Lexy bit her lips. She was not satisfied with his answer. She was expecting he would say more than what he just said. But as he seemed he had said what he wanted to say, Lexy asked for his reasons. “Why?” “Because I am for you as you are for me?” Ethan replied without any hesitation. His words arrived in Lexy’s ears with exceeding confidence and less emotion. It was like cold water that poured down on Lexy and woke her sleepy mind up. She felt like stupid to open her feelings too soon to him. She had always been cautious not to fall for men recklessly. She thought teenage boys were foolish to get into relationships with as they were too childish, so she preferred mature men. But now that she was in the arms of one, she realized she was not ready to play mature men’s games. Lexy did not know if she should believe him or not. In the realistic world, does this man really exist? Or is he luring her to anything? She felt scared. She tried to think of something to test the man. “Ethan
Ethan called for a cab through an app he trusted. He gave all info details about the ride Lexy should be riding home written in a piece of paper.“You must have dropped the phone in the alley earlier,” Ethan said as he handed Lexy the memo paper. “This is the cab’s plate number and in case you have any complaints, this is their service hotline.”Lexy realized she had no phone with her. And as he heard the man’s words, she recalled trying to press on her speed dial when one of the guys grabbed her phone.“Yeah, one of those idiots smashed my phone to the ground without mercy,” Lexy pouted in annoyance. “I hope to find it and get the important data stored in it.”“I’m sure you’ll find it,” Ethan gently assured Lexy. “I really hope so,” Lexy sighed, then she started to walk out of the room. “I should get going.”“Do you mind if I send you to your ride?” Ethan pleaded. “At least, let me speak to the driver and make sure you reach home safely, please?”Lexy nodded. “That would be great,
“Human! Not all who use magic are witches. And not only witches can use magic. They can give it to anyone for something in return,” Aldric scolded Ethan for his random silly questions. “What?! What do you mean?” Ethan was still confused. He understood the part that not all who use magic are witches but he was asking about Lexy’s possible identity; her supernatural one. “That she might be a witch but she might also be not,” Aldric replied. “But if they are aware of this magic protecting their entire place. They must know something about the supernatural world and creatures in it.”Aldric continued. He could not smell her scent but Aldric could still see a blurry vision passing through the shield with his intense persuasion. The Lycan saw his mate walk into the kitchen, no one was present in the whole area downstairs. She drank something from the refrigerator right in front of its opened door and walked to the stairs, climbed on it, and got inside a room. “It must be her bedroom,” A
Ethan tried to recall everything about the conversation he had with his baby girl. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not seem to recall and realize anything that could have made Lexy feel any kind of fear about him. “Can you tell me what you think there could ever be the reason she had a sudden change of mood?” Ethan whined to Aldric like a little boy. “Didn’t she say she even had to move away from the city for a while so she won’t run to me, afraid I would not feel the same longing she had for me?” Ethan continued. Aldric also fell into deep thoughts. “But no matter how I want to recall which part of our conversation did she start to change her mood, I cannot point it out and analyze what exactly did I say to upset my baby girl,” Ethan groaned. Aldric scoffed. But the Lycan did not say anything. He was still annoyed that this human would blabber words upsetting their mate. After a while, Ethan gave up thinking about it and decided to move on for now. “I will ask
“Hello?” Ethan spoke louder. Marlyn was startled to hear a man’s voice answering his best friend Lexy’s phone. He stopped blabbering and spoke to the person on the other line with extreme anxiousness and hesitations. He moved the phone away from his ear and checked on its screen. “Did I dial a wrong number?” Marlyn murmured. Yet, his words reached Ethan’s ears without difficulty. But as if Ethan did not hear anything, he continued. “Hello?” Ethan said. Marlyn confirmed he dialed the right number, but he heard a manly voice speaking on the line, confirming his doubts that he had heard a voice different from his best friend’s. Marlyn’s fear magnified. “Uhhhhmmm… Hi!” Marlyn summoned his courage. “Who are you?” Ethan asked with an icy cold, stern tone. He could not deny the fact that he was too upset toward this caller with a name that seemed too intimate for Ethan on his Baby Girl’s phone book list. “Ahhhmmmm, I would like to speak to my friend Lexy. Is she with you?” Marl
“Yes?” Ethan was still holding the phone in his hand as he continued to wipe it carefully with the handkerchief he had in his hand, so he was able to answer the call even before the first ring ended. “May I ask who I am to find when I arrive at the door to ask for you?” Marlyn asked sheepishly. “I just realized I forgot to ask your name, sir….” “Just look for Ethan Black. They will lead you to me,” Ethan answered patiently. “Ethan Black, okay. Got it. I will be right there soon, Mister Black. Thank you,” Marlyn wrote a memo on a paper on his desk. If anything happens, his family would know where he last went that night and why. “I’m being paranoid,” Marlyn tapped his forehead as he hurriedly wrote his note down and called for a cab through an app he
“I have seen you here with your friend before….” Ethan casually started a conversation. He wanted to make Marlyn as comfortable around him as possible. “I heard you own this place… And that’s quite impressive… you must be pretty rich,” Marlyn was still a bit cautious, but he could also feel the good intentions in the guy, Ethan Black, as he seemed to speak without intimidating him in the process. “Well, the liquor business had been in my family for years, but the club was my first business with everything of my talents, and the invested amount was the earnings I got from working as a paid intern on my dad’s research team as the quality control manager for a year,” Ethan shared without hesitations. Marlyn was taken aback. He did not expect Ethan to give so much detail about his life and achievements. It made him think. “He is not the kind of man who would keep a girl captive. He couldn’t have Lexy with him, right?” Marlyn thought. He looked around. His eyes were searching for a
“Yeah… We’re almost like a family….” Marlyn answered casually, but he paused so suddenly. Marlyn realized he seemed to be telling so many things to this stranger. He restrained his tongue from blabbering. Marlyn bit his cheeks from inside his mouth. And scolded himself for being an idiot. Marlyn reminded himself of what reasons were he in the place right now. “Can I have my friend’s phone now?” Marlyn asked. He tried to hide his fear, and he thought he had managed to do so, but Ethan clearly noticed. “I won’t keep you too long in here, but can I offer you a ride home. I still have so many things to ask you about my baby girl, but it’s our first meeting. I don’t want to scare you,” Ethan said in his friendliest manner. “I would love to ask for your advice, suggestions, and anything to win my baby girl's heart," Ethan sounded desperate. “If you are honest with your intentions, I hope you understand that I will have to ask my friend about her opinion regarding the matter,” Marlyn sp