DEREK POV
“I should spend a day with you,” I repeated what Ariana just said and rested my back on the chair.
“Is it too much?” she asked, tilting her head with that calm smile.
I let out a breath. “No. But you know I have a mate, right?”
Ariana just stared at me for a while, smiled again, and reached for her phone.
“And what about this way? Since Nora is not around,” she said, bringing out her phone.
I watched her, wondering what she was up to. The sound of her dialing filled the air, and then the phone started ringing.
I looked at her, confused, until Lyra’s voice came through the speaker. “Hello.”
“Hello Lyra,” Ariana replied calmly.
“Please, can I speak with Nora through you?” she added.
I looked at her in shock and immediately grabbed the phone from her hand and ended the cal
