Page 39 of Catching the Kot'oll Driver

Do I tell him that we can leave? He will leave and that’s going to be the end of our time together, even though we aren’t exactly together.

Wait... What am I thinking about? That... we may be good to stay together? For him to be my mate?

No way... something’s wrong with me for sure.

He is finally done with typing, and he looks up at me. “Where were we?”

“Like... I forgot. But I suppose we can leave now. Though...”

He stands and heads to the window at once. I know he has been wanting to leave. Now that I’m also here in the room, maybe he wants to leave even quicker.

I go to the window too. The snowstorm has stopped completely. The sky is still gloomy, but it is safer to be flying. I let out a breath. “I guess you can leave now.”

He nods. “It’s good news.”

Yeah... Getting away from such a crazy being like me is going to be good news.

He says, “I have to finish delivering goods.”

Oh, right. He is supposed to be at work, not messing around with me.

I nod. “I can head home and get out of this uniform, too.”

He looks at me without saying a word, but it seems like he is going to say something. I lift my brows, asking for that. Maybe that’s how he feels about me. He kind of knows that there are things I’m not telling him, but he doesn’t feel comfortable enough to ask me about it.

I say, “So... Is this the end?”

“Of our time together?”

I nod. Part of me doesn’t want this to end just like this, but I don’t know how else it could be. Like... Is there a reason for us to hang out again?

He says, “I can stay in the city for a few more days.”

Oh... maybe this means he is only in a hurry because of his job. Maybe he doesn’t hate me and isn’t trying to get away from me as quickly as he can manage.

I say, “If you want to, we can go to a nice restaurant in the city for dinner and I can show you around.”

“Sounds like a plan. I’ll call you when I’m done with the delivery.”

Sounds like he isn’t going to call me, and I won’t have the courage to call him. “Pinky promise?”

“Pink what?”

I lift my small finger. “Maybe it’s a human thing, but promise?”

He lifts his finger. “Like this? Yes, I’ll let you know when work is over. You stay safe out there. It may still snow even when the weather alert is over.”

“Sure.” I hope he is going to call me.

Chapter fourteen

Chapter 14

Grihul

Ipresent the paperwork to the manager of the destination warehouse. He checks the document and his screen, taking note of the cargo I transported.

He is so slow to my liking, even though I’d do the same if I were him. He is still not done with pointing the tip of his pen to the screen, counting things out.

---