Page 103 of His Sunshine Baby

I lean in to kiss him, softly.

“And when is all of this going to be sorted out?” he insists.

I roll my eyes.

“Moon Goddess, Nate, shut up and get naked.”

Chapter 16

“Why don’t you just call him?”

I glare at Daniel.

“When I do call him, all he says is that he’s busy with his brother’s mate or work, Danny. If this goes on, I’m going to be jealous of a girl I don’t even know!”

He sighs and takes a bite of his sandwich. It’s lunchtime, and we managed to find a break between my classes and Danny’s experiments to talk to each other. I haven’t seen Nate for a few days, and it’s driving me crazy because I have a feeling he is mad at me. I have no idea why. The last time I was over at his place, he suddenly went out in a hurry that night because of some issue with his brother’s fated mate and didn’t come back. Instead, all I got was a stupid text saying he would be busy for a few days.

“Maybe he’s really busy?”

“Trust me, he had busy weeks before, but when he wanted to see me, he could. No, I feel like something’s wrong. I don’t like it.”

His texts are too short, and his voice was so cold over the phone. I just don’t get it. I feel like I’m missing something. Is it something I said? But everything was fine until then! He wouldn’t have changed his mind so quickly, right?

“Babe, it’s only been a few days, maybe you’re thinking too much!”

I know Danny’s just trying to cheer me up, but I don’t believe it.

“How do you cope without Bobo?” I sigh.

He frowns, furiously biting into his vegetarian sandwich again.

“I do without! That idiot can go and do whatever he wants, I don’t care,” he says with a pout.

“Seriously, Danny? It’s his work! The King appointed him as that girl’s bodyguard, you can’t ask him to drop everything like that.”

“He could at least answer his texts! Can you believe he stays in wolf form? I mean, he did spend a lot of time in his wolf form, but all I’ve gotten so far are texts from his sister! His sister, Elena!”

I try hard not to laugh. My goodness, poor Bobo. I know he doesn’t have much of a choice, but I hope he’s ready for a big fight with his possessive boyfriend when they meet again… I can’t blame Danny, though, he’s barely gotten any news in three weeks.

“Anyway, I say you give him a few more days, girl. I mean, so far, Black’s been very understanding with you, right? Plus, Xavier is all over your back these days, if you want to go to the Velvet Moon territory again it’s going to be a serious hassle.”

Daniel’s right.

When I got back from the Velvet Moon that same night, my uncle caught me right at the border. It was a nightmare, and he asked a thousand questions. He was furious about me sneaking out, even more so when I refused to tell him where and why.

“That was super odd too.”

“What?”

“My uncle was right there when I got back, waiting for me. As if he knew when and where I was going to come back. Isn’t that weird?”

Daniel frowns for a while, then shrugs.

“I don’t know, babe. You know, with all that sneaking in and out, I figured someone would catch you someday. You’ve been doing that since June, Elena. Almost four months, now! You’re lucky no one caught you earlier, in my opinion.”

Maybe Danny’s right about that too. But I can’t help but think my uncle Xavier’s timing was way too perfect. Did someone tell him about it beforehand? Anyway, it’s been a nightmare since. My uncle is keeping me as busy as he can, and watching me like a hawk. Even Isabella and Clark heard about it and scolded me like a pup too. I had the full speech about border security, me being irresponsible, the threats coming from the different packs, and so on. As a bonus, they doubled my training shifts.

“I’m tired,” I say, massaging my stiff neck.

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