I Am The Luna

Chapter 35

A Dinner

ZAIA. “I love this place,” Atticus says as he sits back as the waitress walks away after taking our orders. We are in a dimly lit, stunning restaurant that serves a variety of cuisines; the booths are covered with lush green velvet and the woodwork is all a deep mahogany.

Chandeliers hang above each table and we both head to the back into one of the semi- permanent booths which are covered from three sides.

I nod, glancing around before I lean back against the lush seats. “We do come here often,” I say, adjusting the strap to my dark blue dress.

He nods, watching me. His eyes soften, and I feel his eyes skim over me. “You look beautiful tonight, but when don’t you?”

I look up at him, my heart skipping a beat as tension falls between us.

“Thanks.” Today is the first time we’re meeting properly alone since the proposal. I am so lost in my own thoughts and what I am going to ask him tonight that I forgot that part.

“We do come here often.” He says, clearing his throat. “Yet I still never succeed in wooing you.” I smile. That is one of Atticus’s talents. He can lighten the mood easily.

Tilting my head, I raise an eyebrow. “Are you certain you’re in your late twenties? Because I think you might be younger than me with the things you say.” I tease. ” Wooing? Who uses that word?”

for him, there is nothing I can offer him. I don’t feel the attraction that he does

I was done with him. Deep down, I know I still have feelings for

mind. “Sebastian, I have a question for you.” I begin slowly. “Will

look across at him, only to realise he’s staring at me, a frown on his face as if he’s seen

a beat. Did I? “I… Sorry, it could possibly be because of everything going on.” I say, trying to cover my

He cocks a brow.

much I can see, and I’m relieved when the waitress puts the two glasses on the table and pours us both a glass of wine

I spoke to Jai, Sebastian King’s previous Beta, and I guess it’s what he said that makes me think about everything that happened between Sebastian and me.”

I nod.

to him or Jai?” “Jai, I just told you, Jai reached out to

He asks. “She came to the New years’ eve party, Valerie Scott. She’s a doctor. She’s been in a coma for the last three years.” I say quietly, taking a sip of my champagne. He frowns, but there’s

been the one that reached out to me, asking if

On New years when they returned from your pack, she was found at her apartment with the head injury.” I explain. Just the thought

a large tray and begins to place the

knew.” He says, shaking

that Sebastian went to your pack a week later to tell me, and apparently, I turned him away,” I say, trying

of his heartbeat, the way he swallows

he knows…

attacked and is in a coma, and to come visit

and seeing the guilt he’s trying to hide… I know my reaction

to him. You had left by then and I wanted to help you, hence

that we were

can’t really remember. It’s been three. years, and I don’t think he specifically told me anyone was in a coma. He simply

not liking where

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