The 5-Time Rejected Gamma And The Lycan King Chapter 101

Her lips curled up and she said what Xandar was waiting to hear, “I know. Thank you.” His smile broadened at those words, and he let her take back her hand from him.

They continued eating until their plates were clean. Xandar refilled Lucianne’s glass and admired her profile in silence. When Lucianne was done, she told Xandar that she wanted to pay for their meal.

Xandar looked at her sternly and spoke firmly, “No. This is a date…”

Lucianne retorted instantly, “Xandar, it’s my date, too! You can’t just expect me to tag along like an accessory. I have the means…”

“Sweetheart, you’re not an accessory…”

“Then let me pay for one meal. You’re already paying for my books. You’ve paid for breakfast. I was hoping we could split the cost of our dinner later but knowing you, you’d refuse. Come on, Xandar. It’s just one bill. It’s just one meal.” Xandar looked at his mate who’s showing him those large doe eyes again as she waited for his response.

He groaned and said, “One meal. That’s it.”

Her eyes lit up as she said, “Great! Thank you. I wonder if I can work my way up to one and a half.”

He took her hand from the table and kissed it before he said, “Don’t push this, sweetheart.”

She narrowed her eyes, “I have the means to pay, Xandar. I’m not going to have you pay for everything for our date just because I’m a woman. That’s very old-fashioned.”

He played with her fingers on the table as he muttered, “I just want to spoil you for a bit. Why can’t you just let me?”

Without missing a beat, Lucianne said, “Xandar, you’re paying for my books. Do you have any idea how much you have to fork out already? And I’m not even done looking yet.”

Xandar immediately responded, “I take back what I said. I don’t want to spoil you a bit. I want to spoil you a lot, to the extreme, if I were honest.”

“Spoiling me means giving in to what I want. And I want to share the cost of our date. Since you’re giving me what I ask for, you are spoiling me.” Lucianne reasoned with her large doe-eyes.

Xandar sighed in frustration before kissing the back of her hand again, “I have to find someone to teach me how to win an argument against you. Any recommendations? There must be someone among the wolves who can.”

Lucianne smirked and said, “Like I would tell you.”

After Lucianne settled the bill, she and Xandar left the floor. A bald man with reading glasses a few tables away looked up from his book. Then, he clicked on his black pen and noted the time in an opened notebook on his table.

After Lucianne had gone through the sections of her own interest, they still had time so she went over to other sections to see if there were books that her friends back home liked. When she realized that there were, she also realized that she made a mistake negotiating with Xandar to only let her pay for lunch.

She gave her plan some thought before she turned to her mate and said, “Xandar, I’ve already got what I wanted. But I want to get a few titles for some friends back home.” Xandar was absorbing her words as he tried to decipher why Lucianne looked so uncomfortable saying that. She bit her lower lip in uneasiness before asking, “Can you let me pay for the ones I want to get for them? They’re technically not for me.”

Now Xandar understood what she was up to. He firmly insisted, “No. Lucy, we had a deal. One meal. You’ve paid for it. I’m covering the ones you’re getting for your friends as well. And didn’t you just say that the wolves will eventually warm up to us. What better way to speed up that process than for a Lycan to get them gifts?”

Lucianne was thinking through what Xandar just said as she muttered, “Huh. When you put it that way…”

“Wow. It’s comforting to know that I won’t necessarily lose. I guess the trick is to use your own words against you. Maybe I don’t need a teacher after all.” Xandar thought aloud with a glint in his eye.

Lucianne smirked and pecked a kiss on his jawline before she said, “Don’t push this, dearest.” Her gaze then turned soft and sincere when she said, “And thank you. You really didn’t have to…”

Xandar stopped her with a sudden kiss on her lips. When their lips parted, Xandar bore his eyes into Lucianne’s and he uttered in a deep voice, “Don’t tell me that I don’t have to get gifts for the people you care about. Know this, my love: if it makes you happy, I’ll do it.”

She was looking at him with those bright doe eyes again as she uttered a shy but grateful ‘thank you’. He kissed her on the forehead before letting her get on with looking at the titles. Her last stop was the section for children.

Xandar took a look and asked in a teasing manner, “Are you going to make me pay for a gift for my 4-year-old competitor, sweetheart?”

Lucianne looked at him in confusion before she registered that Xandar was talking about Russell. She smiled and said, “Why, yes. If it makes me happy, you’ll do it, won’t you?”

He smirked before he squeezed the flesh on her waist and elicited her giggles. When she calmed down, she said more seriously, “I wasn’t thinking about Russell. This is for Juan’s 3-year-old son, Liam. The boy is very different from his older brother and sister. He loves books, especially if it’s anything to do with stars and space. So I’m looking for something suitable since I’m already here. I suppose this one will do.” She held a colorful book with a cover filled with pictures of a rocket ship and planets against a backdrop full of stars.

Xandar kissed her temple at her thoughtfulness before he uttered sincerely, “It’s okay if you want to get something for Russell too, Lucy. I was only joking earlier.”

Lucianne simpered, “I know, Xandar. But Russell doesn’t strike me as a book-lover. He likes building things and piece together something new from scratch. This place won’t get his attention until he’s old enough to learn from the experts.”

‘She’s right’, he thought to himself.