The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Lucianne was shocked to hear that King Lucas’s bonded mate took her life after being rejected. Aftertaking in her stunt expression, Xandar said, “Now do you see why all of us keep telling you that you’restronger than you give yourself credit for? Mind you, she was a Lycan. S o she was supposed to bebiologically stronger than a werewolf to withstand the bond snaps.”

Lucianne started chewing slowly again and shook her head sadly. “It’s just…sad.” She sipped her drinkbefore she continued, “It’s sad that she might have lacked the psychological and emotional support that Ihave. Without my friends and Juan’s family, I don’t know where I’d be.

“Hm… I guess I never thought of it that way.” Xandar said.

“You should.” Lucianne insisted, “The snap is painful unlike anything imaginable, especially the first snapbecause of the unfamiliarity with the pain. Before experiencing one, a mere thought of rejection would bepainful but after feeling an actual snap, the pain from that thought becomes bearable. It gets worse whenthe rejection comes after one falls in love with the other person. Because it would feel like having twothings broken and shattered into pieces at once, the mate bond and your heart.”

Xandar completely agreed with what she said about the pain from merely thinking about rejection. Thefirst night they met, there was an excruciating pain being channeled to his heart when Lucianne raisedthe matter of rejection. He was angry but he was also in great anguish.

And when he thought that she was going to reject him after he yelled at her at the Jewel Pack, it becameinsanely painful because he had already fallen in love with her by then.

By far, the worst pain came from the previous night, when he was left hanging on whether Lucianneknew that he loved her, only her. He knew that if she didn’t believe him, she would drift away beforeultimately rejecting him. Not that he would ever accept it. But the mere thought of the possibility that she

would say those words to sever their bond could bring his entire being to his knees and cause him totear-up.

“You okay?” Lucianne asked in concern after putting a piece of carrot into her mouth.

Xandar was brought out of his thoughts as he said, “Yeah, I just…” he looked at Lucianne in awe anddisbelief when he explained, “It’s amazing how you do it. Get through one rejection after another, I mean.I get that you had a whole army of friends and family supporting you but the fact that you chose to listento them, and let them help you move on and continue living is just..it takes so much will and strength onyour own part as well.”

Lucianne smiled and said humbly, “It does.” She got lost in her own thoughts for a brief moment beforesaying, “I have a lot to live for. I’m glad I didn’t give up.”

He reached for her hand when she put down her fork to reach for her drink, and pecked a

sweet kiss on it before saying, “Me too. I love you.”

Her lips curled up and she said what Xandar was waiting to hear, “I know. Thank you.” His smilebroadened at those words, and he let her take back her hand from him.

They continued eating until their plates were clean. Xandar refilled Lucianne’s glass and admired herprofile in silence. When Lucianne was done, she told Xandar that she wanted to pay for their meal.

Xandar looked at her sternly and spoke firmly, “No. This is a date…”

Lucianne retorted instantly, “Xandar, it’s my date, too! You can’t just expect me to tag along like anaccessory. I have the means…”

“Sweetheart, you’re not an accessory…”

“Then let me pay for one meal. You’re already paying for my books. You’ve paid for breakfast. I washoping we could split the cost of our dinner later but knowing you, you’d refuse. Come o n, Xandar. It’sjust one bill. It’s just one meal.” Xandar looked at his mate who’s showing him those large doe eyesagain as she waited for his response.

He groaned and said, “One meal. That’s it.”

Her eyes lit up as she said, “Great! Thank you. I wonder if I can work my way up to one and a half.”

He took her hand from the table and kissed it before he said, “Don’t push this, sweetheart.”

She narrowed her eyes, “I have the means to pay, Xandar. I’m not going to have you pay for everythingfor our date just because I’m a woman. That’s very old-fashioned.”

He played with her fingers on the table as he muttered, “I just want to spoil you for a bit. Why can’t youjust let me?”

Without missing a beat, Lucianne said, “Xandar, you’re paying for my books. Do you have any idea howmuch you have to fork out already? And I’m not even done looking yet.”

Xandar immediately responded, “I take back what I said. I don’t want to spoil you a bit. I want t o spoilyou a lot, to the extreme, if I were honest.”

“Spoiling me means giving in to what I want. And I want to share the cost of our date. Since you’re givingme what I ask for, you are spoiling me.” Lucianne reasoned with her large doe. eyes.

Xandar sighed in frustration before kissing the back of her hand again, “I have to replace someone to teachme how to win an argument against you. Any recommendations? There must be someone among thewolves who can.”

Lucianne smirked and said, “Like I would tell you.”

After Lucianne settled the bill, she and Xandar left the floor. A bald man with reading glasses

a few tables away looked up from his book. Then, he clicked on his black pen and noted the time in anopened notebook on his table.