Mated To My Boyfriend's Dad novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13: _ The curse

Before I could delve in deeper, Kylo pulled out a small box from his pocket and placed it on the desk.

"Late anniversary gift." He announced with sparkles in his eyes.

Now, he had my attention. I love gifts. I never got many of them growing up since I lost my parents at a tender age which made my heart bubble at even the simplest of gifts.

I picked it up. "To say you were going to gift me seeing Gamma Rhett as our anniversary gift before." I joked as I opened the small gift box and peeked inside.

A gasp escaped my lips as a silver bracelet glinting with diamonds and sapphires sat nicely in the box.

"Oh, Kylo..." I stammered. "This is — too much!"

He shrugged but I could see the effort that gift must have cost him belying in his nonchalance.

"You deserve it, love. All the sparkle in the world."

If Kylo wasn't the sweetest man in the world, I didn't know who was. I stood up and scurried to give him a kiss from across the table where he sat from me.

It was a slow, appreciative, and passionate kiss. It was supposed to feel like I was in heaven, didn't it?

Well, it didn't. I didn't know why but it never did. Now that I knew why, guilt crashed over me. How could I bring myself to continue to receive Kylo's kindnesses when fate had dealt us such a cruel hand? When I was destined to belong to his father.

Not if I reject him anyway.

"I'm glad you like it." Kylo raked his fingers in my hair, his gaze fixated on my face.

I nodded. "I do but I kind of don't have your gift with me here."

"Pfft. Having you right in front of me, with me – that is enough of a gift." Kylo assured me.

Remember what I said about Kylo being the sweetest man in the world? Yeah, that again.

I eventually returned to read the books. I picked up one very ancient-looking one. The dusty book groaned as I cracked it open and began my reading spree.

Surprisedly, Kylo began an incessant chatter.

"Babe, come on," he whined, peering over my shoulder. "This stuff is drier than Aunt Hilda's fruitcake. Let's get outta here."

"Quiet, Kylo. This is important."

"It's not."

"It is."

"It's bull."

Just then, the librarian who was a chubby woman with spectacles precariously on her nose materialized beside us. "Shhh," she admonished. "The library is for reading, not for..." she squinted at Kylo's sheepish grin, "flirting."

I choked on my laughter when I saw the face Kylo made at being scolded. Before he could whine about leaving again, I buried my nose deeper in the book.

I hadn't spent a few minutes reading when I found something daunting. I found a chilling tale of two lovers from the Ravenwood pack who dared to defy the Moon Goddess's wishes just like Kylo and me. Then, Calamity struck one of the pair, leaving the other forever scarred with guilt and pain of losing the one they loved.

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