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Giggling, “Girl, I was in shock. I might have let him off easy, but I won’t be making that same mistake again.”

Scoffing, she says, “What are you going to do?”

Bursting out with a cackling laugh, “He thinks that being an asshole to me will make me run back to New York City. I am going to show him that he can be as mean as he wants. I’m not going anywhere. Killing him with kindness and all that. Seems it would annoy him more than anything else.”

“Well,” she says. “How do you know it will work?”

“I don’t know,” sighing in indignation, “I have always dealt with these kinds of assholes, but unlike being in the big city, I know I will bump into him all the time.”

“That’s true. I am all for it. This poor guy doesn’t know what he started. Are you going to do anything to him or just every time he is an ass, you are super sweet,” she asks.

Sighing, “I am going to only be super sweet, which isn’t an act, but still…”

“I know. I wish you were having an easier time with the move. Any hot guys that you are interested in besides Silas?” she giggles out the words.

“Honestly, I haven’t been looking. I have mainly just explored the new town, but I met the sweetest older woman named Gail. She gives off these grandma vibes.” I say as I scoot down the couch, cozying up with the blanket.

“Oh,” she says with a note of intrigue.

“Yeah, but can I tell you about it tomorrow? I’m kinda sleepy now. There are some shops in town I want to see tomorrow. Hopefully, I don’t bump into the asshole.”

Tsking, she says, “I think that not only should you NOT avoid him, I think you should be obnoxiously sunshine in his presence. Every time that he is an asshole, shine even brighter to piss him off more.”

“I love the idea! Alright, I’ll keep it in mind for when I run into him. But seriously, I am going to bed now.”

“Love youuuussss. Goodnight!” she says.

“Love youuusss, too.”

After picking my tired body up off the couch, I trudge to the bedroom, hoping to crash out when my head hits the pillow. As I cuddle into my pillow with the blanket wrapped around me, I can’t keep my mind from going back to him.

I know that I have dealt with it before, but really, I don’t know what I could have done to piss him off this much? Is he always this way? How did he go from checking me out to demanding that I leave? Talk about whiplash.

Men can really be such assholes and I can’t wait to see just how much of a thorn I can be in his side. He is going to regret being such an asshole to me. Tomorrow, I will start Operation Sunshine.

Silas won’t know what hit him when he gets all this sunshine coming his way.

Chapter 5

Silas

She can’t be my mate. I can’t have a human as a mate. They can’t breed with us because we are incompatible. She wouldn’t even be able to handle my wolf in his humanoid form. What was the goddess thinking when she fated us together? Besides that, she’s a city girl. Lord knows they don’t like the slowlife that you find in small towns. Even with his constant presence in the back of my mind, I can’t give into the Goddess’s wishes.

She is our fated mate and you know it. I don’t know why you are ignoring all the signs.

Because she can’t be our mate. What are we going to do with a human?

You know, there is always the option to turn her into one of us. Not ideal, but I don’t see it as an issue.

Of course, you don’t see it as an issue. You aren’t thinking as a human, obviously, but as a wolf who wants to breed.

That is true, but she is our mate and I don’t know why we wouldn’t pursue her. I want my mate and you will not stop me from getting her.

I am in charge here.

So you think.My wolf growls into my mind.

I am going to have to get ahead of this if I don’t want my wolf to take matters into his own paws. I need Warrick.

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