I did not turn back for a couple of minutes, trying to gather myself. I breathed in and out, rehearsing what I was going to say to him, and then I heard the door opening.I turned back immediately; Reagan was about to leave."Reagan, wait. I want to say something," I shouted.He turned to me but did not remove his hand from the door or move an inch."Make it quick," he snapped, emotionless.I swallowed. His face was making me nervous. I did not understand where my doting mate was because this was not him."Look at what I said earlier...... I did not mean it."His face was still grim, not showing any emotions. I was not expecting him to agree, but his silence was rubbing me the wrong way."Are you not going to say anything? I snapped."Are you done?""Done with what? I asked him, confused by the question."Done with what you want to say; I am very busy," he replied.I felt like slapping him for waving my apology off like that, but I decided against it."Yes, you may leave since you are

He hissed, then moved to me with the speed of light, then slammed his hand on our table, breaking the table into two. All the contents spilled on the floor and some on my dress. Kelly fell off her chair in fear and hid under the next table.I just sat there, not saying a word, holding his intense gaze with a chopstick in my hand, waiting for his next course of action. It's been a long time since I saw him this crazy, so I was going to protect myself if the need arose.The whole shop was quiet, and everyone stopped what they were doing and concentrated on us. Fear was boldly written on their faces.He grabbed my hand and then tried to drag me up, but I put the chopstick on his neck. The people at the shop gasped, but I pretended not to hear them."Let me go right now or I will cut you open," I said, pressing the chop more tightly to his neck, drawing out blood.Instead of letting me go, he smirked then grabbed the hand that I held the chopstick and started forcing it into his neck.My

"Nothing will happen; Brian will be in the crowd protecting her.""Shit! How do I explain that to her?""Brian already did, and she understood everything. She did not even throw a tantrum, so you are welcome."I smiled and said, "OK, then, I do not need to panic. Thank you."I started eating my ramen, and Reagan sat beside me on the bed and started typing something on his phone. I looked at the screen, and I saw that he was talking to Amelia."Why are you talking to Amelia?""Am I telling her to start coming already? You need her to get you ready?""For the mating ceremony?"He nodded, still engrossed in his phone. I snatched it from him."Alix, why are you snatching my phone?" He said and tried taking his phone back.I stood up from the bed and took a good look at the chat.He was telling her what kind of accessories he wanted him to bring while coming. He mentioned diamonds, and she was asking her if she should bring a black diamond or the pink diamond that they had gotten for me. T

When I opened my eyes the next morning, I had a headache, but most importantly, my body was sore. I tried to sit up, and pain ran through my whole body. I bit into my lips and managed to sit up.It made sense why my whole body hurt now; I was lying on the floor, and two bottles of vodka and several shots were lying around. There was also a knife and a drawing that I presumed to be Brian's because his name was on it, but it did not look anything like him. Several holes in the paper must've been made with the knife.I did not have much of a headache because Kelly was grappling with the vodka bottle yesterday.She was also lying on the ground near the television, and she looked completely trashed. I managed to stand up even though I swerved a bit. I went to the water dispenser and grabbed a cup of water. I downed it, but it still did not do much.I grabbed my phone from the bed; there were three missed calls. I turned the data on and saw messages from Reagan.He asked if we were okay in

"Put more highlighter; I want my cheeks to sparkle, like a diamond, so all eyes will be on me," Kelly said."Why would you add more highlighter? This one is enough."She snatched the highlighter from my hand, added another layer of it, and blended it a bit with a brush."Now it looks good. Where is that bodycon diamond dress? I thought I kept it on the bed?""I put it on the chair, so I would not mistakenly sit on it," I said and pointed at the chair.We have been in Kelly's room getting ready for the mating ceremony for the last two hours. After we said goodbye to Clara, I made a quick stop at our room, though Reagan was not in. He left me a note telling me that he was having a meeting but had asked Stephen to have the cooks bring us food.I took some gala-worthy clothes from my wardrobe and then headed to Kelly's room. She was flirting with a man, whom I recognized to be one of Reagan's guards, and they were in front of her door."So are you saying that I get to keep you to myself a