Chapter 82: Mistake

Sebastian’s pov

I looked around and couldn’t find a bottle of water in my office.

Mark must be sleeping by now since its late, damn I miss the time where vampires slept in the day.

I got up and went to get a glass of water myself.

I heard footsteps in the kitchen, “is anyone there?” I heard Charlotte ask.

“Yes I am” I said as I entered, and she looked at me.

“Hi” she said with a small smile, “please don’t mind me, I just want a bottle of water” I said and opened the fridge.

As I was leaving she spoke up, “Sebastian are we okay?” she asked me.

I didn’t turn around by answered anyways.

“yes we are okay, why would you ask that?” I asked her.

“Its just that you have been so distant, and I don’t know why. Did I do something wrong?” she asked, and I shook my head.

“No, you did absolutely nothing wrong” I said, I turned around and gave her a smile.

Honestly, I love seeing her but at the same time just looking at her makes my heart break even more.

For her to break the curse she needs to mate with Logan, they have been mates for centuries.

All those centuries while I was fooling myself waiting for her she was destined to be with him.

Hell, I bet what Scarlet was apologising for was the fact that she didn’t tell me that she fell out of love with me.

“Okay then, I thought that you were angry with me for some reason” she said, and I shook my head.

“No, I am not” I said, and she nodded, and I heard her stomach grumble.

I guess unlike me she didn’t come downstairs for a bottle of water.

“Let me make you something really quick, if that’s okay with you” I said, and she nodded.

“How about some French pressed sandwich bites, I can make them in 20 minutes” I said, and she smiled.

“Anything would be perfect; I was about to eat that cake I saw” she said.

I started taking out the ingredients and then got started.

“Wow, you are quite sharp with the knife” she said.

“Do you need help? I am a chef for a living you know” she said, and I shrugged.

“I have lived for a thousand years. I think I am better at cooking than you” I said which made her chuckle.

“Is that a challenge?” she asked me, and I nodded.

“You bet it is, I am challenging you on a cook off, just not now” I said, and she smiled.

“Are you scared?

Is the great vampire King scared of me?

are you scared that my 8 years old cooking will outshine your centuries of cooking?” she said with a mocking voice.

“Listen Charlotte, I have to doubt that you are good. I am just better” I said which made her look at me with determination.

“Fine it’s on, I will make my best dish and you do the same. If mine is better than you then you will have no choice but to bow at my feet” she said.

I would bow at her feet if she told me, she doesn’t need to win a stupid challenge for me to do so.

“Let’s make French dishes, I will make camembert and cherry pastry puffs?” she asked me.

“Okay then, I will make Puff pastry wreath with Brie” I said, and she smiled.

I stopped making the sandwich bites and took out ingredients to make the food we are going to make.

We got started, she looked so cute while she was busy focusing.

I touched the tip of her nose.

“What was that for?” she asked, “now I have flour on my nose” she said.

“You just looked so cute” I said, and she frowned.

“Wait, what is this here?” she asked and then also touched my nose.

“You actually look cuter” she said and then started busting out in laughter when I frowned.

“I am a grown man you know; I can’t have people hearing you calling me cute” I said which made her smile.

“But you are cute, and actually I am the only one who thinks you are cute.

Everyone else probably thinks that you are hot” she said, and I smiled at this.

“You think I am hot” I said which made her blush a little.

“What the hell, I didn’t say that. Focus on your food” she said but I could still see that she was blushing.

We continued cooking, she just started talking and telling me about all the times she would cook with her father.

“He was a terrible cook you see, so I had to learn really fast” she said chuckling.

“Sounds like you were really fond of your father” I said, and she nodded.

“I love him to death” she responded and then looked up to find me smiling.

“You have a really great smile” she said, “don’t try to butter me up with the compliments. I wont go easy on you” I said, and she smiled.

“In your dreams Sebastian” she said, and we continued cooking.

When we were both done I tasted hers.

“this is actually really amazing” I said, and she gave me a smirk.

“Told you I am the best” she said and then took a bite of what I made.

“Ohhh heavenly goodness, how is this even possible?

How can pastry taste like this in my mouth?

Its so perfect” she said her eyes going wide.

She kept moaning as she was eating, she looked at me and I saw her eyes go even wide.

“Your eyes are changing colour, are you okay?” she asked me.

“I am fine” I said and looked down; her eyes landed on the bottle of water I had come here to get.

“Did I keep you from your work?” she asked, and I shook my head.

“I needed a break anyways; I am always working” I said, and she nodded.

“Can I see your office? I am just curious how your office looks like. You probably spent all your life in there” she said with a chuckle.

“Come on, follow me” I said and took the snacks we just made.

We went to my office, I put everything down as she started looking around.

“What is this?” she asked talking out a journal.

“You wrote down recipes of every food you have ever tried, but why? And even the dates, that’s weird thing to journal” she said.

“Not really, Scarlet always loved food.

So, every time when I ate something I knew she would like I wrote it down.

In hopes that one day she would get to taste it” I replied, and she looked at me.

“Really? this is beautiful” she sat down on the couch and started looking at it.

“And its handwritten” she said, she then looked back at the shelf.

“Are you telling me all those are handwritten?” she asked me, and I nodded.

“Some are places I think she would love to go, the food she would love to try.

Activities I would have liked to do with her.

Just the usual things” I said, and she nodded.

“But this, a person cant taste all of this and do all those activities in one lifetime. It’s a lot” she said.

“You are right, it’s because I don’t want to be her for one lifetime.

I want to be with her for forever, I know it is a long time, but I know that with her they will never be a dull moment.

Even the silence is beautiful” I said.

I poured her a glass of whine and then sat down on the couch next to her.

“Scarlet was a lucky girl to be loved by you” she said, and I shook my head.

“I am the one who was lucky to be loved by her,

for centuries even though it was hard I had hope.

I had something worth living and waiting for” I said and then looked at the journals.

“I know you are not her, so don’t ever feel guilty looking at this” I said, and she smiled.

“I actually feel jealous, forever with you sounds like a great offer” she said and then looked up.

She then quickly got up to put the journal away.

“let me help” I said when I saw her failing to put it back.

I took the journal and put it back, I could hear her holding her breath.

I looked down and found her looking at me, her cheeks were slightly pink.

“You are a little flustered, are you okay?” I asked and she nodded.

“It’s the wine” she said, “ohhh for a second I thought it was because I am this close to you” I said, and she shook her head.

“Then it means I am not close enough then” I said and then got even closer.

I could hear her heart beating like crazy.

“I am still not close enough” I said closing the distance between us.

I pulled her closer to me, “am I still not close enough?” I asked her.

I could hear her holding her breath, she looked up and In a matter of seconds her lips were on mine.

I was actually surprised that she was gusty enough to kiss me first, but I didn’t take time.

I responded to her kiss, took the lead, and pulled away after some time.

She looked at me surprised, “what did I just do? Why did I kiss you?” she asked.

“Maybe because you wanted to. Be honest Charlotte, you wanted to kiss me that is why you did” I said whispering in her ear.

When I looked at her she was all flustered even more.

“it was a mistake” she blurted out and I nodded as I pulled her even closer.

I made sure that our lips were touching but I didn’t kiss her, I just put them there.

I heard her groan in frustration and pull me even closer before kissing me again.

When we pulled away from each other I smiled, “was that a mistake too?” I asked.