The Lycan King’s Second Chance Mate by Sumi

ASHANTI'S POV.

"Good day to you, my Lord Alpha." Leonard, who's still standing by my side, greets the disgruntled looking Alpha

Reagan with a bow.

"Good day to you, Leonard." He replies with his deep voice laced with dark undertones. | guess he still dislikes

seeingwith Leonard. He's going to lose it when | tell him about our dinner plans tonight. "Leonard, you don't

have to walkto the car anymore. I'll go with Alpha Reagan. See you tonight."

"Alright then, take care." He flashesa warm smile that makes my heart tight with guilt.

Every twe meet to discuss, Alpha Reagan shows up from nowhere and ruins the moment.

"I will, you too." He givesa reassuring nod and he leaves in the other direction while | walk over to Alpha

Reagan who is still frowning.

What is wrong with him?

"Hi." | greet with a small wave as | take my stand before him. A dangerous look flashes in his eyes and |

immediately understand that he is not pleased with my greeting.

What did he expectto do? Lean over and plant a passionate kiss on his lips?

"Why are you here?" | ask, even though | already know the answer to that question.

"To take you home." He replies dryly.

"You didn't have to."

Without saying another word, he turns on his heels and marches towards the car.

Uh-uh...He's mad.

| follow him to the car where we both get into the backseat and once the driver kicks off, he puts on the privacy

partition and my heart starts beating fast. That's not a good thing, right?

"See you tonight?" He says several moments later, breaking the excruciating silence in the car and | let out a

quiet sigh of relief. I'd rather fight with him than have him givethe silent treatment. It's agonising. | turn to

him, utterly confused by the statement he just made. "Are you meeting with him tonight?" He adds and for some

reason, my heart starts beating fast.

| suck in a deep breath and try to calm my raging nerves. There's nothing forto be nervous about. He's not

going to eatup. Afterall,going out with a man tonight is nothing compared to the fact that he is living

with his ex-girlfriend in his castle. Goodness, when did | becsuch a petty brat?

I'look at him and flash him a half-ass smile.

"Yes, | am." | say, trying my best to keep my voice from cracking. He adjusts on his seat and shootsa glare.

God, he looks so jealous, I'm tempted to laugh despite the choking tension riding in the atmosphere right now.

"Well, he has been away for a few weeks and we are meeting tonight to catch up on how we've both been faring

and discuss the competition. It's nothing formal..." | find myself further expatiating so he doesn't get the wrong

idea. "It's just an informal dinner outing. We're not going anywhere fancy. Just strolling around and eating junk

food. That's all." | seal my explanation with a shrug and a wide grin even though I'm cursing myself for saying

too much.

I'm not supposed to give him any explanation that would make him feel better. I'm supposed to give him the

impression that Leonard is going afteras punishment for living with a girl who is notunder his roof "If an

informal dinner outing is what you want, | could take you out. You don't have to go with sstrange man."

"But Leonard is not sstrange man." | firmly object and his brows trip to his hairline as he shootsan

unamused gaze.

"Oh yeah?" He asks aghast and an unexpected chuckle spills from my lips. My entire body shakes as | laugh

heartily at the sheer look of jealousy on his face. He looks like he's about to set something on fire right now. "I'm

sorry, did | say something funny?" He asks in a calm, stern voice and | stop laughing and point at his face.

"You should see the look on your face right now. You look so jealous!"

"I'm not going to deny it, I'm jealous, alright? I'm not comfortable with you going out with that man at night.

Heck, I'm not comfortable with you going out with any man at night!"

"And I'm not comfortable with you

living under the sroof with another woman." | fire back and the

fire blazing in his eyes instantly quenches and his body retracts like a snap going into its shell after being

touched. He stares atin complete disbelief and a pang of guilt hits my heart.

Maybe | shouldn't have brought that up. Now, he looks like he's about to cry.

"Ashanti, you know the reason why | brought Selena to clive with me. You know how much I'm repulsed by

the fact that | get to see her in my house every day."

"That still doesn't change the fact

that she lives there with you. | don't trust her one beat. I'm sure she has

a brilliant plan up her sleeve and now that she has succeeded in getting into that house, she is going to do all

she can to execute that plan. This might sound very bitchy of me, but she means no good and if

you keep indulging her, her

comeback is going to take you

off-guard!"

| feel the car cto a halt and when I look out of the window, the familiar view of my compound comes into

view.

"You don't need to walkto the door. | will go by myself." | say, opening the car seat door before the driver can

do it for me. Once I'm down, | blow out a shaky breath and drag my shattered thoughts along withtowards

the main entrance door of the house. | need to keep setting his ass ablaze until he comes to his senses and does

the right thing.

We are home.