Chapter 14
“To be honest, I don’t want to do any background check on her but… but there is something that she is hiding from me. Well, not something, everything, except for her name; I know nothing about her. She is like a mystery. Maybe she has a perfect reason to do so, but I’m scared too.”
“See, buddy! I totally understand your fear, but at the same time, I also feel that your woman will have some reason too to hide everything from you. It’s your mind that is scaring you; your heart already knows what the truth is. So, listen to your heart. I’m saying all this because I have a feeling that she won’t like it if she will come to know that you’re trying to dig into her background without her knowledge.”
‘I agree with him. Haven’t you heard that curiously kill the cat? What will do you of that satisfaction if our mate ends up leaving us?’ Bolt questioned, making Artemis realize that he should wait patiently rather than ruin his relationship with his mate.
“Okay. Just leave it. Don’t find out anything about her.” Artemis said.
“I’m glad that you took this decision,” Raul said, and after this, Artemis closed the mind link.
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Heartbeats later,
‘I have ruined her mood along with mine today by asking and thinking about Sarah’s background, so I have to make it up for her.’ Artemis thought while lying on the bed after freshening up.
‘How about taking her on a date? A romantic one?’ Bolt suggested.
‘Ahem, ahem! Someone is intelligent here.’
‘I was always intelligent but never showed off my talent, you know.’ Bolt said in attitude on which Artemis chuckled. ‘Okay, it’s a date then.’
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Caroline tried to sleep, but she couldn’t. She was disturbed by Artemis’s behavior that happened in the morning. However, he tried to cover the damage that his action did, but it didn’t work properly. That is why a lot of things were going on in her head, and for the first after all these days, she couldn’t help but recall how everyone gave her more importance when she was known as the daughter of Brandon Haysbert than just Caroline.
‘Why does he need to know my background?’
‘Did he tell me that he trusts me?’
‘If yes, then why is he so keen to know about my back story?’
‘I won’t say anything about me. Nothing. I need time to know him in a better way; if I can’t wait, then that’s not my problem.’ She thought, and the whole night she kept tossing from left to right. When she couldn’t sleep, she walked out of her room and looked up into the sky. Her Talismans (pendant) glowed, and her eyes turned white when they came in contact with the moon, absorbing power from it.
*
The following morning, she was feeling lazy to leave the bed; all she wanted was to hide her face in the pillow and sulk because her mood was not that really good. But she still left the bed to complete her personal business. Once she was out, she checked the time on her phone.
‘Strange! It's nine already, and he hasn’t come to check on me?’ She thought sadly. ‘This is it? Gone that care and concern? I should have known that it was all fake.’ She muttered and walked out of the room, and the moment she walked out, her nose smelt a strong scent of soy sauce. She followed the scent and saw Artemis cooking in the kitchen by following each and every step which was instructed on yooooooutube.
‘He is cooking.’ Caroline’s eyes widened when she saw that. Not just that, he was cooking. He was also looking extremely delicious in his just shorts while his upper half was naked. His dark brown hair looked messy, which meant that even he hadn’t taken a shower.
‘So, is he canceling our plan to explore the city? Maybe… but to be honest, even I want to rest for a day.’ Caroline thought and returned back to her room, scolding herself for thinking so wrong about Artemis. At the same time, she was happy too that she was wrong about Artemis. His care and concern for her weren’t fake.
“Knock Knock”
“It’s open, Artemis,” Caroline said after waiting for him for at least fifteen minutes.
“Knock, Knock,” Artemis said again.
A wide smile appeared on Caroline’s lips when she realized what he was up to. “Who’s there?” She asked in the flow.
“Axe.”
“Axe, who?”
“May I axe you on a date?”
Caroline laughed, hearing his question through knock-knock jokes. “Ummm…Yes!!”
Soon, Artemis walked into her room, carrying breakfast in his hand with a big grin on his face and still shirtless. ‘Damn, he is sooooo hot.’ Artemis observed her eyes traveling all over his naked body, but he dared not tease her because if he would, then she would avert her gaze, which he didn’t want to.
“I was thinking of taking a day break from exploring the city. What do you say?” He questioned, and Caroline quickly looked at his face, hearing his question. Her cheeks and ears heated up, realizing that she was caught again, but still, she didn’t ask him to get a t-shirt or shirt because she wanted to admire the perfection that god had created for her as her mate.
“What do you say, Regina? You want to explore the city or take a day break and spend some time with me ALONE.”
‘Alone?’ That thought scared her because she was scared that something might happen between them if they would stay ALONE. She pressed her thighs tightly, feeling a strange sensation down there. She didn’t miss how Artemis took a deep breath, and his eyes started changing color, shifting from gray eyes to black with the rim of golden, showing Bolt’s presence.
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#TBC
