Life

Isabelle



Currently, I was reading a book, and Kaden was busy on his Laptop since the morning. Occasionally writing down some things on the paper, he rolled the pen between his finger each time his eyes focused on the device.

He was shirtless may I add, his hair was messy and he'd occasionally stretch his arms and crack his neck because of needing to focus on the laptop for that long.

A particular topic of the book was what caught my attention--A date. I was not so familiar with the term, but from what I could see it's a romantic gesture. In this book here it fell in the category of a candlelight dinner.

After gathering enough information about a date, I skipped the parts of intimate moments between the couple and closed the book.

Kaden's attention had not shifted on me the slightest bit the whole time. The light pout automatically became apparent on my lips and I get my feet to work and pushed myself off the bed.

He was still not looking at me!

To get his attention I lowly cleared my throat but he still didn't look at me.

My disappointment grew even more along with the build of frustration. I found myself slightly glaring at him but he nonetheless kept his dear attention on that lifeless device.

Unable to hold me anymore, I walked towards him with heavy steps and stood beside his chair. This was what got him to look at me, his eyes landed on the now perpetual frown between my eyebrows.

"What happened, Angel?" He turned his chair to completely face me.

Without saying anything to him I reached and shut that anyone laptop down.

He must have understood what had got me to react this away and amusement took over his expression as the small snicker slipped past his lips.

"So you wanted my attention, huh?" He tried to slide her hands around my waist but I turned around in the attempt to walk away but my minor try went in vain as he effortlessly pulled me to him so that my back hit his chest and my butt landed on his lap.

The squeak slipped past my lips at his unanticipated movement but my body didn't neglect the familiar warmth of his body.

"Leave me, Kaden," A weak attempt of mine to escape his hold didn't work instead he rested his chin on my shoulder, and kissed the side of my neck.

"So the angel is angry huh?" He chuckled.

"No, I am not," I lied but he of course didn't believe me.

"Of course, you are, your nose is red so that means you are angry."

"Leave me."

"No," He hugged me even tighter, and peppered the side of my face with kisses."I won't."

"You can stay with your dear laptop!" I had never thought I could even be jealous of a device before today, "You indeed are interested in that today, more than me."

He laughed at my statement, "No, sweetheart. It was some work I needed to finish and after all, I am all yours. Who am I to deny if you want my attention?"

"I don't want your attention, give it to this stupid device." I folded my hands over my chest and this seemed to increase his laughter more.

"No, I am done," He said, "Now, I want to spend time with you." He nuzzled my neck.

It was hard for me to hold back the smile and keep my dismissive countenance.

"After the whole day of ignoring me, now you want to spend time with me? Great!"

"Sorry," He murmured, "This won't happen again."

"You will say this and tomorrow you will be back with romancing with this laptop!"

"Wait what? Romance?" He burst into a fit of laughter, "Oh God, Isabelle. What are you even talking about?"

"If you find my statement funny then let me go..." I tried to free myself from his grip but apparently, he was too strong for me.

"Okay, Okay. I am sorry," He quickly added, still trying to contain his laughter, "Please will you forgive me this time baby?" He sincerely asked.

"Will you ignore me ever again?" I asked jerking my index finger at him.

"No, I will not deprive you of my attention ever again," He shook his head, "Now are we good?"

I homed at his handsome face for a while, was not succeeding in keeping my anger for much longer anymore so I decided to end my tantrums.

"Okay," I let my body relax against his leaning on his chest.

He took the initiative to turn the chair towards the desk and rest his legs on the desk and my legs moved along with his resting over his long legs.

"Tell me, what you were reading? He asked tracing small circles on my arm.

"It was a romance novel," I began, "I have reached the thirty-five-chapter."

"What was the chapter about?" He seemed curious about what I was reading and it made me smile.

"It was about a date between the couple, something kind of a candlelight dinner," I explained, "Apparently I got to learn today that date is much more intimate than other gestures."

He fell silent at my statement, somehow looking lost in thoughts that I couldn't see through.

"Have you ever taken anyone on a date, Kaden?" I asked and my sudden question broke his daze.

"No," He shook his head.

"Why?"

"Because I was never serious about the previous women I had been involved with, to be very honest I had never pursued a relationship with anyone." He said he buried his nose into my neck inhaling my scent.

"You have been with a lot of women?" My voice grew a little low, I didn't why the melancholic had shaded it.

