Page 48 of His Sunshine Baby

He smiles, and takes his hand off the table. I’m confused for a second as he stays silent, but I suddenly feel his fingers on my leg!

“You—!”

But the waiter comes in at this very moment with our plates, and I have to shut up. He just smiles like a naughty kid while the waiter takes forever introducing our plates, while I glare.

“Do you need anything else?” asks the waiter.

Yes, can he fuck off so I can get mad at Nathaniel?!

“No, we—”

Holy shit, where is he touching! I didn’t realize he was close enough to actually touch my underwear!

“Miss?” the waiter asks, confused.

“Did you want anything else, Elena?”

I glare at Nathaniel.

“No, I’m... I’m good.”

He keeps playing with my underwear, visibly having way too much fun teasing me!

“You can go,” he finally tells the waiter.

“Yes sir.Bon appetit.”

The waiter leaves, and I grab his wrist.

“Stop it!”

He jerks his hand off, visibly surprised. Crap. I really hadn’t planned to show him my ability tonight. Or any other night, for that matter! I just reacted so suddenly I couldn’t control my wolf. As the waiter leaves, I still feel Nate’s stare on me, and I look away.

“Elena?”

He wants an answer, but I don’t know what to say. I sigh.

“Yes, I did mind-link you. Sorry.”

“What are you apologizing for? Rather, I’d like to know how you can do that.”

“I don’t really know. It’s been an ability of mine since I was a kid. I can mind-link any other alpha in Silver City whenever I want, whether they are from my pack or not.”

There, I said it. How will he react? He won’t think I’m a freak, right? I scared a few other people when I was younger and did it unknowingly. I don’t know how I would take it if Nate reacted badly too. But instead, he seems… impressed?

“That’s… rather unique. Is that the only thing, or do you have any other abilities I should know about?”

What does that mean, that he should know about? It’s not like I’m that different. I sigh.

“Not really, other than that, I’m pretty normal. Because of my alpha heritage, I’m strong enough to be a fighter.”

No need for him to know more, right? Why does he care, anyway? It’s not my wolf side he’s interested in. After a few seconds of awkward silence, he suddenly shakes his head, grabbing his fork to start eating. I watch him, a bit surprised.

“I’m not going to insist if you don’t want me to. I understand. Feel free to tell me what you want, but I have no intention to pry into your private life any further.”

“Really?”

I feel relieved, but also, I can’t help but have a hint of doubt. It’s not like this would be the first time someone said they would keep it a secret and didn’t. Did I become too doubtful over time? While I’m still staring at him in disbelief, Nate puts his fork down to look at me very seriously.

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