Page 41 of His Sunshine Baby

“Indeed, but we thought this might be our best way to deal with this. This is an important matter to our brother, and we are running out of options,” says Nathaniel.

That’s right, both brothers look very serious about this. I wonder what’s the real issue here, but they won’t give more info. I see Clark hesitate a few more seconds until he sighs.

“Alright. Who are you looking for?”

“A young girl. She should be seventeen now, with black or dark brown hair, and sapphire-blue eyes.”

Sapphire-blue eyes? This is rather unusual. So she’s most likely a werewolf. Why would the King look for a young woman? Clark looks surprised. As far as I know, no one in our packs matches this description. We do have a lot of dark-haired people, but none with dark blue eyes.

“Most importantly, she should have a large scar on her eye.”

“A scar?”

“That’s right. Pale-skinned, with dark hair, dark blue eyes, and a scar on her face, around seventeen years old. That’s as much information as we have.”

“What about a name?” Asks Isabel.

But Nathaniel shakes his head. Wow, it’s a lot about her physique, and yet, not much to find someone. No wonder they are desperate. Once he’s done, I see Clark’s shoulders relax.

“Sorry, but no one from our packs matches that description, either in the White Moon or Opal Moon. Especially not with that kind of scar.”

“We thought that might be the case,” says Nate.

Both brothers look disappointed.

“Is there anything else we can do for the King?” Xavier suddenly asks.

Both Isabel and Clark glare at him. Why does he have to blurt out that kind of thing? He makes us sound so desperate to please them, it’s embarrassing. Liam Black considers him with disdain, and Nathaniel doesn’t even respond. But my uncle doesn’t even seem to realize how ridiculous he is acting, and this is awkward now.

“Mr. Black, I’ve heard you are very invested in the catering and leisure businesses. Do you have anything interesting going on these days? Our neighborhood has a few famous places as well, have you heard of them?”

Wow, I’m surprised by Iris. Since when does my cousin know so much about the Black brothers’ activities? Did Xavier train her or something ahead of the dinner? Her little brother Chris looks just as surprised as I am. Since we were kids, Iris has always been a discreet and reserved girl, not one to stand out. Suddenly hearing her speak out at this dinner is a bit surprising.

But Nathaniel answers her, and they start having a conversation about the most popular restaurants around. For some unknown reason, I feel very uneasy watching the twoof them exchange. Is it because, unlike Isabel, Iris is a young single woman? They talk very politely to each other, but they obviously get along fine and are having a smart and entertaining conversation. I don’t feel like butting in, so I just start eating in silence, ignoring my unsettled heart. I drink a new glass of wine, scolding myself for feeling this way.

“Easy on the wine, kiddo.”

Clark is looking right at me with a frown, and I immediately put my glass down.

“Sorry, Clark.”

“You okay?”

“Yeah.”

I even make my godfather worry about me. I look around, but Tonia is busy discussing with Eric and Chris, and Nathaniel’s conversation with Iris is still going on. I can’t even use the bathroom excuse to get out of here. Instead, I eat silently and suddenly decide to mind-link Daniel.

“What are you up to?”

“Catching up on some TV show since my roommate is busy being naughty in the wine cellar with a certain Black.”

“Oh please, Levi already snitched to you?”

“Yeah, and he is not blind you know. Did you fuck him?”

“Daniel!”

I have a hard time controlling my anger right now. I can’t believe him!

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