He must have had felt my gloom, so he lightly grabbed my face and made me look at him. I was still leaning against my chest but I craned my neck so that I could look at him.

"Actually yes, but I was never serious about them," He sighed out, "Average Lycans find their mate long before reaching my age but there was no sign of my mate then. I was trying to get my mind off of things by going to different women but nothing actually worked. Due to my frustration and restlessness, I could not even focus on my royal duties so I moved out of the palace. Cassandra, Jason, and Carter joined me too and then we moved into this mansion."

My eyes softened at his confession and I lightly placed my hand on his cheek and jaw, stroking his skin, "Our destiny took a little too while to inter wine, didn't it?"

A smile formed on his lips upon my question and he leaned in placing a lingering kiss on my lips, "However it is, I am happy that I found you. No one could ever take your place and not anyone can in the future."

I moved closer and wrapped around him pulling him an intimate hug, a sigh of contentment left both of our mouths.

"I can't imagine my life without you," He spoke, "You are a blessing."

"How long you have been waiting for me?" I asked pulling away to look at him.

"A couple of hundred years, may I say," He admitted, my brows rose and lips parted in surprise.

A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS?!

"What?" I gasped out and the snicker slipped past his lips at my next question, "Why are your hair not white yet?"

"Sweetheart, I am not a human," He chuckled, "If you judge by Lycan's aging I am still quite  young."

"How old are you?" I asked, still surprised after hearing his statement.

"Old enough," His lips curved into a smirk.

"How much?"

"Close to 700 years old," He spoke leaving my eyes to nearly pop out of their sockets.

"W-what?" I stuttered.

He supposedly liked my reaction and he smiled leaning in and kissing my cheeks, "You are precious."

"You are lying, you don't even have wrinkles!" I exclaimed and it made it laugh.

"Sweetheart, Lycans don't get wrinkles till they reach 1500 years."

"How many years do they live?" My surprise was vivid in my voice.

"In between 2000 to 3000 years," He casually answered.

Oh my God! I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"I think my head is going to explode," I breathed out.

"No need to torture your cute little head, angel," He chuckled ruffling my hair, "I'll slowly let you know all the details."

"Wait, tell me...how old are others?"

"Cassandra is just as my age, Jason is 670 years old and carter is only 500 years old." He answered.

"Woah!" It left involuntarily left my mouth, "Have all of them found their mates?"

His expression changed a bit, a hint of remorse covering it. A moment of silence was there before he opened his mouth," Cassandra and Jason, both of their mates died in a war our kingdom got involved in a few centuries back, and Carter has not found his mate yet."

My facial expression dropped and I found my mood getting dropped.

"They l-lost their soul mates...." My voice was lower than a whisper.

He nodded at my sentence but didn't speak anything. There was the same gloom in our eyes but Kaden's was more evident.

"They are very strong indeed, most of the Lycan and werewolf can't bear the loss but they handled it very well although the shine that was there when they had their mates with them is not there anymore." He spoke.

"They didn't deserve to go through this," Again my voice was low.

"We don't have everything in control, sweetheart. Sometimes it's just fate that has its own cruel ways that make us go through these situations," He pulled me closer so that my head could rest against his chest, his heartbeat was calm and rhythmical," But in the end, we have to deal with it. Some things are not in our hands all we can do is hope for the best."

I nodded and hugged him tighter, "I hope Cassandra and Jason can find their happiness again. They have nice souls and I know one day they'll shine like before again." I smiled and thus made a smile spread on his lips too.

"It might not take long because Jason kind of has his eyes on Cassandra for a long time," He spoke, his voice having hidden happiness there.

"Really?" I became excited.

"Yeah and Cassandra likes him too but they both won't express it," He chuckled, "Especially Jason because he fears that I will beat him up."

"You must have to build your character like that," I giggled.

"Yeah, I can't exactly blame him," He laughed out.

"Kaden is fine but the 'Moretti' part sounds a tad bit scary." I quipped

"Does that scare you?" He cocked an eyebrow.

"Nothing that belongs to you scares me," I let out moving in and pecking his lips, "But it might scare others because of your slight dangerous nature."

"I don't give a damn about others," He leaned in and deeply kissed me, "All I care about it is what you think about me."

"You are my...." I rested my forehead against his and breathed out, "Life." and the smile broke on his face before he pulled me in his warm embrace like always.