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 ...