CHAPTER 48

　　Lucien:

　　I do not like to be late.

　　I consider myself to be a very practical person, and being the Alpha King, I have to be on time to meetings and such—

　　—but that rule changes when my mate is involved.

　　It's like nothing else matters when I'm with Raleigh. Like everything just stops and time freezes just from a glance of her smile.

　　She doesn't believe me when I say this, but she truly is the most beautiful woman I've ever met. Our age-gap may bother other people, but honestly, they can just go fuck themselves. I'm happy with my mate, and she's happy with me. That's all that matters.

　　What I didn't know was how much of a tease Raleigh could be. Standing up for me against Alpha Gary was one thing, but asking to shower with me? God, I almost lost control of Caspian at her sweet words. And the way she asked me—so shyly with that bottom lip drawn between her teeth!