huge. It had very large windows covering the front of the gym, giving a decent view of the heart of town.

It was two stories. While the first floor was for all the workout equipment and sport exercises, the second floor was planned for physical therapy, some private classes of different kinds, and in door swimming pool with Jacuzzi and sauna rooms.

Man, Jenny is going to be over the moon when all the equipment arrive and we set up the place for her.

I drop the new mats on the floor and grin at Angelina, who was leaning against one of the pillars with her arms crossed in front of her in an annoyed manner.

“So, how do you wanna do this?” I asked playfully.

“I’ll start with the basics with April. You go ahead and train with David, I’m sure you too are way more trained to be learning the basics from me” she said dismissively as she came closer and picked up two mats from the floor at my feet and then gave me her back.

April followed behind her, while David looked at me smugly. He was on to me, I was sure. He knows how fascinated I am with her from the beginning but he never said anything to me about it.

“Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s begin” I said casually to him as I bent down and picked up one of the mats.

He shook his head at me and muttered something under his breath, too low for me to hear what he was saying, but I’ll go ahead and assume he was complaining about being roped into training for the sake of stalking my Angel and spending more time with her.

Twenty minutes later, we’re sweating despite the harsh cold weather as I pin David under me for the fifth time since we started.

“OK, I’m so done. I’m pretty sure I just almost got my skull broken” complained David in annoyance.

“Oh come on! I was careful man” I teased. I was so not careful. Because my eyes were always trained on Angel’s angelic, sexy body in those tight pants as she taught my sister some basic moves to start with. She was a total distraction, and I still managed to kick David’s ass five times already. I was great at multitasking.

“Maybe we should change partners” I suggested loudly, enough to reach Angel’s ears.

Her head whipped to the side and her eyes met mine fiercely.

She knew exactly what I was trying to do and it bothered the hell out of her. Which really surprised me. Why was she fighting so hard to stay away from me?

“If you’re tired, you two can take a break” she said casually and turned back around to face April.

“Come on Angel! Don’t be afraid, I’ll take it easy on you, just like yesterday” I teased her.

She stiffened and turned to me with anger shining in her eyes “Oh, so you’re saying that you let me beat you?” she asked incredulously.

“Of course I did. I wasn’t about to hit a girl! It’s not how I was raised” I said smoothly.

She raised one eyebrow at me and said “No point in training with you if you’re not going to fight back, Lucas. That’s why we need to stick with our partners”

“Fine, I’ll fight back. For the sake of training and to show you that I can take you down very easily” I said in mock defeat.

Her eyes sparked with the challenge, and her lips thinned down from being underestimated.

“Don’t go crying to my mother later though. Remember that you wanted me to fight back” I warned firmly.

“You’re the one who’s going to cry, believe me” she said through gritted teeth as she started heading my way.

I chuckled under my breath at her come back which only added to her annoyance.

Gosh, I’m pretty sure she’s going to kick my ass and hand it to me in a few minutes. But hell, if I won’t enjoy every second of it.