She Can't Be Your Mate novel Chapter 25

"Are you sure?" He slowly asked and I nodded. "After this, I'm going to take you out." He stated with a huge grin on his face.

"Like a-" I started and he nodded.

"Like a date." I slowly nodded. "If you don't want to that's fine. We don't have to." He quickly added. "We could go as-um- as...friends." He frowned and I could tell he was holding back a growl.

"No. I want to." I started. "It's just that, I-um I've never been on like a real date. I mean there was this one time where I went on a double date with one of my friends but then the guy tried to kiss me after a couple hours of meeting and it was just weird. Also, we went to the beach which was really cold and windy and it wasn't that nice. And my friend's date was hitting on me, her and other girls so it wasn't that great of an experience." I rambled making Zane scowl.

"Don't tell me that." He calmly said and I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Why?" I slowly asked.

"I don't want to know who all you've been with." He simply replied and my face reddened.

"No! I haven't been with anyone. I've only had one serious boyfriend." I assured him and he growled. "Oh. Sorry. You don't want to know." I felt stupid now as I tried to clamp my mouth shut.

"Well, now I do. Who was he?" He started and I looked away. "Do you still like him?" He tried to calmly ask but it didn't sound so calm.

"His name was Forrest. And no." I said the last part quietly.

"When was this?" He asked.

"Last year." He sucked in a sharp breath and took a step back.

"The meeting is about to start we should get going." He tried walking past me but I grabbed his arm.

"Zane," I started but he just brushed me off. "You're more important Zane. I-I may have liked him but I never liked him as much as I like you. I don't know what exactly I feel, but I do know that everytime you're disappointed in me or sad because of me, it makes me feel terrible. So please don't just walk away from me Zane." My voice cracked, letting a flow of emotion through.

"Sunshine. I want to talk about this more, but we really just need to get going. I promise you, We will talk about this later, okay?" I nodded and he pulled me into his arms. "I-" he stopped himself from saying what he was going to and sighed. "I really like you, Devina. A lot." I smiled against his chest and nodded. "Now let's go before we get in trouble." He laughed and led me to the meeting room. With one short knock on the door, it swung open revealing a bunch of young people. "Everyone," he started and looked over to me, with a smile on his face. "This is my mate, Devina." Some people smiled and welcomed me, others whispered to each other, clearly confused. "This is why I've been away for awhile. But I'm back now, and so is she so I expect you to treat her with respect." Everyone nodded at this and Zane lead me to a seat. There was only one left so he sat down first and pulled me onto his lap. He kissed my cheek and laughed. "You're doing great Sunshine." I nodded and giggled. "Okay, what's the meeting about?" Zane asked true group and they shifted uncomfortably.