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“I figured that you did.” Micah sighed.
It wouldn’t have taken a genius to figure out where he went and why.
“How is that going?”
“Everything is going fine,” Micah replied.
He felt no need to tell his father that he had been making baby steps toward capturing Lucy’s heart.
“What are you going to do if she doesn’t agree to go through the mating ceremony?”
“Then I will return home, take my place as alpha, and do my job,” Micah said. “I’m not going to force her into it and I’m not going to threaten her if she doesn’t, because it wouldn’t work. Even if it did, she would resent it, and both of our lives would be a living hell. I don’t want that for either of us.”
“You have to have a mate,” his father said.
“I will deal with the situation later. The world will not come to an end if I don’t have a mate as soon as I take the office,” Micah said. “I’m not going to go through a mating ceremony with someone just to make everyone else happy. I would rather refuse to become the alpha than do that.”
His father was silent because he knew that Micah didn’t make idle threats.
“I need to be going,” Micah said.
“When are you going to be back?”
“In a week or two. Not much longer than that,” Micah promised.
His father grunted and hung up the phone.
“Goodbye to you, too.” Micah laughed.
He knew that his father wasn’t happy with him, but his father knew that Micah was a grown man who wasn’t about to be pushed around by his father, even if he was the alpha.
Micah closed his eyes. He wasn’t going to bet Lucy to go through the mating ceremony with him and he wasn’t going to force her. However, he was going to do everything that he possibly could do to win her heart. It was going to be a challenge, but Micah never turned his back on a challenge.
12
Lucy
Micah laid next to Lucy holding her. Making love to her had felt so right. He enjoyed feeling her cuddled up in his arms. He had suspected that she hadn’t been with another man and felt honored and happy that he was the one she gave her innocence to. He just hoped that he could find a way to convince her to go through the mating ceremony with him.
There was no way that Micah would even come close to admitting that he was in love with her, but he did acknowledge that he cared deeply for her, and he couldn’t imagine seeing her with someone else. He wasn’t sure why the thought of seeing her with someone else bothered him so much, but it really did.
They snuggled next to each other quietly for several minutes, then she said, “You know, this was great, but it doesn’t change anything.”
Chuckling, Micah said, “I didn’t expect it too. To be honest, I didn’t expect the kiss to be that intense or to go that far.”
“It was a nice kiss,” Lucy said. “The best kiss that I’ve ever had, in fact.”
“I know, right?” Micah teased. “I am the best. Maybe I should set up a kissing booth when we get back home and raise money for charity.”
Lucy laughed and said, “I didn’t think that we would go that far tonight, but I can honestly say that I’m not sorry. You made me feel things that I didn’t know were possible. I had read about it in books and magazines, but I thought they were exaggerated.”
“You are welcome, Ma’am,” Micah said. “I’m here to serve.”
“As much as I loved it, I don’t think that I’m up for another round, so I need you to haul your naked carcass out of my bed and go back to your room,” Lucy said.
“Ouch. I think I just got my feelings hurt. How could you call this work of art a carcass?” Micah replied, gesturing to his body.
“Because it’s all used up for now,” Lucy laughed.
