Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings – Chapter 78

Ren’s POV

“And then one of the girls at the salon was like she wanted to dye her hair in the same shade as my own. It’s obvious she was just trying to copy me. She didn’t even know I was a natural redhead…”

As Mauve kept talking about whatever she thought I was paying attention to, I could not help but wonder how I had once again found myself in this mess that I was certain was done and dusted merely hours ago. How had I moved from being certain that I was never going to see Mauve again to being on a damned date with her?

th time tonight, messing it up even more.

ot the one that would get hurt in the end… but I could not.

toll on her.

parable damage to her or worse, killed her.

y more than the blows life had dealt her. I wanted her to be happy and at peace, without being ridden with guilt.

considering Mauve in all of this but right now I was sure that she was the one that needed to do the rejecting because that was the only way that we could both walk away from this without being hurt since I felt nothing for her, not even the slightest bit of attachment. All I was right now was fed up wi

st thing wrong.

t would have sent her flying into a rage with me but now, she’d just smile tightly and roll it off her shoulders.

nt to be here because that was how far this relationship had fallen, if I could even call what we had a relationship. It was more of a business transaction where she had been the only one gaining and I had been keeping up appearances, hoping that we would fix our issues and come to respect each other even though there was no love between us.

lieve that once upon a time, I had been desperate f

dye her hair in the same shade as my own. It’s obvious she was just trying to copy me. She didn’t even know I was a natural redhead…”

on back to her and I didn’t even realize I had been looking at her unt

red dress had a slit all the way to her hips that exposed her long legs and a deep plunge in the neckline so that the valley of her full breasts were on display.

the day, all I wanted was to be back in Lily’s home, sitting on the floor with her dressed in comfy pyjamas and wa

and Zac had been that close until today when he had put his arm around her shoulder like they were pals and she had allowed him to lead her away like they were besties.

anted nothing to do with him… so why? Why? Why? Why?

ad.

ll her duchess? Was it an inside joke between the two of them?

ed where I had heard that nickname before. It was what he used to call Calista, the girl that had ruined his life after he fell in love with her. Did Zac see Lily as her replacement? Had he somehow stopped disliking her for resembling his dead ex and started fallin

loves consume her and she has a heart big enough to fit the entire country.

dered if Zac was already in my shoes. If he had already fallen for her.

. He can’t.

n the both of us, I didn’t stand a chance against him. Zac was cooler, stronger, more popular and terrifying. He flirts easily and he has so much confidence and an ego the size of the moon. He knew how to

ore questions I had, the more agitated I became, my hands trembling as I checked my phone and Zac’s socials for the millionth time

to text me and I couldn’t even see her highlights anymore.

r me. What if she was going to cut me off? Would I let that happen? Could I

lating. I tugged hard on my tie. Adjusted it.

re?

stration and when I looked away from my phone to her, she frowned and sighed.

really hard to make this work and it

nted anymore.

I cut the call and when he kept calling, I decided that I was going to turn off my phone. I had hit the home button when I saw a message from him drop that made me freeze.

s you.

at, only one thought on my mind.

to Lily.

Mauve asked, confused and terrified.

ing out of the restaurant.

Answer me, goddamnit!”

headed towards my

work a lot harder to earn me back.”

was about to close the door and laughed bitterly at how deluded she was and the role I had played in making her believe she was that important in my life.

reatened to kill yourself. To me, there is no relationship. Tell the waiter to add the bill to my tab and get a cab home. G