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Chapter 23

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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.

down my

I asked him various questions about his choices and preferences, likes and dislikes and he answered me

to time, he seemed to slip in some other world and mull over about

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

was a self–made man. King Callahan was as ruthless to the rogues and his enemies. as he

of him to be anything but a growling, angry man hulk so seeing him talk about his people with care

co–ordination or themes would you want for

hand and answered,

blinked at

to somebody’s

look and asked, “Well then

on my chin and muttered, “softer shades of pink

would be

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gave me when I said pink was almost as if

by the way, was not too bad at all

shook my head as

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

love.”

his pen and gave me an even look.

believe in that?”

stare. “Of course I do. Why else would

mates.”

“I am not sure, maybe she is running a marriage bureau or something up in the

making fun of the moon Goddess, a deity we all

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

and I kept clicking it anxiously. He

someone? What makes you so sure of that?”

gaze held me in place. I felt transfixed as

and felt queasy and felt my hands suddenly grow clammy.

said ‘don’t…just because you don’t love someone does not

up from his chair and walked past the large desk to come and directly

of me.

me seated on the chair and him standing in front

his hands on the armrests of the

face at eye–level with me and I

lion to me, both handsome and deadly, a fierce predator who was mesmerizing to look at but also very dangerous

stubble on his jaw and my hand suddenly itched to brush the pad of my

He breathed and I

me no, he can’t allow me to touch his face?

what he meant and

not ‘you don’t love someone…why

I saw his expressions

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