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The commanding tone pulled a frown from my lips.
“There’s nothing wrong with riding a bus,” I shot back. “Some people rely on that.” A blush bloomed to life again. I didn’t know his financial position, but based on his fancy clothing and his cell phone, it didn’t take a genius to figure out that he was better off than me.
“Not for my mate.”
“But—”
“And here.” He placed a box in front of me with a dull thump. The kitchen light glinted off the plastic wrapping on the white box.
“That’s a cell phone,” I stated the obvious. A very expensive phone I couldn’t dream of affording any time soon.
“Yours.”
“No.” I nudged it back in his direction, and the box rubbed against the counter. Lucian stopped its progress and pushed it back at me.
“Yes. I need to be able to contact you. Unless you want me following you around all day.”
I frowned.
“Stop pouting, you won’t like the consequences.”
That sounded much more delightful than it should. A whine crawled from my mouth, and his lips stretched into a sexy smile. Lucian straightened and checked his phone, then slid it back in his pocket with a frown.
Was he getting ready to leave? My pulse quickened.
“Are you leaving?” I meant to ask it casually, but the words came out a bit rushed and frantic. I cleared my throat and forked up another chopped piece of beef with the spaghetti.
“Not even if you asked me to.” The relief instantly dropped my shoulders. “Now, hurry, Princess, you need your rest.”
6
Icrouched at my locker on the bottom row and stuffed my coat inside. The uniform fit me perfectly, hugging my ass with ease. I’d never felt anything so soft as the material against my skin. It was like I was being enveloped by silk.
The lock clicked shut, and I straightened, using the lockers to keep my balance in the unsteady heels.
It was a good thing Lucian had brought me to work because the downpour of rain this morning was crazy, and his luxurious car with its seat warmers was life-altering. The buttery interior was simply to die for—but the ride also proved to me that he was very well-off in whatever job he held. I still hadn’t asked, but I was mustering up the strength. It wasn’t like he would be cruel to me about it. He was my mate. It was against our makeup to be mean to each other, and if he did, it would mean he truly did not like me.
Fortunately, he hadn’t been cruel or rude to me. He didn’t speak down to me, nothing. He seemed particularly aggressive sometimes, but we descended from wolves. Aggression was a given, so I understood the roughness, and I kind of liked it.
My heels clicked on the linoleum as I exited the locker room and passed by some of my coworkers dressed in various uniforms from the hotel, but no one paid me any mind. My shift was solely training today, so I would follow Karol around and learn the lay of the land.
As soon as I stepped into the main hall, carpet stretched across the floor, muffling my steps.
“There you are,” Karol said, rushing over to me. She was already dressed in her uniform. “I was waiting near Wilbert’s window, but you must have walked by while I went to the bathroom. Thank you so much for taking the towels to room 201. Like seriously, you saved my life.”
“It was no big deal.”
“Yes, girl, it was. He would have had me fired like this.” She snapped her fingers. Her animated expression was much more open than yesterday, and I didn’t want to stop her from lowering her walls by telling her that he ended up being my mate. I stifled my smile.
“Is your daughter okay?”
“Good, fortunately, I think her teacher exaggerated a bit.” She rolled her eyes. “But she’s going to a human school, so she doesn’t know she’s sturdier than she looks.”
She said it like there was another option.
“Are there schools for those like us?”
“Oh yes, Alpha set all that up a while ago for anyone who had children with shifting issues.” She shrugged. “But you know, we live in the human world, we’re integrated, so it's best to start them early.”
