❤️Valentine's Day Bonus: Big plans
**Damon**
A day away... it was all one single day away. Nervous was an understatement for how I felt for this year's Valentine's day. Jasmine and I had now been dating for two years and a few months and this would be our second Valentine's Day together. I found it hard to believe that we'd actually made it this far in our relationship, especially considering how rocky it all started.
"Mr Michaels?" I heard from the counter of the little cake shop I was in.
"Yes?" I uttered, finally coming out of my daze.
"You've been staring at the flavours of the cakes for the past fifteen minutes. Have you made your decision sir?" The woman at the counter asked, with a slight edge to her voice. Immediately I was annoyed.
"I'm sorry, *Alice*," I uttered, reading the name on her name tag, "but I don't recall asking you for attitude. I'm your highest paying customer, so I expect a little respect."
By the time I'd growled this out, the woman's hands were shaking, and she looked up at me terrified out of her mind. It served her right though, she started the rudeness first.
"I think I'll take one slice of death by chocolate and one slice of your decadent red velvet."
"R-right away, sir." She said shaking as she retrieved the cake from the display cabinet and placed each slice in a beautiful box. I thanked her thereafter and then made my way out of the store. I'd lied to Jasmine this morning when I told her that I needed to be at work early. The truth was that I actually took a day off to organise and finalise the plans I had for tomorrow, hence my ability to come home early. I was, however, a little disappointed that she would not be coming home early too. It seemed that with her beginning her new business, the time she spent with me began to shrink, and I wasn't sure I was ready for it. I was always used to being the one crazily busy, but now I spent most of my time waiting. I waited for her to return home from work. I waited for her to kiss me goodnight. I even sometimes waited for a simple "hello" from her. I understood that she was busy... but was she too busy for me? I hoped that tomorrow would begin to change things for us.
The next stop was the flower store where I'd need to place an order for fresh flowers for the next day. Of course, I could have gotten Landon or even Amber to do this for me, but I preferred to do it myself. It made the gesture that much more intimate.
The flower store was, as expected, quite full and I had to keep my head down and hide my face beneath the collar of my coat for the most part of it. Luckily, most people were too preoccupied with choosing their fair share of flowers, to notice me. I, however, made my way to the counter and began chatting to one of the employees there, a young man by the name of Jacob. He was a good friend of mine, believe it or not, and when I ordered fifty bouquets of red roses, did not once protest and instead assured me that they'd be there in the morning.
"Thank you, Jacob, I truly do appreciate it." I uttered lowly. The young man smiled and then said, "I'm sure Jasmine will love what you're doing for her... even if it's a bit flamboyant."
"Flamboyant? This is the least flamboyant thing about tomorrow. Tomorrow *has* to be perfect." I said confidently.
Jacob raised an eyebrow questioningly and then said with a chuckle, "Damon, it's only Valentine's Day."
"For you, perhaps, but for me, tomorrow will be an extremely important day for both Jasmine and I. I then glanced down at my watch and realised I was running late to fetch Landon from work. Usually Jared did this, now having settled down here and moved closer to our pack grounds. Jared, however had his fair share of planning for tomorrow as well. The two seemed to have really patched things up together and had now been dating for over a year or so, becoming the second most talked about couple on the pack grounds. It was no surprise that Jasmine and me were the first most talked about. The Alpha and his stubborn mate.
When I arrived to fetch Landon from work, his confusion was very evident. In fact, I could have sworn he almost decided to run the other direction. Luckily, I exited the car, the first step at committing him to enter this car of mine.
"I thought Jared was coming to fetch me... I didn't think *you'd* show up."
I smiled and then said sarcastically, "Oh Gosh, you don't have to look *so* excited to see me."
Landon rolled his eyes and then reluctantly entered the passenger side of the car. "I can't believe my boyfriend ditched me and left me in your care."
I chuckled, entering my side of the car and then uttered, "Is he your boyfriend or your babysitter?" When I said this, Landon punched me on the shoulder lightly and then huffed.
I began driving us home and it was then that the lovely questions began- all a result of Landon's chronic verbal diarrhea.
"So why didn't my mate fetch me from work like he always does?"
I kept silent, not wanting to expose anything or entertain Landon in any way. He was a very dangerous person when it came to keeping secrets. He knew just what to say to get people to slip up.
Landon scoffed and then repeated his question. After a few moments of silence, he finally decided to keep his mouth shut... or so I thought.
"So... have you thought of a way to make sure Jasmine takes a day off of work tomorrow?" It came out suddenly from Landon's mouth, shattering the silence and dulling my once pleasant mood.
"I didn't ask you to *attack* me."
"I'm not attacking you. Your girlfriend is a workaholic and you clearly have not come up with an idea to get her to spend the day with you. You're such a pushover sometimes. Why don't you just demand that she stay at home... you know, *make* her listen to you."
When he said this I sighed and then asked, "Have you ever known Jasmine to follow instructions or commands? There is no *making* her do anything."
It was then that a bright idea made its way into my mind. Perhaps... just perhaps I could finish what I started this morning, the second she came back home, even if I had to wait all day. After all, Jasmine was much more prone to actually *listening* to me when we were naked.
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BDSM warning for the next chapter!
Also I realised that the link to Seducing Lucien (the sequel) is not working. I think it would be easier to search for the book in the searchbar of the app.
Stay safe! Stay healthy! Sending my love!
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