Chapter 114

Kamari's Point of View

Zayan refused to sit down in my mother's office. Instead, he was a brooding mess behind me. His fingers were curled around the back of my chair. Dug in deep. Refused to let go. As if I was his sole lifeline and he wasn't about to give me up.

Convincing his father to help him was a task I had entrusted my mother with. She was a persuasive person and wouldn't take no for an answer. She also couldn't resist my pleading, even when it drove her up the walls.

"And you are sure he won't be busy at this time of the day? I mean, we get shit done better at night than during working hours. I chalk it up to no one calling me once the sun has set." Rachel explained and looked at Zayan with penetrating eyes.

In her own way, she was summing him up. Adding all of the risks and throwing it all to the wind. All because I had asked her to. Because I needed an ally in Crescent Shine and who would be better than a man I loved...

LOVED? Fucking hell. I needed to wait on that word