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Everyone took a seat as well. Chloro sat on Derek’s lap, resting her chin on her hands, as she waited for them to speak. She never stopped smiling as she did.

"So you two are mates?" Karina asked.

"Who are mates?" Gloria asked, walking in with her husband beside. They just happen to be passing by, only to stop at the sound of the word mates.

"Them, seems like a lot of things can happen in just a few minutes," Derek said, pointing at Gore with a smirk.

"We forgot our keys. Now you two are mates." George pulled out a chair for Gloria, then sat beside her.

Harlow had her eyes down on the table, feeling annoyed that they were making a big deal out of it all.

"I--" Harlow cleared her throat than spoke again, "I guess we are."

George leant back in his chair. “Well, if the fates want it that way, then so be it."

Gloria smiled at Gore and Harlow. "I think you two knew you were mates all along. Maybe that's why you have been so protective of each other, always bickering and fighting too."

Gore