My eyes were wide, while his was closed. I felt him gently cup my cheek, tilting his head to kiss me further, my mind was on haywire not being able to grasp what was indeed happening.

When I finally did, I felt myself kiss back. My hand resting on his firm torso, the whole zoo was present on my stomach and it felt right.

A thought entered my mind that made me pause.

I placed my hands on both his shoulder, gently pushing him away."Wait, why are you kissing me? We're supposed to be throwing stuff at one another!" My lips were tingling and my cheeks were heating up.

Tyrone had a look of disbelief drawled on his face, his eyes were brimming with such intensity that I feel like I'll melt.

"I'm kissing you because I like you Zoe. I like you so fucking much that it scares me. I like how you didn't give up when I was an asshole to you. I like how you stood up for the both of us when I couldn't protect you. I like how kind you are. I like your eyes. I like your laugh, fuck. I like everything about you radish." He confessed, brushing his thumb gently on my bottom lip.

My heart was pounding like crazy and I felt my eyes widen at his confession."You do? Shit. Are you serious? You like me? The Tyrone slash rock slash Adler likes me? Wait," I paused before narrowing my eyes at him.

"You aren't kissing me because of make up sex, right? Oh no, we aren't technically dating but we're fake married so does tha-"

Tyrone leaned down and placed a rough kiss on my lips."Fuck, you're driving me crazy Zoe Smith. Tyrone slash rock slash Adler truly likes you."

I cheekily grinned, looping an arm around his neck and bringing him closer."Who wouldn't? I'm kidding. I like youuu so damn much carrot, now kiss me." I demanded.

He complied, his head closing the distance to place his lips on mine again. The familiar flutter of my stomach made its way known that made me sigh through the kiss.

Tyrone's kisses were out of this world, it was filled with passion and his feelings. I brought one of my hand up, raking it through his hair.

Being a bold, I gently traced my tongue on his lower lip and he gave me his permission. I slip my tongue into his and he totally dominated me on this one.

He pushed me harder against the cabinet, his lips pulling away from mine as he trailed kisses down my neck.

I gasp, his warm lips leaving a hot tail of desire and he let out a groan when I pulled harder on his hair, feeling him gently nip on a spot beneath my ear that brought pleasure through me.

He looped an arm around my waist, pulling me flush against him. Tyrone started sucking on the skin and I closed my eyes, relishing the feeling of it as he left his mark.

Tyrone brought his lips to mine once more and I felt him tightened his hold me, we kissed until I felt like my lungs were burning with need for oxygen and I was a hot mess.

When we finally pulled away, I was met by a disheveled yet handsome Tyrone Adler. His brown orbs were dark and hooded with desire, his lips red and swollen.

Tyrone took in my flustered state and swollen lips before falling unto the hickey he left on my neck, a possessive smile falling on his lips.

"You're mine Zoe. I was bound to you the moment you hyperventilated in the hospital when I tried to confess to you." He stared at my hazel orbs, pushing a strand of hair behind mg ear.

I breathed heavily, my cheeks heating up at what he just said. Damn, kissing him was a like a work out for me.

Well, a very worthy work out.

"I was bound to you the minute you stared into my eyes at that diner carrot, so I guess your my mine as well." I smiled, standing on my tiptoes to press a kiss on his nose.

The moment was cut short when I felt something lay on my feet. We both looked down seeing grumpy who laid flat on his back on both our feet, his tongue out and tails surprisingly wagging.

I gasp, placing a hand on my mouth."We just swapped saliva in front of our son!"

"Yes! That's it! Faster!" I yelled loudly."Show them what you got Grumpy!"

Tyrone glanced at me, his expression incredulous."Radish, calm down. Your giving our classmates the wrong idea."

It was the second day of puppy camp and today's activities was all about our fur babies. We were currently at the end of the finish line, waiting for grumpy to finish the race.

I ignored him and continued to cheer. I didn't care about them, I only cared about my two grumpy.

When he did crossed the line, Tyrone immediately gave him a treat and gave him a stomach rub.

"Congrats babe! You came in third," I greeted, rubbing grumpy's ears which made him wag his tail.

After my mini freak out last night, I didn't go to the bonfire and opted to cuddle, yes cuddle with my carrot and grumpy on his chest instead.

I fell asleep on his bed and Eliki didn't wake us up. That girl even had the audacity to ask if we're dating the next morning.

To which this carrot replied with."You'd think I'd cuddle with this little shit if we weren't?" Of course he earned a harsh smack from me in return for that comment.

"Okay, the next game will be find the treat. One of your partner will be holding your puppy while you hide with the treat but only on the trees. This is to test the familiarity of your furbabe with you." Mr. John said, blowing on the whistle for us to gather.

"I'll hold him, you go hide." Tyrone said, handing the treat to him.

