The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Evie grinned broadly to show her half-grown teeth, and she hopped a little in excitement before nodding her head and throwing her arms around Lucianne’s neck. Lucianne’s heart melted just like when Russell hugged her.

Evie let her mother pull her out from the embrace but the little girl stubbornly took back her hand with force before telling Lucianne out loud, “When I grow up, I want to be brave and pwetty. Just like you, pwetty Lucy!” 1

The restaurant went silent, and Xandar was the proudest and happiest person in the room. (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)Lucianne looked a bit embarrassed but she pecked a kiss on Evie’s cheek as she said in all certainty, “Evie, when you grow up, you’ll be brave and pretty. Just like you.” Lucianne’s index finger tapped lightly on Evie’s nose, and the little girl giggled in excitement. Her mother made another apology and pulled away her excited daughter before little Evie prolonged the conversation.

Mummers of affection soon filled the room at how Lucianne interacted with little Evie. Everyone was throwing warm smiles in hers and Xandar’s way. But Lucianne was blind to all of this because her attention was on Evie the whole time.

When Evie was dragged away by her mother, Xandar stood up and held out a hand to his mate as he said, “Come, my love.”

Lucianne took it without hesitation, letting Xandar support her as she stood back up next to him. Her eyes followed Evie and her mother until they reached their table. Xandar and Lucianne exchanged smiles with Evie’s family before taking a seat at the table that the waiter led them to. Xandar pecked a kiss on her cheek before letting her sit as he whispered, “You’re amazing.”

She blushed as she sat and said, “So are you, Xandar.” Lucianne then smirked as she commented, “I can see you prefer little girls to little boys.” 1

“Of course. Little girls are no competition.” Xandar said.

Lucianne shook her head with a smile, still finding Xandar’s jealousy for Russell unbelievable. After placing their order and the waiter disappeared, Xandar took her hand before teasing, “Brave and pretty.”

That got Lucianne thinking, “Brave how though? I mean, she’s not Russell or Rita(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com). She doesn’t know me, so why did it feel like she knew that I’m a warrior? How did her family know?”

Xandar chuckled at her seriousness, “My darling, haven’t you read the news?”

Lucianne’s eyes widened, “What news? What did you do?” She got out her phone and started scrolling through a news site.

Xandar played with her fingers as she read through the headlines. Lucianne was shocked by

the photos they managed to get of her when she and Xandar had breakfast at the cafe on their first date the previous day.

She tapped into one article and started reading it. Her head snapped up and she asked, “Did they call you for an interview that I had no idea about? This article explains the new bowing formality in a lot of detail. And how did they know that I’m a warrior of Blue Crescent? And this line, ‘Gamma of the Gammas’ sounds exactly like Christian. You two did this, didn’t you?”

Xandar scoffed as he stroked her hands to calm her, “Babe, Christian and I are both busy with work, the collaboration and our mates. It can’t be us. Probably should have been. But no, my love. I’m sorry to disappoint you.”

“But then how did they-”

“Does it matter?” Xandar asked with those charming eyes of his as he cupped Lucianne’s hand in both of his. “Lucy, the collaboration involves a lot of people. Any one of them could’ve been the source. In fact, the journalists may have gotten more than fifty sources. Lycans aren’t exactly against gossiping. And the wolves would’ve been more than happy to show you off. Let’s not forget the number of people who greeted us at the cafe yesterday.”

She furrowed her eyebrows as she asked, “You knew this was all over the news and you didn’t think of telling me?”

He defended immediately, “I honestly thought you knew. And I only read one article. One. Christian sent it to me, and I read through it before I left the house this morning. He said it was the best one so I didn’t see the point in reading the rest. Besides,” he lifted her hand up to peck a kiss on her fingers before saying, “Why talk about what’s in the news about you when I can talk to you about you?”