It took her thirty minutes before she looked up at us. “I’ve got it.”
“No fucking way.” Nico practically leaped over the desk to see.
I laughed nervously, thinking she was joking. Was it possible that she strolled into the office and solved the mystery after twenty men had worked on it for multiple hours?
I stood and looked over her shoulder as she finished putting them in some type of order.
“Look.” She pointed from left to right at each highlighted line. Liza had highlighted the first sentence of every page and put them in the correct order.
I’m always running though I never walk. Sometimes I can sing, but I never talk. I have hands, and I have a face. You use me to decide your pace.
Nico let out a bark of laughter and smiled at Liza. “You’re one smart cookie.”
“I can’t believe you did that. You’re a genius, Liza.” I picked her up and twirled her around, planting a loud kiss on her mouth. “We’d all been looking at the pages separately. We never thought to look at them as a unit.”
A burst of pride erupted in my chest as Nico left the room to tell Dad that we’d figure it out. Once he was out of the room, I pulled Liza down on my lap in Dad’s chair.
I kissed her soft lips and ran my hands through her hair.
She pulled away, giggling. “I guess that means you’re proud of me.”
I nodded and grinned from ear to ear. “Proud is an understatement. I’ve always known you were intelligent, but that was genius-level shit.”
Liza snorted. “It wasn’t that big of a deal, Ty.”
“Oh, yes, it was. In fact, I want to tell you something.” I paused, trying to form the words that would best explain my feelings for Liza. “I’ve always had good things given to me my entire life simply because I’m a prince, but you are the best thing I’ve ever had to work for.”
She looked up at me with her huge, blue eyes, and at that moment, I was certain of one thing.
I didn’t need another month to know that I was very much in love with Liza Mims.
46
LIZA
“You’re amazing, Liza. Do you know that?” Ty whispered in my ear, and I nestled closer to him.
The adrenaline of solving the clue, and my incredibly handsome mate’s high praise had awakened my wolf.
The more Ty kissed and caressed me, the stiffer his cock grew against my hip.
A girl could only withstand so much temptation, so I quickly found myself turning to face him. I kissed him back passionately, pushing my core against his massive cock.
Ty moaned and pulled me closer, allowing his hands to roam down my back and cup my ass.
Just as I began to writhe against him, I wrenched my mouth from his.
Ty watched me as I pushed myself up and off of his lap, though I would’ve been fine staying there all day. The sound of footsteps approaching down the hallway had snapped me out of my horny daze and brought me back to reality. Ty and I weren’t alone at my house or in his car. We were in his dad’s office trying to outsmart Castro. Now wasn’t the time to get off, even though I would’ve been perfectly happy doing so.
Ever since I’d been announced as Ty’s fated mate, I had a nagging feeling that I needed to prove myself. Not only was Inota royal, but I also looked different from everyone in the Keller pack.
The last thing I needed was for Dominic to walk in on Ty and me dry humping on his office chair. That wasn’t the type of vibe I hoped to give off, especially since I was expected to be the alpha’s mate.
Persephone’s face popped into my mind. I was expected to be elegant, mature, and loyal, just like her. Not someone so horny they could hardly wait for their future father-in-law to walk out the door of his office so she could jump his son’s bones.
Luckily, I’d solved Castro’s puzzle, which had shocked Nico and Ty. To my surprise, Ty was more than a little proud of me. The way he stared at me so intensely and held me close, pulling me into a passionate kiss, left me wondering if his feelings for me were deeper than he’d shown so far.
We’d had our moments where we weren’t on the same page, and we’d certainly pushed each other’s buttons over my security and how everything was handled concerning Castro, but the past twenty-four hours had been wonderful. Ty was showing me that he was there for me, all the time, no matter what. It’s what I needed from him, and he was surpassing my expectations of a mate. Would he keep it up? Only time would tell. I hoped to the gods that he would.
