While we were on the way to eat, Luke asked me about the incident yesterday. I wanted to shut him up because I didn’t want to talk about Jimuel. Just the mere thought of that moment made my blood boil!
“Isabella? Do you mind telling me wha really happened between you and Jimuel?” he asked again.

“Why do you want to know? You said you were there and you saw me flirting with him, so why do you keep asking me about it, Luke?” I responded with a question but the moment our eyes met and I saw how displeased he was, I changed my mind.
“Alright, if it’s hard to share with me, then fine,” he said.
“As I have said, we just bumped into each other, and he dragged me to a vacant table. Then, he ordered coffee and cheesecake. He was friendly so I thought it was okay to talk to him, but then he asked me to sleep with him,” I confessed, and he clenched his jaw.
“That bastard! Do you want me to beat that asshole?”
I chuckled and said, “You don’t have to because I think I can handle him just fine!”
He just smirked and continued walking to the breakfast nook. As soon as we sat down, servants came to serve us with breakfast. Then, Vanessa came to pour my cup with a hot coffee. She also did the same to Luke.

“What are you doing, Vanessa? You are not a servant here,” I scolded her because lately, she had been acting like one.
“You Mom ordered me to serve you well while she’s gone,” she replied, and I wasn’t sure if Luke noticed it, but there was something in her voice.
“Anyway, did you have you breakfast already? Come and join us. Let the others serve me,” I said.
“I just had my breakfast, Isabella. Don’t worry.”

“If you say so,” I said and then I asked for another servant to serve us, and sent her on another errand,
When she left, Luke looked at me and asked, “Do you hate that omega?”
“Not really, but why?”
“I noticed the anger in your eyes whole speaking to her, Isabella. Did she do something wrong?”
“In the future, she would do something to harm me, or to unalive me!”
“Wait, what? The future? Can you see the future?”
“My future, Luke. Don’t overthink about anything else. Anyway, let’s eat,” I said because there were food in the table already.
After breakfast, I felt so guilty for hanging onto my feelings for him. Even if he was my new mate, the fact that he wasn’t aware of it was a sign that I shouldn’t pursue him. The Moon Goddess must have committed some error in making him my new mate.
Perhaps, should I meet Aric?
I was contemplating about it when Luke said something that caused me to raise my brows. “W-what did you say?”
“Aric sent me a message that he is in my place,” he replied.
“But why?”
“Why not? We used to hang out there,” he answered. “He wants to talk to me, Isabella, so I had to go home. Let’s go.”
“But I don’t want to see him!”
“You don’t have to. The house is big enough for you to avoid seeing him, but I can’t leave you alone here.”
“Who would harm me inside this place, Luke?”
“Vanessa.”
When he mentioned Vanessa’s name, I gritted my teeth and glared at him. What else did he know about me? I squinted my eyes while trying to discover if he knew more but I couldn’t read him.
“Will one hour be enough for you to prepare? We might spend the night there,” he informed me.
“I don’t think Dad will approve of it,” I told him.
“He did. Look,” he said while showing me a text message from Dad.
“When did you ask him?”
“Just now.”
“And he replied that fast?” I asked in disbelief because I also sent him a message to increase my daily allowance, and he didn’t respond to it yet. Amazing!
“Because I labeled it as urgent,” he replied as if it would help.
So, after an hour of preparing my things, Luke took me to the garage, and he chose to drive one of Dad’s most expensive cars. I couldn’t even complain because he was given access to it.
“Sometimes I wonder if I am the adopted daughter and you are the real heir of Pembroke,” I mumbled and he chuckled heartily.
A simple chuckle that warmed my heart. When he assisted me to get into the car, I felt like he also liked me, temporarily forgetting that it was his job to keep me safe and comfortable.
A few moments later, he pulled over in front of his mansion, and we waited until someone opened the gate. While waiting, I suggested he should opt for an automatic gate but he said he couldn’t because his uncle was old-fashioned, and the old faggot enjoyed seeing a maid in uniform hurrying up to open the gate.
Once inside, Luke told me to go upstairs, and specifically to the left side of the second floor because Aric was on the other side. But then, Aric probably lied about his location to Luke.
His eyes widened upon seeing me but I was more shocked to see him as well. Thankfully, he was decent with his sweatpants. But still, he was topless! “You are not supposed to be here, Aric!” I exclaimed.
“And so are you, Isabella!”
“Wear something, you are topless,” I ordered because I wasn’t comfortable to see his bare torso, and especially his eight-pack abs. He looked so muscular, and I couldn’t recall if he looked like that after our marriage.
Was he that great looking?
“You are staring, dear. Touch me if you miss it,” he suggested and I arched my brows in response.
The darn man just grinned from ear to ear as if he was having fun.
“Stay here for a minute. I will just take a shower,” he ordered, and I violently shook my head to disagree.