Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 275

I could not believe that they had done all of this for me.

We spent the next few hours eating, dancing, and laughing. I did not think the night could get any better, but then it did.

James pulled me aside.

“Sweetheart, I don’t know if you noticed the colors of the decorations…”

“They are beautiful,” I told him. And they were. They were two different colors of blue, plus white and silver.

“There are two reasons that I had them go with this color scheme,” James explained. “I know your favorite colors are more fall colors, but I was worried that if we went with those, it would remind you too much of what happened on your 14th birthday. So I went instead with this color scheme, which just so happens to match the gift that I got you.”

“James, you did not have to get me---”

“Stop. Yes, I did. I have many years of birthdays to make up for missing. But if makes you feel any better, the gift is for both of us really. It will also come in handy for our next business adventure.”

I wrinkled my eyebrows. “What are you talking about?”

James handed me two envelopes. I opened the first one, and it was a deed reflecting the recent purchase of a building in Ravenswood.

I looked up at James and he was smiling ear to ear. “That is the deed for the building where your old apartment was. We… you… now own the building. We can go back to the apartment any time we want, and any time we are in town.”

I smiled right back at him, but I was still a little confused. “Why?”

“That is the apartment where you told me that you loved me for the first time. It is also the apartment that we mated and marked in for the first time. I could not bear to lose it, so… I bought it.”

“James, that had to cost so much money….”

“The pack is doing much better financially. All of our old trade agreements have been restored, and we have actually been able to secure a few new ones. Plus, having an apartment building in Ravenswood makes sense, because…”

James paused and grimaced.

“What?”

“I know we are supposed to make all big decisions about the pack together, but I have been thinking a lot about how we need to diversify our investments so that we are more protected for the future…”