Helanie:
"Okay, now rember, no matter what she says, you are not going to let her get under your skin, right?" Jenny repeated as we stood a little further from where Lucy was.
"Okay," I said, taking a deep breath. We had co to Benita’s cafe. It had been so long since we had visited this place, after her son turned himself in before they could arrest him. I noticed Benita wasn’t doing well. I didn’t feel bad for her. She wasn’t a very nice woman, so it didn’t really affect . But she was back to working, and Lucy had decided to eat at her place. I knew Benita could be hostile toward . After her son got punished, she might even think I was the reason he was no longer with her. But I had to have this conversation with Lucy. It was a must.
"Now go, go, go." Jenny pushed inside, and I straightened my shoulders. Once I entered, I saw the servers give a full bow. I realized Benita didn’t really stick around. She would just give directions to her servers and leave. I guess that’s why I felt comfortable when I entered. I walked straight over to Lucy and noticed her eyes wandering behind , just to check if anyone else had co with . Then she looked back at .
"Oh, Helanie," she said, fixing her posture, probably because last ti she had really irked . So she must be wondering if I had co here to fight her.
"Yeah, I needed to speak with you," I said, taking a seat before she could even offer one. I could tell she was uncomfortable. She kept glancing around, over her shoulder.
"Don’t worry, I’m not here to hit you or anything," I added, trying to put her at ease.
"You’re not?" she asked, and I shook my head. I noticed her relax a bit in the chair.
"Then what are you here for?" she asked. I noticed a smile coming to her lips, probably because she thought I had co to beg her to leave my husband alone, which she practically expressed in the next sentence.
"If you think I’m the reason your husband is interested in , you’re wrong. If a man finds interest sowhere else, you can’t really do much about it. Besides, why do you care? You already have so many mates," she said in one breath.
I would have given her a good earful if I hadn’t co with a plan. Besides, staring at her made miss Lucy even more. My body language was different. Even when I tried to seem annoyed, I couldn’t be completely annoyed. This was Lucy, for heaven’s sake.
"No, I’m not here for that," I said. "I’m not here to ask you to leave him alone. I understand. It’s not your fault. I guess he’s really not able to connect with the other mate at ho, and since I give ti to the others, he feels left out. Probably he bonded with you over so trauma." I grabbed a water bottle and opened it.
I noticed Lucy staring at . I wanted her to say it herself, that it was because both had been to the 10th floor, but she didn’t. I could tell she didn’t even want to talk about the 10th floor with anymore.
"That is odd. The Helanie I know would never, ever admit to it. So tell , what is going on? What are you really here for?" she said, tapping her fingers on the table, letting know that even she knew there was no way I would be gentle with her after I found out she had been trying to hit on my husband.
"Nothing," I replied. "I cannot force a rogue king to change his mind. And I’m not going to request you. However, I do want you to spend ti with , just so that you can really see what I go through every day. I want you to see that I’m already dealing with so much. And then I will ask you, do you still want to steal my mate?"
In my head, before coming here, repeating all these things made sense. But in front of her, I felt so stupid. Thankfully, she did not think so. She looked kind of amazed, but also interested.
"You want to spend ti with you?" she asked. As I nodded, she started to chuckle.
"Fine, tell , how? How do you want to spend ti with ?" she asked, clearly on board. And it made it even creepier.
"I’m headed to Arthendel," I said. As soon as I announced that, I watched her eyes widen. But I could tell she forced them back to normal.
"Oh, why so?" she asked, forcing a genuine tone.
"You know my mother is there, and she had fixed everything. She was inviting , so I decided—" I started, but she hushed .
"Who else is coming?" I knew she would not be foolish enough to go alone with .
"Everybody else, pretty much, except for my mates. They have to stay here and take care of the zharns," I replied, noticing a smile covering her lips. I already saw it coming, so before she could say anything, I made a quick decision. "Norman is coming with ."
And right then and there, she made up her mind too.
"Then I’ll co," she said. I knew the only reason she would want to stay back was to spend ti with Norman. But once I told her he would be coming with , she had no option but to join. It would be like killing two stones with one rock for her.
"Sure, as long as your friends don’t lecture about the righteous and wrong things," she stated, folding her arms.
"They won’t, trust . Just let know what your decision is, and then I’ll send you the location where we would pick you up," I said. I just wanted to get it over with before Benita ca out and caused another chaos. I did not want to deal with her.
"Sure," Lucy said, smiling. She had no clue what we had planned for her. Once we take her to Arthendel, she will pretty much be at our rcy. And we will force her out of our friend’s body and rescue Lucy without hurting her in the process.
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