Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 695

Chapter 42 : Let’s Get this Done

The garden had sprung to life since the curse was lifted. There were flowers in bloom and butterflies fluttering around. All the plants seemed to be reaching for the sun, soaking up the rays. Everything was so vibrant and colorful.

The floral scent almost swept me off my feet and I leaned heavily against Soren.

There was a small table for two in the center of the garden patio and I realized we had the whole garden to ourselves. Food had already been laid out and a waiter poured champagne into glasses.

Soren held my chair out for me and I sat down. I’d never been treated like this before. He sat down across from me and musicians came out and started to play some slow, romantic music.

I reached for the champagne and Soren quickly raised his glass.

“A toast,” he said, smiling warmly at me.

Giggling, I raised my glass too.

“What are we toasting?” I asked.

“You, Mila. A toast to your bravery and determination. If not for you, this village would still be trapped in darkness and I… I would still be living a boring life,” he said. He winked at the last statement.

The rest was really sweet.

We clinked our glasses and I took a sip. The bubbling drink tickled me all the way to my stomach.

I was so impressed with the presentation of food on the table. Soren had put a lot of planning into this. He even picked out a meal that he somehow knew I would like.

We ate and sipped champagne until we were completely full.

Sighing, I leaned back and rubbed my belly.

Soren stood up and held a hand out to me.

I arched an eyebrow.

“Time to work off that meal,” he said, bouncing his eyebrows.

Slowly, I took his hand. He pulled me up and held me in a close embrace, guiding me in the steps of a slow dance.

I smiled and rested my head on his chest, listening to the heavy thump of his heart. It was racing, just like mine.

Glancing up at him, I saw that he was looking down at me.

I blushed but held his gaze.

“This is an awful lot of trouble you went through, just to have lunch with me,” I said, nodding to the romantic setting around us.

Soren smirked. “It was no trouble at all. Besides, this way, you get to see the impact of lifting the curse.”

“I know but… you could have just asked. It didn’t have to be so fancy,” I clarified.

“Ahh…” Soren released my hand for a moment.

He touched my face, his fingertips warm on my cheek, then he took my hand again and twirled me away from him. He pulled me back and held me even closer.

“After everything we’ve dealt with, I thought we both deserved a quiet, peaceful meal. And you… Well, you’re worth it,” he said sweetly.

I shook my head and tried to pull away. I wasn’t worth all this! After helping my foster mother kill witches and running away when I was a child. I was lucky to have broken the curse. It wasn’t talent.

Soren held me firmly and pressed me against him. He gave me a deep, meaningful look that I felt straight into my soul.

My heart melted and I sighed, resting my head against him again.

Maybe… maybe he was right?

“Boss?”

Payne’s voice cut into our moment.

me and I quickly stepped back. Whatever

Soren waved Payne over.

ready,” Payne

didn’t look at

for what?”

nodded to Payne. He turned to me and took my hands in his. My hands disappeared inside

away for a few days on business. I want you to go back to the rogue zone with the rest of the group. I’ll meet

his hands in mine. I didn’t want him to leave. Whatever he had to do was probably important, and might even have to do with

said,

gardens with

get attached to him. I was

he was taking a

should get on the road while it is still early,”

that he still wouldn’t meet my eyes. He didn’t seem unfriendly or like he was mad at me. More like he was trying to hide something from me. I knew how

to hide, I’d figure it out now that I

my things?” I asked. “I’ll meet you in the lobby in ten

be waiting,” he said with a nod. He glanced at me quickly

on

fireplace in the room so I tossed some crumpled paper in it and lit a fire. As soon as the flames licked up, I

I packed the spell book

I poked around with a fire poker to make sure that the box

had been written by my mother, in her handwriting.

the curse was broken, I was looking forward to moving on. I’d spent days in Miltern. Normally, I didn’t hang

several of Soren’s followers were waiting

out of the hotel and followed the main road out of

watch Miltern blossoming with new life. Silently, I prayed to the Moon Goddess to protect them and shield them from future harm. They’d suffered enough and deserved a

Ashley got in one

four wheels, we sped out of

my head down

try to strike up a conversation and I was grateful for that. He seemed just as content to keep quiet. His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, his knuckles white. The way he stared out the windshield, it was like he wasn’t really seeing anything, just

he might crash but he didn’t

hiding his emotions. Either he wanted me to know that something was bothering

until the sunset ond then Poyne stopped to

desert ond o shorp wind indicoted

ASAP,” Poyne ordered. “I wont them up

to work pulling geor from the vehicles ond

didn’t give me onything to do so I wondered through the little comp ond kept on eye on the sky os clouds rolled in ond the winds picked

during o sondstorm. I got to his inn ond sought shelter

figure it

into

the ortifoct ports so soon ofter I

quickly he took off, I couldn’t help but wonder if his eogerness wos more obout

twenty-four hours ofter he leorned the

heort sonk with

to him. If onyone

did Soren hove to run off

glonced ot me quickly ond looked owoy

Soren wonted you to know where he went, he would hove told you. Since he didn’t,

horsh or rude,

found myself foce to foce with Ashely. She hod her

to know where Soren went?” she osked

Soren,” I replied, shoking

think is

this tent,” Poyne interrupted her with

me. She pushed by me to help

like onyone in the comp reolly wonted me there, so I wolked owoy from the shelters

ond

Ashley hod it in for me. It could hove something

token off ond left

my orms, I scoffed ot myself ond tilted my heod

revenge. Thot’s whot I wonted! As long os he helps, the ortifoct is his. It hod only ever brought my fomily misery ond I didn’t wont