Abandoned Luna Now Untouchable (Cecilia) novel Chapter 174

Cecilia

Sebastian stared at my face, his expression cooling slightly at my flippant response.

His eyes darkened for a long moment before softening again.

“If you ever change your mind,” he said gently, ” make sure I’m the first to know.”

l didn’t commit either way.

The whole conversation was hypothetical anyway.

Instead,l grabbed his tie, yanked him down to my level, and kissed him Like it was the only language we spoke fluently.

By the time we made it back to the office, the sun was basically clocking out for the day-and so was everyone else.

Sawyer looked like he wanted to murder us both.

” You might as well have not come back at all!” he muttered under his breath.

Sebastian, naturally, was completely unfazed.

Nobody could reprimand him anyway.

I, on the other hand, felt incredibly awkward and guilty.

“Sawyer, this afternoon I-” I began.

” This afternoon you accompanied the Alpha to meet with clients, I know,” he interrupted flatly.” He didn’t specify which clients.”

His eyes conveyed the clear message: You two better coordinate your story.

My heart melted with gratitude. What a fantastic ally.

As soon as he walked off, I pulled out my phone and ordered a year’s supply of his favorite coffee-small-batch, single-origin Ethiopian beans to his apartment.

It was the least I could do for traumatizing him.

After three days of applying the medicine Dr. Han prescribed, my foot was almost completely healed. I could walk without any problem.

Sebastian accompanied me to the sports medicine clinic each evening to change the bandages. He was surprisingly charming and sociable there-he even played speed chess with Dr. Han after my treatments.

Within those three days, I swear Dr. Han had fallen half in love with Sebastian.

Every time we left, the doctor looked genuinely sad to see him go.

He’d stare at Sebastian with hopeful eyes, practically begging him to return for another chess match the next day.

He even suggested I needed to ” consolidate my treatment” and keep applying the medicine for a full month.

During these visits, Sebastian casually extracted information from Dr. Han without seeming obvious.

The doctor ended up revealing everything about my father, including things I didn’t even know-like how Dad had secretly bought another tridiculously expensive orchid behind Mom’s back.

It was a laid-back Saturday afternoon when I made the drive out to DIA to pick up my parents after their weeks in Hawail.

They emerged from baggage claim looking sun-kissed and overpacked, each lugging at least three bags like they’d tried to bring the island home with them.

“Mom! Dad!” I waved, jogging toward them.

As I reached for one of Mom’s bags, she smacked my hand away with practiced mom-reflexes.

“Don’t even think about it. These are way too heavy. Let your father throw out his back instead.”

Classic.

She looped her arm through mine as we headed toward the parking lot, her fingers wrapping tightly around mine like I was still five and prone to wandering into traffic.

Once we reached the car, I tossed the keys to Dad and slid into the back seat with Mom.

It’s just how we operated-Mom liked to supervise, and I liked not driving.

” Let’s swing by the grocery store before we go home,” she said, adjusting her seatbelt like she was prepping for liftoff. ” I want to cook something special tonight.”

I leaned into her shoulder, suddenly feeling ten years old again. ” If it’s not your garlic shrimp, I’m filing a formal complaint.”

She chuckled, patting my cheek in that affectionate-but-mildly-insulting way mothers are genetically programmed to master. ” You little glutton. Haven’t you been eating at all?”

“I’vę been feeding myself, thank you very much,” I defended, sitting up straighter. “I’m thriving in my independence. Flourishing, even.”

She gave me a look that said she wasn’t buying a word of it..

And honestly? I didn’t blame her.

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