Oh, Goddess, I missed him.
And then he looked up.
I immediately withdrew my head from the window, clutching the book against my chest as my heart thudded loudly.
Did he see me?I forgot that he has stronger senses than ordinary wolves. He might have felt my presence and my stare.
I swallowed hard and started flipping the pages of the book in my hand, looking for the section I was reading while trying to shrug off the embarrassment of being caught gawking at him.
‘I was just checking who arrived. There was nothing wrong with that, right?’I asked my wolf.
‘But why did you hide when he looked up?’Arrow asked, and I just rolled my eyes at her.
Arrow wasn’t happy that I was trying to avoid Riley. Of course, she would never understand me. She was more concerned about being near her mate, and she could just disregard all logic. But I couldn’t.
It didn’t take long before the door of the library opened and there he was, my mate, still looking as handsome as he was, even if he had been out all day.
“Hi…” He was the first one to break the silence, but he just stayed standing by the door. My gaze darted down to his hand. He was carrying a bouquet of flowers.
I swallowed hard before returning my gaze to his face.
“Hi.”
“Can I come in? I just want to give you this.” He raised his hand, showing me the flowers.
“It’s your library. So I guess you can.”
He didn’t say anything andstepped forward, and my heart just kept jumping all over the place. I was trying to make sure all my walls were up, not letting him know how I felt at the moment.
“Did you eat dinner?” He asked, and I nodded my head in response.
“These are for you. I’m not sure what flowers you prefer, but I thought they were beautiful…”
“Thank you.” I took the bouquet of red roses and sniffed them before glancing up to meet his piercing blue eyes. “Are you trying to woo me?”
He smiled sheepishly and I felt my panties drop but I kept my emotions in check, keeping my face void of any emotions.
He raised his hand to his neck and started rubbing it. “It’s not working, right?”
“Yep, not working.” I stood up and grabbed an empty vase that I thought could hold the whole bouquet and carefully placed the flowers there. I just needed to add water later.
“I guess I have to try harder then.”
I suppressed my lips from curling into a smile and instead asked him a question. “Where did you sleep last night? In Andrea’s room?”
RILEY.
“Where did you sleep last night? In Andrea’s room?” Nadia asked, while her back was on me as she placed the roses I gave her in the available vase.
My forehead creased. Andrea didn’t have a room in the house anymore. “No. In my office.”
“The couch there is too small for you.”
“I slept in my chair.”
But the truth was, I didn’t sleep at all. I sat awake the whole night with my office door open. I was fucking scared that she would run away in the middle of the night. I even hid all the car keys in the drawer of my table to make sure she would not have any access to them. I totally forgot that she didn’t know how to drive.
The only time I fell asleep was on the ride to the other side of the territory. And even then, I kept waking up and checking my phone because I told Jenny to contact me right away if she couldn’t find Nadia.
