Chapter 23

I gulped nervously as Callahan closed the door behind me. The door fell shut with a soft click and I

could not help but suddenly realize that it was just us two in here.

“Take a seat” He pointed to one of the many chairs as he walked towards his desk.

I look around and found a notepad and pen lying on the desk. “May I?” I asked, and he nodded.

I took it, mostly to give my hands something to do than fidget nervously. I clicked the pen and asked,

“So, everybody tells me you do not love parties or fun. What type of event are you looking forward to in

that case?” King Callahan pulled his big, plush chair and sat in it as I opened the notepad, waiting to

scribble.

“I am not sure but something that makes everybody stop eating my head”

Okay, that was not the response I was expecting.

“Hmm, why do you hate socializing?” I asked, and he furrowed his eyebrows,

“I don’t hate socializing.”

I repeated. “I think you do”

Callahan placed his hands on the table and countered, “Did you not see the dozen or so people who

were in a meeting with me?”

I shook my head as he mumbled, “Oh right, you did not. You were too busy dancing…in a towel.”

I looked away from him as I recalled the moment I had been doing my little happy dance and somehow

ended

my stomach. on top of him. That memory was still enough to make butterflies riot in

I did not look up but merely threw in another question so that he would not elaborate on that towel

dance again. “Either way, would you want the event to be held here or somewhere else?”

up naked

Callahan considered it, “Maybe, the front open grounds should be ideal. We can have it in the evening

so not everybody is packed under the roof.”

I scribbled on my notepad – he hates partying.

I gave him a smile and looked up. “Great, anything that you absolutely don’t want to happen in the

event. Like something you hate?”

Callahan scratched his chin, “Loud music. Please keep it soft”

I wrote down- he is boring.

This was helping me calm down my nervousness and frustration.

For the next few minutes, I asked him various questions about his choices and preferences, likes and

dislikes and he answered me without looking annoyed.

However, from time to time, he seemed to slip in some other world and mull over about something.

We chatted for a while as I got to know more about him. King Callahan did not have many friends as far

as I gathered, he liked to keep to himself but adored his beta, gamma and Drusilla.

He was wealthy, extremely wealthy and was a self–made man. King Callahan was as ruthless to the

rogues and his enemies. as he was kind to his pack.

I had never thought of him to be anything but a growling, angry man hulk so seeing him talk about his

people with care was unexpected for me.

“Ok now if we talk about colors, what color co–ordination or themes would you want for the event?”

He was twirling a pen in his hand and answered, “I am not sure. How about black?”

I blinked at him.

“Black? We are not going to somebody’s funeral, you know.”

He gave me a look and asked, “Well then you tell me what you have in mind.”

I tapped the end of the pen on my chin and muttered, “softer shades of pink and white along with some

flowers here and

there would be nice.”

The look he gave me when I said pink was almost as if I had asked him to strip for me.

Which by the way, was not too bad at all as an alternative.

I shook my head as he muttered, “Pink?”

I nodded my head and said, “Of course, pink. It is a ball…a mating ball for Goddess sake, pink and red

are the colors of

love.”

Callahan stopped twirling his pen and gave me an even look.

“Love? You believe in that?”

His gaze was hot, piercing and I felt unnerved by his stare. “Of course I do. Why else would the moon

Goddess give us

mates.”

Callahan shrugged and replied, “I am not sure, maybe she is running a marriage bureau or something

up in the clouds.”

I was appalled at this guy. He was making fun of the moon Goddess, a deity we all revered.

“Just because you can’t love somebody does not mean the world is devoid of it. It is like saying the

world does not need chocolates because I hate it.”

My fingers curled around the pen and I kept clicking it anxiously. He noticed my furstrtiaon but still

continued,

“I can’t love someone? What makes you so sure of that?”

I took a breath to calm my nerves as his gaze held me in place. I felt transfixed as his golden eyes

stared straight at me, right into my soul.

I shivered and felt queasy and felt my hands suddenly grow clammy.

I fumbled, “I…I said ‘don’t…just because you don’t love someone does not mean nobody needs it…”

But Callahan was not buying it. He got up from his chair and walked past the large desk to come and

directly stand in front

of me.

He was already quite tall so with me seated on the chair and him standing in front of me, it felt as if I

was gazing at the tip of a large tower.

Callahan slowly lowered his head, and placed his hands on the armrests of the chair I had been seated

on.

He brought his face at eye–level with me and I gulped nervously.

Callahan looked like a lion to me, both handsome and deadly, a fierce predator who was mesmerizing

to look at but also very dangerous to attract attention of

I saw the light stubble on his jaw and my hand suddenly itched to brush the pad of my finger against it.

“Can’t…” He breathed and I blinked furiously.

Had he just read my mind and told me no, he can’t allow me to touch his face?

Thanfkully, before I would ask him what he meant and blabbered something sheepishly, he added,

“You said ‘you can’t love someone‘ not ‘you don’t love someone…why is that?”

He asked, his face a hair’s breadth away from me. I gulped again as I saw his expressions and the way

he looked at me expectantly, waiting for an answer.

His face was the most handsome face I had ever seen. And up close, he looked even more enticing.

He had a well–defined jawline that was sharp and angular while his cheekbones were prominent.

Not to forget his full lips that had kissed me. His lips were slightly parted and I tried to not look at them

and forced myself

up and meet his gaze again.

to look

“Uh, slip of tongue” I blabbered because I could not think of anything else. Hell, I would forget what was

my name if he asked me right now.

Callahan was too close to me and the scent of his cologne was mouthwatering. He had to step away

from me if he wanted me to function.

Callahan looked at me evenly, his eyes searching my face as if trying to discern if I was joking at his

expense or had answered truthfully.

“Are you sure?” He asked again and I tried hard to not focus on how sexy he sounded or smelled.

My nerves were tingling and I could not maintain eye contact anymore. His gaze was too intense and I

feared he would simply look inside my head and read all the naughty thoughts I was having about him.

He was the lycan King, the most handsome and eligible bachelor of the entire Kingdom who had not

found his mate yet. I nodded. “P–positive” and then hastily added, “Y–your majesty”

“So you think I can love someone?”

“Umm…yeah?”

Callahan kept looking at me with that same intense look as I waited for him to pounce on me for

disrespecting him. But then a slow smile appeared on his face.

Feeling confused, I furrowed my eyebrows and his smile widened.

Before I knew, he was laughing, actually laughing with his hands trying to hide his smile. And I only sat

there, staring stupidly at him.

If his looks were mesmerizing, his laughter was a sight to behold. He had the most infectious laughter I

had ever witnessed.

The pearly whites in his mouth shone in the soft light as his eyes almost began to water. He was

laughing loudly, his hands clutching his stomach.

I only stared at him nervously and slowly a smile appeared on my face too. Before long, he was

howling like a mad wolf, slapping his thighs as he laughed until his stomach hurt..

Even I began to smile as I observed him and the way his eyelids fluttered.

But then in an instant, he was in front of me, all the laughter wiped out of his face. His hands slammed

on the armrest of my chair and I crouched back in surprise as he leaned forward.

“There is no such thing as love, only need, remember that” Callahan said to me and looked me in the

eye, waiting to see if I would challenge his claim.

But I only stared at him blankly so he stepped away and then walked out of his office, leaving me

feeling confused and utterly bewildered.