Chapter 397 - 397: Unwelcome revelations II

Lenny

I cleared my throat. "Enjoying the view?"

Caius turned toward me, gave me a quick once-over, then returned his attention to the window. "Just appreciating the scenery."

"The scenery," I repeated dryly. "Is that what we're calling it?"

"What would you call it?"

"Stalking."

Caius snorted. "It's not stalking if it's public space and I'm not hiding."

"You're lurking by a window with alcohol at ten AM, watching a woman who has no idea you're there. That's pretty much the definition of creepy behaviour."

"Says the man who just sidled up to join me in said lurking," Caius pointed out with annoying accuracy.

I opened my mouth to argue, then realised he had a point. "I was curious about what you were doing."

"And now you know. I'm watching Cassidy teach the younger pack members about local plant identification for their survival training."

"How do you know that's what she's teaching?"

"Because I asked her yesterday what she had planned for today." Caius took another sip of wine, still not looking away from the window. "She's incredibly knowledgeable about native flora. Did you know she can identify over two hundred medicinal plants just by their leaves?"

The admiration in his voice made my stomach clench with an emotion I didn't want to think about.

a sigh and turned to face me fully. "You've known

the

to figure out what to give a beautiful

narrowed suspiciously.

and I want to get her something special. Something that shows I've been paying

I felt. "What do you think you're doing, buying Cassidy

"She's my girlfriend. Why wouldn't I want to buy my girlfriend

frozen, staring at him as my brain struggled to process

"Your... what?"

having trouble understanding basic English. "We've

came out strangled. "You've been dating Cassidy for three

war, and we grew really close, but we made it official recently." Caius studied my face with growing concern. "Lenny, are you alright?

knows about this?" I managed to

knows. I asked his permission before asking her

felt like the ground had

but given Cassidy's situation, I wanted to make sure everything was handled properly." Caius was looking at me

Cassidy date someone like you?" I blurted out before

Caius shrugged, giving me an amused smile. "I've dated women like Cassidy my entire

because…" I ran my

in looks, but I am more than an average

dark friend," I interrupted with

am a good warrior. I chase one woman at a time, and I happen to

at him. "I take care of all my children. I am

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