Chapter 20

James

I picked Laila up at 8 p.m. on Friday. It was very early to hit the club, but I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. Besides, we would have drinks first anyhow. With fewer people, it would be easier to talk.

Because of the rouge mission, we didn't meet for lunch during the day. But I liked that it had become like our ritual. The mission was only partly successful, as we eliminated only one branch but didn't get to the core. We captured a few rouges to interrogate them and get more information about the main base.

My thoughts steered back to Laila. I could feel that my mate had got used to me more. She was more relaxed and free around me. Gone was that uptight b*tch as she was last week. In my opinion, that was great progress. Despite our arguing before, my mate didn’t hold any grudge and didn’t cut me off.

I believed that Laila had slowly started to grow attached to me. On Thursday she even touched me while