Rejected By My Mate, Now Mated To The Lycan King Chapter 180

~ NYSSA

I couldn’t sleep.

The man’s words played over again in my head at every waking mont, and my insides twisted the longer I thought about it. It would be so easy to tell Rowan, but I knew what would co of it; he’d flat out refuse and that would be the end of it.

"You zoned out again," a voice drawled, snapping out of my thoughts.

My mate stood in front of , hands crossed over his chest. He watched carefully through the corner of his eyes as he made his way into the kitchen to grab a glass of water. His movents were slow and precise but his attention never shifted.

"I was just thinking," I said casually only to earn a snort from him.

"You’ve been thinking for the past two days. Do you want to tell what exactly you’re thinking about?"

I shrugged, not bothering with a lie because he’d see right through it.

We spent the last few days at ho, lying in bed, eating and fucking until we were both hoarse. It was a breath of fresh air amidst everything going wrong, but reality had co crashing down and work had unfortunately resud.

I’d also been fine over the past two days. The mysterious hunger and exhaustion had disappeared and I began to wonder whether I’d panicked too early and whether I had reason to even et with the stranger anymore.

"If this is about work, you don’t have to worry," he began slowly, making his way over to . "You’re not going to take on any extra work as Luna unless you want to. You can just keep doing what you do and I’ll handle things from my end, okay?"

I nodded slowly. "We should be leaving now."

He frowned, eyes roaming over my body carefully. He opened his mouth to speak but at the last mont decided against it and nodded, holding out his hand to . I took it effortlessly, pushing back every thought of my parents and the stranger—I’d handle it later.

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My biggest worry about returning to work was being treated differently but thankfully, I didn’t have to worry about all of that. No one treated any differently, no one acted weirdly, it was as if the world had moved on and that relieved a little.

I locked myself in the office, bent over docunts and papers to distract myself. I was so lost in my own work that I didn’t realize that it had gotten so late until soone knocked at my door.

I looked up to find Aria standing in the doorway, a paper bag in her hands. "I co bearing food."

As if on cue, my stomach rumbled. "You got lunch?"

"Rowan did," she corrected. "I think I sll tacos in here."

My stomach rumbled even louder as she placed the paper bag right in the center of my table. I ripped it open, instantly shoving a taco into my mouth. It tasted like heaven, and I didn’t realize how hungry I was until I had started eating.

"You okay?" she asked, lowering herself into the seat opposite . "Rowan told you went to the hospital."

I exhaled deeply, leaning back into my chair. "I’m fine. The doctor says there’s nothing wrong with ... that he knows."

She frowned deeply. "We could always get a second opinion. Maybe it’s sothing he doesn’t know about."

I thought about it for a mont before shaking my head. "No more doctors. They’ll just say the sa thing. I know I’m not sick."

She cocked her head to the side as she watched . "What are you hiding?"

"I’m not hiding anything."

"Yes, you are. Rowan might be too nice to ask but I’m not. You’re clearly hiding sothing and I want to know what it is."

I ignored her, reaching into the paper bag for another taco but frowned when I realized it was empty. "How many were there?"

"Ten. You ate them all in the span of a five minute conversation."

My eyes widened in shock. "There’s no way."

She did not argue, but she just levelled a bored look.

There was no one else here but us, and she didn’t take any of them. However, I found it insanely hard to believe that I’d eaten ten tacos and I was still starving.

"He said this might happen," she said finally, rising to her feet. "You being hungry even after eating."

My cheeks turned a bright shade of pink. "This is so fucking embarrassing. I eat like a fucking whale."

She rolled her eyes. "It’s not that big of a deal, maybe your body is just adjusting."

"Adjusting to what?"

"I don’t know, I’m just trying to offer solutions. Maybe it’s just a phase and you’ll get out of it sooner, or maybe your body just needs more sustenance. No one cares, I promise, don’t stress about anything."

As much as I appreciated her efforts to make feel better, it didn’t help. I couldn’t continue this way.

"What if I knew a potential way to find answers?" I asked quietly. "Would you help ?"

She sat up straighter. "Of course. What are you suggesting?"

"I can’t tell you."

She frowned. "I don’t like the sound of that."

"Do you trust ?"

"Of course I do, what is going on?"

I exhaled deeply.

Trusting Aria was a risky decision. She could always tell Rowan straight away and ruin any chances I had whatsoever, but it was a better risk than going alone. I had no idea who I’d be eting or the kind of plans they had for .

"You can’t tell Rowan though."

She sat up straight, her eyes narrowing into slits. "I don’t like the sound of that."

"Neither do I, but it’s the only option. It’s either that or I go alone. Your choice."

She stared at for a long minute before sighing. "Fine, where are we going?"