Page 35 of Pretty Little Shadow
I grabbed my phone off the couch and saw the messages he'd sent.
Dare
Does it matter?
Are you okay?
If you don't answer my calls or texts, I'm coming to your room
I scrambled to message him back.
Me
It's fine
I'm going to bed
Thanks for the stuff
Dare
It doesn't seem fine
I ignored his message, turning my phone off. After I slid the chain lock into place so I knew no one could get in (without the help of some magic), I ripped the pictures off the inside of the boxes and shoved them into a bag nearby, then picked up the food.
The yellow curry smelled incredible, but the mango sticky rice looked so good that my mouth fucking watered. I cleaned the entire box out before packing the curry and tucking it in the hotel room's small fridge so I could have it later.
Darius wouldn't always be sending me food.
I wouldn't always let myself accept it, either.
But I mean... maybe he waskind ofmine. According to the fated mate bond. That didn't really mean anything, though. It was just fate. It made me obsessed with him, but it probably didn't affect him the same way.
Actually, it obviously didn't, because he hadn't been obsessively tracking me. He hadn't even wanted to accept the possibility of me maybe being fated to him.
So yeah.
I definitely wasn't his.
I didn't know what I was going to do about the mate stuff, but I wasn't going to worry about it yet.
I carried the other bags directly to the bedroom and opened the one from the tech store first. Though I wasn't surprised to find a fancy headset inside, I was grudgingly excited.
And also full of dread.
Another messy combination of emotions. Yay.
There were four bags from the boutique. Even the bags themselves looked fancy.
I had more dread when I dumped the contents of the boutique bag on the bed and found pajamas, just like I'd asked for.
Not just one pair of pajamas, though. He'd brought me a massive variety of options.
A simple, matching set with a silk tank top and shorts.
Something similar in a stretchy, cotton fabric.
A pair of boxer-style shorts and a cropped tee.
