The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

KYLE'S POV.

"I'm all ears." Her soft voice comes through. I clear my throat and adjust on my seat again.

"Um... I uh..." The back of my neck heats just as the thought of how she'd react after I say what I want to say. It's not a very pleasant thing and I can only hope she doesn't get too upset. My hand goes behind my head and I nervously scratch it. "I uh..."

"You..." She asks with raised brows, watching me intensely and following my every move with her eyes.

"Well... the thing is, I used to have feelings for Ashanti." I drop the bomb and wait for its after effect.

One, two, three, ten moments go by and I expect Tessa to scream or scold me or start breaking things or do anything that people do to express anger and disappointment, but she does none of that. She's just sitting really calm and staring at me and that gets me really scared.

No reaction is usually a very bad sign.

"Did you hear what I just said?"

"Yeah."

"And?"

"And nothing." She shrugs.

you

mean nothing because

side and give her a critical look

hell do you mean

nice you were to her when we just got here. How you treated her with so much care and concern at the training arena, how you showed up at the lounge to steal her away each time she was called up to serve other men and many other instances I can't quite remember anymore. When she explained all these things to me, I figured that you like her and tried to make her understand her but she wouldn't have it. So yeah..." Her shoulders

so flabbergasted,

the side and chuckle in complete disbelief. A girl can't be this sweet and understanding. The Moon goddess is definitely playing

"What's funny?"

head in her

first saw you, every feeling I've ever had

know that." She leans close and plants a small peck on my lips. "I'm very much aware of that. I used to have a few crushes here

just us

not stray from the topic at hand. Let's go back to talking about how to get

clear my throat and take a more comfortable posture on the chair. "Right.

talk to the girls whom I know Alina has recruited once or twice or three times to carry out her evil deeds. I'm even going to visit the ones who have been locked up in the dungeon. For that, I'll need you to abuse your power for a bit so I can have

"Yes. I can."

or if I can get them to confess with their own mouths

love. It will

moment of silence goes