The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

He's stolen all of my heart yet he has the guts to live with another woman in his chambers...

Ashanti, now you are going off topic. Leonard's standing right before you. Focus your thoughts on him and the conversation you are having with him.

"I uh..." I stutter, pushing a few strands of hair that keep flying into my face, behind my ear. "Now that you're here, I just realised you've been absent for a while. Hope everything is okay with you."

"Oh yes. I'm perfectly okay. I just had an emergency to take care of back home, that's why lleft abruptly. But it's all good now. Thanks for asking."

"Oh, it's nothing. The only thing one could notice was your absence. Your design team still aced every phase. You have some amazing designers in your team."

"You can say that again. They are awesome. By the way, I heard what Tamara did to you. That was awful." He says with a worried expression and my mood nearly turns sour thinking about what I had to go through in that bitch's hands. I swear the next time I set eyes on her, I won't stop myself from plucking hair strands from her scalp.

"Yeah..." I chuckle lightly. "Worst day of my life. Luckily she was caught and apprehended. We wouldn't want someone like her lurking around here."

have nothing else to say. Five seconds of silence go by like

you." I looked up at him, startled. I nearly sprout out a pair of wings when he nods, sealing his

all I manage to

would love to catch up with you for these weeks I've been away. How about I buy you dinner

mind. He's going to be livid if he hears Leonard is asking me out to dinner. The thought of him going red with rage and jealousy

you to buy me dinner, but I'm really not in the mood for going out on a formal, fancy dinner date. If we could keep it casual, I'll be

evening breeze while we eat junk food and

soft spoken and kind, but he knows how to listen to and accept a woman's opinion in order to make her feel comfortable around

you end up with will be one

it that you like the idea. So what

goes again, considering me

He's simply the best.