Chapter 77

“I love you too.” Lucianne said.

Xandar’s onyx eyes returned to its original lilac shade, welling up in tears of happiness as he pulled her into a deep, passionate kiss with more love than lust. When their lips parted, he whispered, “Thank you, baby. I love you so, so much.”

He held her for a moment before he remembered that they were headed for safety. Reluctantly, he loosened his arms around Lucianne before holding her hand and leading her t o his villa where he parked his car.

Before Lucianne could get in, thinking that Xandar was going to drive them back to the hotel, he trapped her body and turned her around in one swift motion. Her mate smiled widely as he said, “Have dinner with me?”

Lucianne narrowed her eyes, “Why do you sound like you’re confident that I’ll say yes?

He moved impossibly closer to her as he said, “Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because you just got wet under my touch, and if I remember correctly, my Queen, you told me that you love me less than five minutes ago. But I don’t mind seducing a yes out of you if that’s what you want. In fact, I would prefer it if you didn’t say yes right away. It gives me a chance to do this.” His head inched towards her neck and he kissed her deeply there, eliciting a moan from his mate.

Lucianne gave up, “Al-Alright, yes.”

soon, babe? I was just warming up.” As he was about to plant a second kiss, Lucianne’s hands held his face and pulled it away from her neck. He groaned in annoyance, and after getting herself out

hand before opening the car door for her and reluctantly uttering, “As you wish,

nearby restaurant with an impressive ambiance. “Table for two, please.” He told the maître d’hôtel who

place: the marble floor, the decorated pillars, the chandeliers. What caught her attention most was the long aquarium along the side, partitioning the kitchen from the dining area. A few customers started looking up from their plates when they saw the two of them waiting

this woman was a business associate or the future Queen they had been hearing

holding hands because the desk at the

seemed oblivious to the attention that she was garnering. To put his subjects’ guesses to a halt and their minds to rest, Xandar smiled broadly as he let go of Lucianne’s hand. His arm then stretched over her shoulder, and his hand rested there, stroking it lovingly with his thumb as he pecked a kiss on

dining area. Lucianne’s hearing didn’t catch any of those things. She thought Xandar was just showing her affection like he always did, so she matched his smile before pecking him on his jawline, then returning her sights to the fish swimming around the corals in the aquarium. Xandar was chuckling on the

waiting, your Highnesses. Right this

seemed to die down when they walked past their tables. Lucianne was still clueless so she just kept following the

in shock. Xandar’s gaze was pulled to where his mate was as she squatted before the little girl who felt

so sorry, sweetheart. Are you alright?” Lucianne asked in a hushed, worried voice as she helped the three or four-year-old to stand back up. Her mother came

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