Chapter 16. This Isn’t a Proper Date

Lotus’s POV

I am already dressed, but staring at the makeup that was left for me while I was in the shower. I have no idea what I am supposed to do with it. Being raised as a boy, I was never given the luxury of makeup, and I don’t have the faintest idea how to apply it to my face. I reach for a long black tube, hoping there are instructions, but when I find none, I drop it like it has bitten me.

When someone knocks on my door, I am more than grateful to answer it. Maximus is standing on the other side. I have seen him in passing since I arrived, but this is the first time he has come back to my room. He looks me up and down with an unreadable expression on his face.

“Alpha Louis wanted me to see if you are ready. But I can see you are not ready.”

Tears fill my eyes, and I gesture to the vanity full of makeup. He looks in the direction before shutting the door behind him.

“I am not supposed to be in here with you alone,” he grumbles. “But this is