Autumn be His Wife: Alphas Fall Hard Collection by Nyla Lily

Author:Nyla Lily [Lily, Nyla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Goodreads: 220155657
Publisher: Independent Publishing
Published: 2025-09-24T23:00:00+00:00

5

Dusty

Even though I know I need to keep my distance from this woman, my strength dwindles. Especially after how I react each time I touch her, I know there’s no way around it.

I’m feeling like a ticking time bomb.

We’re on day three now. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think Piper was no longer worried about finding Julian. She seems quite satisfied staying right here in my cabin.

I should be bothered by it. Heck, I should be helping her out of my home and onto the next steps of her life, but that’s not what’s happening at all.

Today, I let her stay at home instead of dragging her to the clinic. Rather than using it as some kind of test to see if I could trust her or not, I simply couldn’t bring myself to disturb her sleep.

She’s not used to waking up early.

Now she’s welcoming Eli and me to a meal using ingredients she’s scavenged from the cabinet. I won’t lie, if she’s trying to convince me to let her stick around, she doesn’t have to go that far. In all truth, if she started packing her bags, I’d ask her to stay. Possibly beg.

Thankfully, neither of us has tried to break this pattern. Heck, I might let an entire week pass before I breathe a reminder about her arranged marriage or anything that deals with our current predicament.

Once our meal is shared, I’ve moved to clean up the aftermath, happy to wash the dishes while a conversation plays out at my back.

She’s sitting at the table with Eli as he works on his homework. He’s in amazement as he shoots equations at her in an attempt to show her that math without a calculator is too challenging. Unfortunately for him, she’s giving him the right answers from the top of her head while he continues to tap numbers on the small device.

“I’m really good with numbers.” She smiles sweetly at Eli as she huddles closer to him at the kitchen table. “Call it a hidden talent.”

I must admit, it is impressive to listen to her continue to amaze him. She’s not just humoring him; she’s enjoying the back and forth. Like she hasn’t had someone to show.

As much as they enjoy the conversation, Piper has to reel him in to doing his work instead of distracting himself.

Surprisingly enough, he listens to her. Thankfully, with my attention in front of me, neither can see the awe on my face.

Once math is finished, so are the dishes. Not wanting to interrupt this success with homework, I continue cleaning as they move onto reading.

Somewhere between wiping off the stove and cleaning up the crumbs on the counter, I hear Eli’s soft voice as his attention derails again.

“Can I have my room back?” His voice is so soft, but hardly enough to miss as he whispers the question to her. “Dad snores too loudly. I don’t know how much more I can take.”

Knowing him, he must not want to hurt my feelings.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.