Page 26 of The Alpha King's Heart: His Rejected Mate
"You too?C'mon,"
"It's catchy," he said.I didn't protest.
"I took Lucas to school,"
"That's great,"
"And I was informed that all tuitions have been paid, you didn't have to do that," I said.There was a pause before he spoke.
"I know but I wanted to.You are my woman, and I won't have you worry about money," he said confidently.
"I want to work," I blurted.Another long pause.I chewed on my bottom lip, waiting for his response.
"Why?"
"Why?Um, because I want to earn money?"I said as a question.
"But I have money...lots of it,"
"It's your money, not mine," I said.I wanted to earn my own money like I used to, I just couldn't live off my mate for the rest of my life and I needed to keep busy before whatever will happen in the future.
"Can we talk about this when I get home, please?"
"You're coming,"
A sound vibrated from his chest and I rolled my eyes " Get your head out of the gutter, Mr,"
"Yes, baby, I'm going to come," I was red with embarrassment, it was a good thing he couldn't see me.
"Bye, I'll go home and start meal preparation.I want to cook for you tonight," I said.
"Can't wait,"
I hung up and smiled like an idiot.This man was going to make me fall for him so fast eh.I suddenly felt the hair on my neck stand up, and I turned slowly.I felt like someone was watching me.My heart was pounding and I was scared it will leap out of my chest.What was that feeling?
CHAPTER 22 New Friends
The chefs bowed as I entered the kitchen.I traced my hand over the counter " Good afternoon, everyone," I greeted.
"Good afternoon, my lady," They said in unison.In the days we've been here, they are all respectful and have never dared look me in the eye- I don't know why even now their necks hung low.
"You can look at me, please," I said.
"I'll be making dinner for the king tonight," I told them.The chef, Moses, bowed to me before talking.
"My lady, you can tell us what you want to be prepared and we'll do it for you,"
"My name is Adira, please call me that," I said.
"But we can't, Ma'am, it's against protocol!"he said as if it was taboo.I didn't want to go back and forth so I started removing the ingredients I needed for my meal.As I cooked, I instructed the chefs to help me.
A few hours had gone by and we were just finishing up when Luca walked in." Welcome back, how was the first day of school," I asked, excited to hear all about it,
"It was alright," He answered.I could see from his face that he didn't want to talk about it but I still questioned.
"Made any new friends,"
"Just one, Emma,"
