The 5-Time Rejected Gamma And The Lycan King Chapter 19

"Oh Goddess, please don't do that. It'll be so awkward." She pleaded, her eyes wide with horror.

He scoffed, "It shouldn't be for you. But I guess now you can feel a little bit of what I felt last night and this morning."

They were silent for a while, just enjoying each other's company until Lucianne asked softly as her fingers trailed gently across Xandar's chest,

"Is there anything else you want to know about my previous mates? Any holes in my story that you need an explanation for?"

Xandar’s animal was aroused under Lucianne’s touch, and Xandar was relieved that her fingers stopped as soon as she finished speaking. He pondered for a moment. Jealousy was laced in his voice as he said, “I don’t quite understand the one with Cummings. From the way he’s been behaving, it’s like he’s under the illusion that the mate bond is still there. And why did Luna Hale agree to let the Cummings sit with us? Didn’t she know who he was?”

“Oh, that.” She sat up and explained, “Luna Hale told me that she wanted to watch Sebastian suffer in regret now that I’m bonded to someone else.” Lucianne rolled her eyes and shook her head in disapproval, “She’s not normally like this. That was probably her only unprofessional action as a Luna. And as for Sebastian’s behaviour,”

She cleared her throat, “After I caught him with his... bed warmer, he promised that he would do anything to make me feel better. After making him swear that he will give in to anything that I was about to ask for, I rejected him and I demanded that he accept the rejection. He wanted to argue his way out of it but I held him by his promise. And he, not being fully sober after all the alcohol he had with his buddies at a bar, accepted the rejection. I will admit that I was being kind of manipulative to sever that bond but…”

“But thank goddess you were.” Xandar smirked.

She rolled her eyes, “I was going to say that it was manipulative but I don’t regret what I did.”

“Good. You shouldn’t.” Xandar smirked wider and kissed her cheek, and he enjoyed the sight of his mate blushing as he held her on his lap.

Lucianne tried to cool the warmth in her cheeks by pressing the back of her hands on them but Xandar promptly took away her hands and held them firmly in his. He then planted another kiss on her cheek, sending another wave of red tinge in that area. “I thanked her last night, you know?” He uttered as he looked at her in a daze.

“Who?” Lucianne asked in confusion.

He smiled, “The Moon Goddess, sweetheart. I thanked her for this mate bond when we were walking back to your room last night.”

His fingers reached for the hair falling on her side profile, and very gently, he tugged it behind her ear and traced the curls in her hair, “You are so much more than I deserve, and nothing I could ever imagine asking for. I never thought someone like you could even exist. I don’t remember doing anything exceptional to be bonded to someone so amazing but I know that I’m never letting you go.” He pecked a sweet kiss on her nose and for the next few moments, they simply looked into each other’s eyes. His lilac orbs met her black ones, and Xandar had never felt happier. He had never felt more at peace.

Lucy’s phone vibrated and she took it from the side table before they both saw that it was a reminder for Lucy to get ready for dinner.

“Do you have a reminder for everything?” Xandar teased.

“Only scheduled programmes. I don’t want to be late for something because I was distracted.” She said matter-of-factly.

“Hmm.” His nose started trailing down her arm as he said coquettishly, “A little distraction may be good though, don’t you think?”

“Maybe, but not the type of distraction you’re implying.”

He looked at her and asked coyly, “And what type of distraction am I implying, my dear?” He then closed his eyes and started taking in her scent at her neck.

Lucianne gasped. With her hands on both sides of Xandar’s head, she detached him from her neck gently where his yearning gaze met her serious one, “You know exactly what I’m talking about, your Highness. I need to use the restroom and after that, we should get going.” Ignoring his fake pout, she climbed off his lap and disappeared into the washroom.

Even after hearing the door closed, he still couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. He was getting a chance with his mate, and she seemed to be warming up to him. Everything made sense after she explained. Her inability to accept praise was due to past mates who have deemed her unworthy. She may not have realised it but their words affected not just her heart but also how she saw herself. Her reluctance to accept the mate bond with him, and her indifference when she spoke about rejection the previous night was just an understandable side-effect from her past, from being bonded to useless mates. Thank goddess they were useless, otherwise he would’ve lost her even before he had met her.

Then again, he could’ve always challenged and killed the one she was bonded to, thereafter claiming her as his. Being the Lycan King, he would’ve easily won. But would Lucianne be happy being with him if he killed her bonded mate? Shoving these thoughts aside, he thanked the Moon Goddess for not complicating the situation to the point where he had to kill a mate to be her mate.

He grinned like a person who was madly in love when he looked into the mirror he had in the living room. He stood up, brushed off the faint creases and put his coat back on. When Lucianne joined him in the living room, he beamed and pecked a kiss on her forehead before they left for the dining hall in his car.