Christian POV
Their eyes met from across the room. Blue and green clashing in a battle of desire. It felt as though time had stopped. His wolf was howling the word mate inside of his mind. But Christian swallowed it and quickly adverted his gaze, hoping the young woman would do the same. Nothing good would come of revealing what they were to one another to anyone in this room.
“You clumsy b***h, look what you did!” Penelope yelled as soup dripped from her legs, leaking into her shoes.
“I-I’m sorry,” The girl stuttered. Christian clenched his jaw at how Penelope spoke to her. He looked between the two, trying to muster his most neutral face, but to his horror, she, his stunning mate, wasn’t doing as good of a job as him at keeping a cool demeanor. Her eyes kept darting to him and his sta
