Chapter 15
Artemis had a hard time controlling Bolt, who wanted to jump on his mate after smelling her arousal.
“You okay?”
“Yeah… yeah!!” He muttered, finally getting control of his body. “Let’s have breakfast. I cooked Chow mein for you because I have observed that you like to have it all the time,” he added with a smile.
“And you thought that I like it?” Caroline asked in a serious tone.
“I not just thought. I know that you love it.” Artemis replied confidently and winked at her failing her plan to scare him. Caroline pouted before tasting the chow mein that he had made for her.
“Mmm…” She moaned, enjoying the flavor of it. “It's so delicious.”
“Glad you like it.” he smiled at her response. ‘Glad you like it.’ Bolt mimicked his words angrily. ‘Are you going to take ages to kiss her, confess to her that how much we wanted her?’ he growled.
‘We have just six days with us. Make some move, hoooman.’ Bolt growled at his human.
‘I’m going to. Okay? I just don’t want her to think of us as some jerk who wanted her sex. And do not forget that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Sometimes beautiful things take time to build, and this time, that beautiful thing is our relation, so have patience.’
“What happened? You and Bolt are having some important talk, hmm?” Caroline asked after observing Artemis.
“Yeah. He was reminding me that our vacation is going to be over in six days.” He answered, and thinking this, Caroline’s expression changed. “By the way, you don’t answer my question previously.”
“Which question?”
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“A loan.”
“A loan who?”
“I can’t wait to get you a loan.” Artemis winked, on which Caroline giggled.
“Okay, then we will stay here and watch some movies with popcorn and cold drinks, hmm?”
“Perfect.”
After finishing breakfast, he went into the kitchen to keep the used plates in the sink while Caroline followed him. “I hope you’re not planning to wash them?”
“Why not?” Caroline asked in confusion.
“Service staff will handle that part. All I have to do is to call them and….”
“Nonsense. It’s a way to charge a lot of customers. Why don’t you pay that amount to an orphanage or old age home? Because I know how to do these basic things.” She said, cutting him in between, and started cleaning the dishes. “Mom made sure that we all siblings at least know how these things, unlike father who didn’t know how to boil water before.” Caroline chuckled, saying that.
“Hmm,” Artemis muttered, hugging her from behind.
“What… what are you doing, Artemis?” Caroline asked as her heartbeat rose.
“You asked me the other day that why I was sharing everything with you, and I had kept a condition in front of you. Do you remember that?” He asked, on which she nodded her head. “The reason behind it is that you’re my mate, Sarah,” he added, brushing his lips on her neck, sending chill and spark all over her body. “The one who is destined for me.”
“A part of me was scared with the idea of having mate again but… but my heart realized that you’re different from the first time I saw you. I didn’t know then that you’re my mate, but I was having a hard time removing my eyes from you.” He confessed, on which Caroline thought of the nightclub incident while Artemis recalled the incident of her disturbing burgers to the homeless people. “To be honest, if not for you, I would have run back to my girlfriend….”
“EXCUSE ME?”
“Listen to me, first, sweetheart, My girlfriend, my work in a day or two because I have never been stayed away from it for years now because of the two reasons, one to keep myself busy from HER thoughts and second because to keep myself busy from HER thoughts.”
“It wasn’t that I didn’t try to take myself a break from my regular life, but even if I did, I past haunted me until you showed up. You once told me that you’re the light of your parent’s life. But I feel that you’re also the light of my life.”
Hearing it, Caroline washed her hand and turned toward him; she wanted to look into his eyes when he was saying all these things to her.
“I’m not usually religious, but when I saw you, I knew you were the answer to my parent’s prayers,” Artemis said this sentence with so much sincerity that she felt goosebumps all over her body. She wouldn’t be surprised if her heart would jump out of her body because of his confession.
“Are… are you sure about me, Artemis? I mean, you barely know me, and just because I’m your mate, it doesn’t mean I’m the right one for you.”
“I don't know about my future until I choose you. And I trust my heart. I guess it knows what it is doing.” He said in nothing but a serious tone. “Knock, knock,” he muttered softly.
“Who’s there?”
“Bee.”
“Bee, who?”
“Would you be mine?” He asked, caressing her cheeks with his thumb, knowing very well how much she enjoyed touching him.
“Artemis,” She moaned, unable to control it in her throat.
“Answer me, Regina. Will you be mine?” He asked again when Caroline didn’t answer him the first time. Caroline didn’t know what to say.
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#TBC
