Page 80 of Bully Billionaire Dragon

TJ stares at me with tears in his own eyes. He reaches up and places the ring on my fourth finger. It glistens underneath the spotlight, and before I can even comprehend the moment, cheers fill the Sitting Duck.

TJ takes me back into his arms and twirls me around.

“You just made me the happiest man on the planet.”

“Don’t you mean happiest dragon shifter?” I whisper into his ear.

TJ chuckles before setting me down.

His friends flank us and smother us in congratulations. I feel on top of the world, and there is nothing that can top this moment.

TJ and I are one, and we will be wed.

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He watches as the blonde proposes to the brunette.

They mated last night, he can smell it on them. He seethes at the thought of failure.

The window from which he is watching as they are surrounded by their friends and given hugs makes him sick.

If only he had succeeded yesterday in ruining their union…but he failed.

“What is going on here?” a deep voice asks him.

Carnelian turns around and smiles.

“Dylan, long time no see.”

Dylan Turnby smiles at him.

“I did just as you asked, but it looks like they still ended up together,” Dylan observes.

Carnelian's nostrils flare.

He had hired Dylan to take down Druk Technologies and its dragon shifter owners, but Dylan failed. They both did.

Staring into the window of the Sitting Duck, Carnelian swears that he will never fail again.

Mates cannot be together. One will die and ruin the other. He must stop all mating rituals.

Carnelian is more determined than ever as he shifts and flies away, Dylan shifting right behind him.

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THE END

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