Chapter Twenty One (2)

After Connor's confession,

Ava just felt awkward. She didn't know whether to talk about Lucas anymore. She

felt terrible for him and didn't understand how he could be around her whenever

she talked about her mate. She didn't understand how strong he was.

Ava felt guilty when she let out a breath of

relief as Lucas came up the creaky ladder to swap with Connor. She gave him a

hug goodbye and stood on her tip toes to pat him on his head.

"So what have you been doing?" Lucas

asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist, nuzzling his head into her neck.

"J-just going through boxes. Miss Lillian

saved a lot of photo albums." She struggled to speak when he peppered

kisses on her skin, teeth grazing certain spots.

He hummed and asked accusingly, "you saw my

baby pictures didn't you?"

"Yep!"

Lucas groaned and pulled back to peck her on the

lips, smiling against them afterwards. "Well let's get back to work so I

can hide them before anyone else sees."

She giggled and ran to her little section