Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Too Comfortable
Lana’s POV
At Kade’s lεwd comment, he began to get a scolding from his sister, so I made my exit to shower and put on some comfortable pajamas. When I returned, Maeve was just about to leave.
“See you soon, Kade. And you better be nice,” she told him, wagging her finger.
He smirked.
“Sure, whatever. Just stay safe out there p>
Kade sounded like any loving brother would, and something inside of me melted.
“I always am,” she replied, and then she was gone.
I stared after her, thinking for a moment that I recognized her from somewhere, but I couldn’t figure out where. Before I could think more about it, Kade shut the door and turned to me. The corner of his lips tipped upward into a smirk.
“Guess it’s just you and me now, Little Bird p>
Ignoring him, I asked, “What does your sister do? Is she a model or something? I think I’ve seen her somewhere before p>
He looked confused by my sudden question and furrowed his brows.
“No, she does humanitarian healing for both the West and the East. She’s heading to rival pack grounds right now. Why p>
It dawned on me then. “The symposium first quarter p>
Kade opened the fridge and opened a soda as he said, “Oh yeah. She did a thing at the college at the beginning of the year for students who were going to study healing. Were you at that p>
Remembering I had to make dinner, I headed towards the pantry.
“Yeah. I was in the nose-bleed section, though, and had my face in my laptop the whole time taking notes, so the only time I got a good look at her was when she was leaving p>
My hands were full as I emerged.
“You want to be a healer too? That must be rough being Caleb’s mate, working, and taking accelerated courses to be a healer,” he said as he finished his soda, crushing the can and throwing it into the recycling.
“Former mate, or I wished it was that easy. Former boyfriend, in the very least,” I said as I grabbed some steaks and put them in the pan to sear, then went back to chopping the vegetables. “But, yes, it was hard. I wanted to focus on my studies, graduate early, and then eventually be a healer p>
“Hmm,” Kade hummed with a thoughtful nod. “You sound a lot like Maeve when she was younger. She was always so focused on her studies. Nothing else mattered… she just wanted to be a healer p>
“I still can’t believe Maeve is your sister,” I said, shaking my head. “I didn’t even know you had a sister p>
When I looked at him, he had a heated look in his gaze, and then he smirked.
“Looking me up, Little Bird p>
My cheeks flushed at his question, and I had to look away before I completely combusted. I needed to change the subject somehow.
“Do you think I could have her number. I’d love to talk to her about her work. I promise I won’t bother her. And it’s not like I can contact her through a mindlink to talk to her,” I shrugged, since he knew eastern and western packs weren’t able to communicate that way.
Even if I could mindlink her, I wouldn’t. A mindlink was too personal, and I would rather not do it with those I didn’t know well.
“Trying to get to my sister, huh? Are you after my entire family now p>
I pressed my lips together.
“You know what? Forget I asked,” I said as I started to turn on my feet, but his voice stopped me.
“I’ll give you her number,” he said before I could disappear. He held up his phone, and I took a breath before I took it and stared at the call log he had with Maeve. It proved that he texted and called her quite often, and I knew from that moment he wasn’t fond of using mindlink either.
Between studies and everything else, the only two I had been close enough to use it with were Caleb and maybe Olivia, so it didn’t seem that important. If I wasn’t studying, one or both of them were around.
After I finished putting her number into my phone, Kade said, “Alright, now, it’s your turn p>
“My turn for what?” I asked as I got the vegetables out of the oven.
“Time for you to give me your number p>
My entire body froze as I stared at him.
“Seriously?” I asked as I brought our plates to the table.
He followed me.
“Seems only fair since you are invading every avenue of my life p>
The teasing edge to his accusation made me roll my eyes, but the corner of my lips tipped into a smile as I put my number in his phone, then I handed it back to him. He texted me and set his phone down.
“There, now you have mine too p>
We finished our meal with light conversation, and he went to his room as I cleaned up from dinner. It wasn’t until my head hit the pillow that night that the reality of what had happened set in. In a strange turn of events, I had somehow found myself living with a man, but not just any man, the ever sεxed up v!rgin hunter Kade. Trying to sleep that night was anything but easy.
The next morning, the first thing I did was check my lock to make sure it was securely locked. Deciding if I should get one with a key or not, Kade passed by me and, without stopping or looking at me, he said, “Relax, I’m not a sεx offender. I believe in consent. I won’t break into your room or anything. Your innocence is safe with me p>
My cheeks flushed at his words, and I pressed my lips together. He stopped walking and turned to look at me, his lips twitching.
“Maybe I’m the one who should be worried. You’re not going to fall for me, are you p>
“You wish. You’re the one who keeps surprising me with nudity. In fact, we should have a nice sturdy lock on the front door, so I don’t walk into anything p>
“You want one of those locks on airplanes that shows green for available and red for occupied?” He teased, folding his arms across his incredibly muscular chest.
Pursing my lips, I said, “Not that, Jackass—a sign for when you’re having sεx or whatever. Maybe we should have a schedule of when I need to be home. I mean, you obviously don’t mind using a hotel p>
“I was only at a hotel so Maeve could get the place ready to show for my potential roommate. It wasn’t a normal situation p>
“Whatever. But there must be some solution, so when I need a scheduled time here, I can come home and not see a full frontal Kade, or nυde whomever you have over. In fact, it would be best if I never even met anyone you have over,” I said, starting to think of the issues seeing someone from school might cause.
“So, what you’re suggesting is I schedule my sεx to your needs? Did you do this to Caleb? Schedule him for his sεx block around your study time?” He asked, raising his brows. “Honestly, if I do have someone over, you could just join in. That offer never went away, and you’re not even a stranger anymore, so you should be okay with it p>
I pressed my lips together, hating the sudden rage I felt.
“You really are a pain in the αss,” I muttered. “No matter what you say, I’m not going to have sεx with you. Not now, not ever. Got it p>
He studied me for a moment, his eyes narrowed.
“Wait…” He said slowly as he assessed me even further. “Did you and Caleb ever have sεx p>
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