Chapter 21: Dinner With Lahaina

“So what about you?” I asked. I remembered that the reason Lahaina ended her mistress contract with Ivor was because she found her Mr. Right.

I saw her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrow. She did not answer my question right away. Her delicate hand gripped the dinner knife.

I felt my eyes widened. I was amazed at Lahaina’s lack of confidence. She used to be very confident when she talked about the man she thought he was going to be Mr. Right.

I suddenly regretted my question. Lahaina had to be awkward. I was silent and had dinner so that my question would disappear from both Lahaina’s mind and mine.

And then we were going to talk about other topics that were more interesting than love. So I took my dinner knife and cut my steak.

But then Lahaina asked me, “Lia, do you—do you believe in the existence of werewolves?”

And then she looked at me embarrassedly, waiting for my answer. I was also surprised by her unexpected question. I paused, looking at her.

Lahaina smiled shyly, as if she re