Page 87 of His Sunshine Baby

My best friend sighs and gently brushes my hair with his fingers.

“All right, you’re the boss. Ignore the jackass until he gets bored. I bet Clark will give orders for the others to try and keep you two apart anyway. Okay, do you want some jam? Bonnie made a mean apricot jam.”

I laugh and nod. Like any Sunday, Danny and I have breakfast together, chatting about our week with our respective lovers. To be honest, I feel like we haven’t seen each other in forever, and it’s good to spend time with just the two of us. I’m happy to hear his relationship with Bobo is going smoothly, despite the hardships that come from being from different packs. Seems like neither of them has talked to anyone else about this, not even their siblings. I remember Bobo’s sister from the dinner, Tonia, and his older brother who is the King’s Beta, such an important member of their pack.

“You think Levi knows?” I ask, taking a bite out of my bread.

“I bet he’s too smart not to have caught on to something. He is always watching your back; it would be funny if he let me be. He argued a lot with Clark about Diego, you know. Those two better not meet either.”

“Shit. I don’t want to have Levi involved too.”

His overprotective brother would definitely take my side and still hates Diego for what happened back then. Daniel licks the jam off his fingers, frowning a bit.

“He will get involved. You know Levi. Aside from being a beta to the bone, he has some feelings for you.”

“Oh, shut up Danny, I am not talking about that.”

“As you wish.”

I am not blind to Levi’s feelings for me, but I’ve become good at pretending. I already have enough to deal with in the love department nowadays. I finish my breakfast and head to the bathroom first, changing into a comfortable workout outfit: leggings and an oversized crop top.

“Whoa, that’s one hot babe ready to do some punching.”

“Come with me, Danny, you need to exercise sometimes.”

He growls a bit.

“Are you hinting at something?”

“Yes, you’re getting skinnier and losing muscle. Now get up and come train with me. I need someone who can keep up.”

Daniel rolls his eyes but takes the rest of the breakfast dishes to the kitchen.

“Oh well, I guess it can’t hurt from time to time.”

Indeed, two hours later, we are just finishing the first round. Daniel is now growling at me, annoyed. Maybe because I won another match, the sixth in a row. I try to play innocent while grabbing some water.

“You agreed to train with me, babe,” I remind him.

“I agreed to do training, not a beating you brute! Look at that! I’m going to have bruises all over! Bruises are not sexy, Whitewood.”

I laugh a bit while he’s still examining himself. Even if he complains, Daniel is a decent fighter. He may not be a match for me but having Levi or me as his training partner has shaped him into a good fighter. I’m kind of proud.

“Come on, babe, one more round?”

“You can have more rounds with the boxing sack, I’m done with you kicking my ass for today.”

“Your scrawny ass.”

“My perfect ass, if you want to ask my handsome and adorable boyfriend.”

There he goes again, bragging about Boyan. At least he’s not complaining anymore. I let him keep talking while I drink more water and go grab a towel, wiping off my sweat. A good sparring does make me feel a lot better. I have been lazy about training these days, but if I’m not seeing Nate anymore, I should probably focus on something else.

I check my phone, but nothing from him. Of course. He’s probably still mad or at least perplexed by our fight from last night. No matter what, I hope this will be over soon, and I can go back to him. It may be a bit shameless to hope Nate will be that patient with me, but I somewhat believe he will be. I know what we had together was fucking good and real.

“Elena.”

I turn to Daniel, wondering why he called me by my name all of sudden, but his eyes are set on the dojo’s entrance. My wolf instantly starts growling. Damn.

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