After going back and forth for a long time, Lucy finally makes a decision.
She has agreed to meet with Adam tonight so he can reject her formally.
She wants to see him try, because she knows he has caved in to the mate bond as much as she has, and it is not the easiest thing to reject one's mate.
If he goes through with it, she is expected to accept the rejection.
But Lucy won't give up her mate without putting up some kind of resistance. Like, come on, she has waited her entire life for him to find her, she has kept her innocence for the moment she would find him and she gets rejection as a reward. No, she will try and persuade him to change his mind by giving herself to him.
Her wish is that Adam changes his mind after getting a taste of her, that he should even mark her by accident.
Sounds desperate, right? That's how one behaves when one grew up being rejected by everyone. Having to beg for love and waking up to force friendships or relationships becomes a normal part of one's daily routine.
Since morning, Lucy has begged the moon goddess to make things work out in her favor tonight.
If the goddess can make anything happen, why not do her a favor and grant her a tiny request? All she is asking is for her mate to love her, and to stop believing that he needs to reject her because he is cursed.
Yes, the reason he intends to reject her is because he was told by some crazy woman that he is cursed and anyone unlucky enough to be his mate would die a terrible death. She has always thought men like him to be practical and logical, but Adam had to be an exception because he has something to do with her, Lucy, the unfortunate girl. He believes in curses, backed up by a couple of incidents that could have been coincidences for all she knows.
She sighs and gets up from the bed in her dorm (she is a student at the International University College in Georgetown, Malaysia). She goes to switch on the light, even though she doesn't need it as her vision has always been sharp even in the night.
Time to get ready, for it is an hour before the time she and Adam agreed to meet at his Gurney Drive condo, though he rarely uses it these days after he was given the title of Beta King.
She is excited when she gets a call just as she is about to walk into the bathroom, knowing instantly that it is him. It is Adam. Her mate. Her handsome mate. She almost knocks the phone over in her haste to pick it up. Her fingers are too shaky.
"Hello?"
Her voice sounds too calm, considering how nervous she feels.
"I will come by to pick you up in exactly an hour from now," the deep voice comes from the other end of the line.
Yes, she remembers. No need to remind her. It feels like they are a couple, seeing him call to remind her about their date.
And for a moment, she pretends they are.
"I will be waiting for you," she says, her voice lacking emotion.
"Good."
As soon as he cuts the call, she positively runs into the bathroom, spending the next hour cleaning and fixing herself to look the best she has ever done in her life.
She has chosen her clothes carefully, wearing sexy lingerie and a short tight dress that makes her ass look amazing.
Her straight hair has been sprayed and styled to perfection, and she has on the right amount of makeup.
The events in her childhood had made her really insecure about herself, but after meeting a girl called Ruth at the University, she now has full comfidence in her looks, and she hopes that Adam will not strike a blow to that comfidence by going through with his idea of rejecting her. Because nothing is more effective at killing self esteem than getting rejected.
Finally, she sprays her body with light perfume before grabbing her handbag.
She is surprised when she checks her phone to see several messages from Adam. He has already arrived, and he has been sending messages since he arrived about fifteen minutes ago.
Can't he just give up and go back home out of frustration? That would delay the rejection process, but again, a part of her would feel bad if he went back without seeing her, especially as se is dressed to kill.
The heels she has on are a little too high, and she has to walk all the way to the main road where Adam has his car parked, which is highly uncomfortable.
Adam is sitting in the driver's seat of his Mercedes Benz, impatiently tapping on the steering wheel. She is late!
He understands her for not being eager to meet him because he knows every part of her is against the idea of the upcoming rejection, but that doesn't mean he appreciates her being late. He has always been a busy man, and his recent rise in rank made his days even busier. He rarely has time to rest, but despite that, he made time to meet her, take her to his house and reject her in a respectful way, as she requested. He is tempted to reject her right there on the road, and after several more minutes pass by without her showing up, he decides he is going to reject her right where he is and go back. She has wasted too much of his precious time already...
Well, until she appears, stilling the movement of his hand on the steering wheel, and he swears Angels do exist.
The sight of her makes everything in him stir; his wolf, his heart, and something in his pants below. Blood rush to all parts of his body, including places he has never felt it go before. His brain turns to mush, unable to think properly.
He never knew she was this beautiful, just the most beautiful girl he has ever laid eyes on. Perfect with the tall body of a supermodel, curved slightly in all the right places. Her thick and shiny hair and glowing skin scream healthy female, the kind of female that he would want to mother his pups.
He licks his lips subconsciously, and when she approaches, he fails to stop her from entering his car.
This is the last time he will ever see her, therefore, he should spend as much time as possible looking at her.
Without saying anything to her, he drives her to his house.
It is a pity he will never touch her, he thinks along the way, until he hears the first words she says upon reaching his house.
"Since there is nothing I can do to change your mind about us, I have decided I want to offer myself to you. This night, you can do anything you want with me. You will reject me after we are done." There is hard challenge on her delicate face.
He is shocked. Lucy appears timid and innocent, but such a request is far from innocent. He is aware of how much she has gone through just to make herself say this, and his heart breaks for his little woman.