Chapter 18. Under the Sun

Chris's POV

So this was what a day under the sun felt like. I felt my insides being fried as I stood waiting for Jaden to finish picking which hairpin to buy.

 Did he have a mate? Why did he even need a hairpin? We hadn’t really got into personal talks as he always found a way to excuse himself.

 I went closer to him and the seller. “The pink one is pretty, get that one.” I didn’t care if it was. I needed to get out of the sun.

 He picked it and smiled at me. “You have the best taste, Alpha King.”

 I smiled smugly. He had a way with words that impressed me but creeped me out to some level. It had been three hours away from my palace.

 He returned to me dangling three hair pins. “Pretty? I bought this one for your mate, I hadn’t brought a gift coming. She’d like it?”

 I gazed at the pin sternly, reaching out to it slowly. He let it go, not before hesitating. This can’t be given to my mate, she was dead.

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