I hesitated, although grumpy has been warming up to me. I knew he still prefers Tyrone and I wasn't sure if he memorized my scent from the way he didn't have much sleep over at our house.

"He'll find you radish." Tyrone assured, seeming to read my mind.

Grumpy let out a small bark and I smiled, leaning down quickly to pet him."Good luck grumpy, I'll be hiding somewhere along there." I pointed to the trees before giving him one last pet.

I was about to walk away when Tyrone leaned down quickly to press a short kiss on forehead."Be safe and watch where your going." He softly said.

I beamed, nodding my head at him. We were given two minutes to hide and I ran to where the trees was.

Many followed suit and and quickly hid in the trees and bushes, I noticed a huge rock not far away and I quickly ran towards it.

I crouched down, hearing the second blow of the whistle indicating that they had let go of our furbabes.

The heat of sun was thankfully captured by the tall trees and wind blew gently on my flushed skin. I felt myself sit down in, leaning my back against the rock.

I still couldn't grasp the idea that Tyrone Adler likes me. I remembered the time Delilah was so sure that we'll end up together and yet here we are now, together indeed.

Life truly does work in a mysterious way, we don't know who we'll end up liking or hating. You're just gonna be surprise that you ended up feeling that way.

Bringing a hand to my mouth, I could still feel how his lips felt on mine. How soft yet passionate his lips were, could feel how he poured his feelings through the kiss.

My hand moved to my neck where Tyrone left a hickey. I couldn't help but grin at his pissed off expression earlier when he saw it was covered with concealer.

Technically we stated the whole 'your mine' thing last night but was that enough to count as we're dating?

I mean, we're fake married but I guess I have to bring that up to him later. It's better to be sure than assume, that would be embarrassing.

My eyes widened, letting out a small squeak of surprise when Grumpy jumped on my lap and bit half of the treat off.

"Grumpy! We're supposed to return the treat first before you eat it." I told him, earning a small bark from him.

I raised a brow."Don't use that kind of bark on me young man." I raised a finger at him, making his ears lower.

He jumped on my hand, licking my finger and letting out a small whimper. I suddenly felt guilty and quickly lowered it down.

"That kind of barking is not accepted by furmom okay?" I told him gently before rubbing his ears."And congrats! You found me! Now let's go see your furdad." I giggled at the name, standing up.

Grumpy let out a bark, his tail wagging. He quickly followed after me while we crossed the field, raising one of my hand to protect my eyes from the sunlight.

"He accidentally ate half the treat." I handed Mr. John the treat back, an apologetic smile on my lips.

He shook his head, his blue eyes glittering against the sun light."Congrats Grumpy! You came in second!" Mr. John knelt down at grumpy, giving him the treat.

Grumpy took it from him, munching it down in seconds. I felt Tyrone's presence behind me, placing a hand on my hip.

"Told you he'd find you." He whispered, looking down at Mr. John who handed grumpy another treat when he gave his paw for him to shake.

I giggled."We both know grumpy adores you the most between us." I told him, turning to look at him.

My gaze quickly looked down when grumpy marched his was towards me, his cute little legs moving in a hurried state and the treat on his mouth.

I crouched down at his frame, a soft smile gracing my lips. I couldn't help but knit my brows gently when he placed the treat on my hand, raising his nose at me.

Mr. John who was looking at our interaction beamed, turning his blue eyes at me."He's giving you his treat as a gift."

My eyebrows shot up at this and my heart warmed at the thought. I gently brought my free hand and gave him a scratch.

"Thank you grumpy, I love it." I grinned and although it was slightly wet from his saliva, it still made me happy.

Tyrone crouched down next to me, his pulled up in a small smile but his twinkled."Well, I think that's gonna change soon."

The darkened sky looked beautiful tonight, the stars littered across it and despite the different sizes it still looked somehow perfect.

I could hear the chatter from the my classmates that were huddled around the bonfire, laughing and talking the night away.

My feet was hanging freely as I sat on the wooden deck, the moonlight shining against the glittering water of the lake.

Grumpy was curled up next to me, my hand running though his fur while he slept. Tyrone took the seat next to me, a paper plate on his hand.

He quickly placed it between us, my mouth watering at the sight of S'mores. Tyrone insisted that he was the one who'll toast the marshmallows but I think deep down it was because the only vacant seat was next to Sam and he didn't want me sitting next to him.

After seeing us asleep on the bed, Sam kept a small distance from me since then and didn't talk to me much.

Eliki quickly pulled me away from lunch earlier and tried to get some details but I told her that I'll talk about it when we get back.

"Thank you, this looks yummy!" I took one, stuffing it into my mouth.

"No worries radish, are you sure you aren't cold?" He asks, referring to my shirt and leggings that I wore.

"Yep, go ahead, eat some s'mores. It tastes heavenly." I took one of the s'mores and held it to his mouth.

