Alpha’s Badass Mate novel

---- Love you more (PHYSICAL TOUCHES] For all her bold declarations in public, her private affection, and her over-the-top gifts, Monika is quite reserved around other people when it comes to physical intimacy. She's not physically intimate with Sam when people are around, but that isn't to say she's not physically affectionate. She is; she's just subtle about it.

She sneaks in a kiss when they turn down a corner, holds Sam's hand as she tugs Sam everywhere she wants to go, and hugs Sam when she pleases. But Monika doesn't cling to him in public; she doesn't do PDA; she's her own person, and she likes her space. Sam understands that. When they're in public, she sits next to Sam , but only close enough for their elbows to touch and their knees to knock against one another. Sometimes she sits in front of Sam.

They share food or play footsie under the table, but they don't always hold hands on top. Usually , when they sit across from each other in the library, Monika likes to reach over and write something romantic like 'love you' in the margin of the Sam book. In return , Sam writes , 'The moon is beautiful, isn't it?' in his book. ---- Once, Monika scribbles 'the moon is beautiful, isn't it?

'on Sam's assignment paper, and she blushes in ten different shades of red when he finds out that Sam submitted the paper without erasing the word. "You should've erased it!" "It's my paper; I can submit it however I like." Sam replies, earning a bump against the shoulder that nearly sends him toppling over. "It's not like the professor understood," Sam tells her fondly when he regains his footing, and Monika blushes even redder. "The professor did her Ph.D.

in Japan, you stupid ," Ash supplies unhelpfully, and Monika glares. "Oops?" "Sam!" She hisses as if Sam's name is a curse word, and all Sam can do is shrug. She glares at Sam harder, then gets up and stomps off adorably. The whole table is silent for a moment before Type laments, "Monika... still as wayward as ever." Alex just shrugs before he nods frantically in the direction that Monika takes off, and Sam tries to suppress a smile.

Seriously, Monika is such a cat; Sam thinks fondly and gets up to go after her. ---- There are other brief moments of intimacy here and there, too. A hand on Sam thigh, a palm on the small of Sam back, her face pressed into the nape of Sam neck when her friends make her shy, a peck on Sam shoulder when she laughs so hard he has to lean on Sam for support, a bump of his forehead against Sam cheek when she finds Sam annoyingly endearing. They're quick and fleeting.

They don't linger, but the gestures are more than enough to show the world that they're committed to each other. Everyone already knows about their affairs and how much they love each other. So no one dares to come in between them, and even if they do, they are sure Ashly, Type, and Alex will surely kick their asses. And, although Monika might not initiate physical affection in public, that isn't to say she doesn't welcome Sam's touches.

Because, just like Sam understands and accepts Monika's words of affirmation, Monika comes to enjoy the physical touches that Sam initiates . She also doesn't seem to mind that Sam doesn't articulate his feelings as much either. She understands that love from Sam comes in the form of touches and actions. So, she lets Sam tug her close as they walk to the train station , holds his hands when they walk across the lawn, and eats off of Sam's hand during lunch. She even reaches down to play with Sam's hands on his