Richard’s POV:She was maddening, and somehow I wanted her more.I had woken up late today because of the fact that Darren and I had ended up having to discuss the possible fallout from my attack on one of Leon’s Rogues. But that wasn’t on my mind now. In fact, I had gotten up with nothing in my mind but my mate, and I was focused on figuring out how I could make it up to her.I had decided that it was best to tell Arielle everything, and I had also given Darren permission to do the same with Lilian as well. They deserved to know, as our mates, and Arielle of all people deserved to know that she had my trust, as well as my love.Having woken up very late & forewent my morning run and decided to have a shower quickly, before I left for the clinic this morning.As I entered the shower, I tested the mind link again, hoping against all odds that she would have let down the wall that she placed between us, and talk to me.Arielle, I called her name in the mind link but for no answer in res

Arielle’s POV The rest of the morning passed slowly after Richard left my side. He had walked me to my office door, before he finally left.He had even held my hand all the way down to my office. The patients who had arrived had definitely gotten a look at the both of us, and for sure I had an idea that they would be gossiping about me and their Alpha for the rest of the day.I sighed to myself as the last patient for the morning left the office that day. It was already half past 2pm, and I didn’t expect to see any other patient for the day unless it was an emergency. Therefore I had the rest of my time to relax, and I was going to use it well.I bitmy lip as I began to flip through the patients files that I needed to sign off on. It would take me a long time to deal with this. Perhaps I should take a break, I thought to myself.Just then, a knock came at my office door and I whipped my head up.“Come in,” I called out, my brows knotted as I wondered who it could be at the other side

Arielle’s POV:I sighed happily as I finished the last bit of my ice cream.“That was great,” I said out loud. It was in fact more that great; it was perfect.“I don’t know,” Lily replied moments later, taking her last spoonful of ice cream as well and dropping the spoon in the plastic tub that was now empty of its contents with a thud. “I’m more partial to strawberry myself.”I giggled; she had said that three times in the last hour already.I enjoyed the ambience in the room; it was already close to sunset,And I could see how the sun’s rays lit everywhere up in golden light.Lilian and I had gone out to find some ice cream on the town, and in the end, we did go shopping as well. That was evident by the numerous amount of bags with names of boutiques pasted on them.I could still taste the remains of the vanilla ice cream on my tongue, and I loved it far more than I liked strawberry. Instead of saying that to Lilian however, what I did next was to gesture around us.We were sitting

Richard’s POV:I woke up pretty early at the crack of dawn the next day, with a spring in my step. I dressed up in my grey sweatpants and a black shirt for my morning run, and after I laced up my trainers, I left my home swiftly and began on the run.Taking the shortcut I always used through the forest, I began to move faster and faster with each second that passed. I continued running, only to stop abruptly when a pleasant and very familiar scent caught my attention.I turned my head and noticed Arielle coming up towards my direction in the forest. She was up this early morning for a morning run as well, and I noticed with no small amount of pleasure, the way she had clearly improvise in her running. She was no longer panting and trying very hard to catch her breath like before. Instead, she seemed to be moving in stride.She was also seemingly not seeing me where I was.I smiled, using my hand to grab her arm, stopping her form moving any further as she was about to run past me, and

Arielle’s POV After I came back from the most enjoyable morning run I had ever been on, I didn’t waste any time in going to my room. As skinny as I closed the door, behind me, I began to remove my workout clothes which had now stuck to my body just a little bit.Today already had been a good day, if not for the fact that I had already seen Richard once today. So I knew that the rest of the day also had to be good as well.I entered my bathroom to begin my morning ablutions. It was already last 7am, and I was going to be late if I didn’t hurry up a little.Putting in the shower, I entered under it and relished in the feeling of the lukewarm water hitting my skin. My body ached nicely from the run. I had pushed myself a little bit more as I was running with Richard, and I now felt a sense of accomplishment within me.Picking up my loofah to wash my body after a short while, I began to go through the motions of washing myself. However my mind was still somewhere else, and that somewhere