Chapter 24: Do Overtime

I slept through the whole afternoon, tired from today's event. Desmond decided to go to any establishment. He even went to speak with a party decorator and even asked for my opinion.

I was thinking by that time if he was preparing for Declan's birthday or his nephew, Daniel's birthday but I remembered that was impossible since the birthdays of those two were near the end of the year.

I only woke up when I was already in the arms of Desmond and smelled his scent as my... mate again.

I didn't know why the Moon Goddess reconnected our mate bond again but I was not happy to learn about this fact.

"Put me down this instant!" I said, half-embarrassed as he was going upstairs. "People are watching!" I immediately hid my face and buried it in the crook of his neck because I saw people looking on our way.

That way, I came to smell the combination of orange, citrus, and cedarwood. With his scent, I could easily distinguish that he was really my mate.

Desmond chuckled. "Who cares?" I shivered wh