I felt my cheeks heat up when he stared at me in amusement. I was about to pull my hand back when he grasped my wrist and took in s'mores.

I pulled my hand back, clearing my throat."It tastes awesome right? Too bad we didn't get to eat some of it last night," I gave him a pointed look.

After dinner, Tyrone finally agreed to go to the bonfire but we have to sit on the deck instead because he didn't want people staring at us.

I totally agreed with him because all day, my classmates were blatantly staring at us and a few of the girls even asked me if we're dating.

It was probably because of the way Tyrone kept an arm around me or how he would smile warmly at me that caught their attention.

"I'm not sure if it tastes delicious because you fed it to me or. . Can you feed it to me one more time?" Tyrone asks, although his face was serious, I could tell from the small twitch of his lips that he was amused.

I bit my lip, feeling the blood rush to my cheeks once more."Fine." Not being able to deny his wish.

Taking one of the s'mores, I fed it to him and he took it with a smile. He leaned back, tilting his head as he chewed.

Tyrone hummed, nodding his head. I raised a brow at this before quickly checking up on the sleeping Grumpy.

"It's definitely because of you." He claims, his chocolate eyes looking black against the dark.

I rolled my eyes but a smile pulled on my lips nonetheless."That's a cheesy thing to say."

Tyrone shrugged, staring at the sky."I want to talk to you about Rimborsi." He suddenly said.

At the mention of it, my smile was replaced with a frown. My mood dipped and I looked down at Grumpy, my thumb gently rubbing on his snout.

"What about it?" My voice was a low murmur, my eyes not moving away from my sleeping baby.

I didn't want to hear more about it, about his fights. There were still some healing bruises on his torso and that didn't settle well with me.

"I quit," He said, my head snapping so fast at him that I wondered if I even had a neck to begin with.

"What? Really?" I ask, my eyes widening.

He nodded, a strand of hair falling on his forehead at the motion."Yes, that was my last fight. I wouldn't be competing anymore."

A smile graced my lips, my mood completely doing a 180 degrees turn."That's good to hear carrot! Don't worry! I'll totally help you in finding a replacement activity, You can make a lists of activities that you already tried and then I'll go search up new ones on the internet and I'll try it with you! Yay! Although I'll probably be a scaredy cat bu-" The words died down on my lips when he leaned in to press a swift but sweet kiss on my lips.

I sucked in a breath, taking in the wide and exposed teeth smile that lightened up Tyrone's face.

The corners of his eyes crinkled, his long lashes encasing his twinkling brown orbs that brimmed with happiness.

The light from the moon gave a certain glow to his side profile and scruff jaw, making him look even more rugged and handsome.

"I wish you could see how perfect you are in my eyes Zoe. Tengo tanta suerte." He said in a foreign language, his accent becoming evident.

I didn't know what the last part meant but a shy smile fell on my lips. I was far from perfect and yet here he was, declaring something that we all wished to be.

"I'm sorry for calling you heartless. You may come off as cold and a jerk sometimes but you aren't heartless, you're far from that." I told him, meeting his dark orbs.

Tyrone leaned in to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear."It's okay radish, I know it was your anger talking."

"I don't even understand why you were so withdrawn in the first place, we were okay when we got back." I told him, my brows knitting at the thought.

Tyrone shook his head."You slow poke. I was . . jealous of Sam asking you to join him on the bonfire party." He confessed, looking away from me.

I squinted my eyes, trying to confirm if it was indeed what I saw before a placed a hand on his cheek and gasped.

"Are you. . blushing?" I asked, leaning back in surprise.

"What? No." He shook his head, a defensive lilt on his tone.

I grinned."You totally are blushing! Your cheeks are super warm." I cupped his cheek once more, his temperature felt hotter than normal.

"It's because your hands are cold radish and its windy tonight. Nothing more, nothing else." He seemed to grow annoyed every second, my grin widening.

"Okay, I was about to kiss your cheeks because of how adorable it looked but oh well, guess my eyes are just playing tricks with me." I casually said, letting out a shrug.

A very very obvious pause on his side.

"Fuck, Damn it." Tyrone cursed."Fine, yes. I was blushing now give my cheeks a kiss." He leaned his face towards me, his brown orbs glaring.

I giggled, leaning in and pecked both his cheeks before pressing a kiss on lips that had him closing his eyes briefly.

When I pulled back, his eyes were still closed but a smile was on his lips."Don't tell anyone about this radish or I'll kiss the heck out of you."

ANOTHER UPDATE LIKE PROMISED! YEY!

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These past few days, may brain was in a complete writing spree and I'm currently working on chapter 46! Yeah, woah.

Although my brain is fried, I just can't stop writing because I can't sleep well with all the scenes and prompts running in my head🤣

I don't wanna say this but the book's coming to a close end! It'll probably be 50 chapters in total or less including the epilogue🥺

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