Xandar groaned in frustration when Lucianne stopped him from kissing her on her lips. Christian chuckled while Juan pressed back a smile.  Lucianne pushed herself off the table, joining the rest of the alliance on their feet. Xandar held her firmly by her waist to make sure she didn't go any further. He pecked a kiss on her temple before he turned to everyone and said, “Wu Bi Corp is a company that Lucy, Christian, I and a few others have been investigating for a few days. When we hit a dead end, Christian and I pulled some strings. But our contacts haven’t been able to dig up anything yet. He…” his head gestured at the rogue in the next room, “…seems to have given us the fastest ticket to get to the bottom of what we’re investigating.” Zelena spoke, “Your Highness, I don&r

Xandar and Christian treated the alliance to lunch, and everyone dispersed after that. Christian went home to Annie, and the alliance headed back to the hotel for a rest.  When Lucianne got into Xandar’s car after waving goodbye to the others outside the restaurant, Xandar smashed his lips on hers without warning. He then pulled away just slightly before saying, “I want to show you something. Come with me?” Lucianne averted her gaze and blinked to get herself out of her daze from the kiss but Xandar pressed another deep one on her lips as he said in a husky voice, “Don’t think, Lucy. Just say yes.” He kissed her gently again before whispering, “Say yes.” Lucianne could only smile shyly as her thumb traced his lower lip lin

Xandar broke their kiss and looked teasingly into his mate’s eyes as he noted in a husky voice, “You’re wet, my love.” Lucianne blushed and bit her lower lip before retorting meekly, “Can you blame me, my King?” “Hmm. Wouldn’t be fair if I did that, my Queen. I was already hard long before you got wet.” “Yeah, I know.” She teased him back. “At least I was decent enough to not mention it. You probably instigated your own arousal with your tendency to conjure up inappropriate thoughts, darling.” “Oh, so I’m the

Evie grinned broadly to show her half-grown teeth, and she hopped a little in excitement before nodding her head and throwing her arms around Lucianne’s neck. Lucianne’s heart melted just like when Russell hugged her.    Evie let her mother pull her out from the embrace but the little girl stubbornly took back her hand with force before telling Lucianne out loud, “When I grow up, I want to be brave and pwetty. Just like you, pwetty Lucy!”   The restaurant went silent, and Xandar was the proudest and happiest person in the room. Lucianne looked a bit embarrassed but she pecked a kiss on Evie’s cheek as she said in all certainty, “Evie, when you grow up, you’ll be brave and pretty. Just like you.” Lucianne’s index finger tapped lightly on Evie’s

Sasha’s doubtful voice rang through Livia’s phone call, “You sure she didn’t know who you were? You were straddling on her ex-mate for Goddess sake!” Like Livia needed reminding. And for the third time Sasha’s asking, Livia was running low on patience as she said, “It didn’t look like she knew. She looked lost but she was also trying to figure it out.”  Livia sighed before peeping through her curtains to see if anyone was outside her house. She then uttered in a worried tone, “Nothing would happen to me, right? I mean, Greg only said he’ll come for me if I tried to hurt her. I didn’t do anything. It was a coincidence! An unfortunate coincidence!”