Bedding My Vampire Mate

Although she has drunk three bottles of highly intoxicated wine since they arrived there, she still looked as if she hadn't sipped alcohol.

This was a trait of vampires she loathed so much at the moment.

She was aware that she couldn't get drunk but she still went ahead to drink.

"We are indeed immortals but unfortunately not many of us live a millennium year…,"

"You are usually quiet these past nights but why are you talking like an old man when you are just 23 years old?" She cut in rudely.

She brought the glass to her mouth and took two mouthfuls of vodka from the glass.

Silence enveloped their table after she finished talking.

What other customers were doing or saying was not any of their business. They had their problems to deal with to care about others' problems.

"Audrey, there is something I have been curious about for the past few nights, do you care to satisfy my curiosity?" Chris broke off the awkward silence surrounding their table.

Audrey, who was bringing the glass to her mouth, paused midway. She raised her gaze and looked at the guy sitting in front of her.

"I am in a good mood today so you can ask me any question you have and I will try my best to reply," Audrey agreed to the astonishment of Chris.

His eyes widened as he stared at the lady sitting before him. He has tried his best to settle things with her but she has done everything to reject his proposal anytime he brings it up.

She always acts as if his voice irritates her. He couldn't believe a lady who treats him like this would actually agree to answer his question.

In fact, he was expecting her to act like it was a ghost who was talking like she often does but she gave him a shock.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" She demanded, a frown plastered on her forehead.

"Nothing," He replied as he composed himself in an instant. "I am just a bit taken aback that you agreed…,"

"If you are unhappy about my reply I guess it's not too late for me to take back my words…,"

"How can one take back a word he/she had already said?" Chris argued. He adjusted himself properly on the chair and got set to ask his question.

"My question is nothing serious. It's just a question which has been bothering my mind for two nights now," he said, setting the floor for his real question.

"Audrey, you always said you hate me right? I have lost count of the number of times you have said these words to me…," Chris trailed his attention not shifting from her blank expression.

"But why is it that I am the person you called to be your drinking buddy after your fight with Miss Joanna?" Chris concluded in a calm tone.

"I mean I knew the fact that his identity was fake so shouldn't you hate me just like you hate them?" He quizzed. He stretched forth his hand and picked the glass of wine laid on the table in the middle.

​ While taking a sip at the alcohol, his gaze didn't shift from her body.

"What do you think?" She asked as she reached out her hand and picked the glass from the table.

She took a sip from the glass of vodka whose effect was not more than that of water in her body.

"It's precisely because I hate you that is why you are here," She answered, her face deprived of any emotions.

"Due to the fact I hate you which is a fact that almost everyone in the city knows, that was why you were my first choice…,"

"Don't one supposed to keep the person he hated at arm's length so why are you the only weird one here?" Chris asked not to understand the logic Audrey was trying to make.

"Despite that you were in cohorts with them it doesn't have any effect on me. Whether or not you lied or deceived me doesn't matter," Audrey said bluntly. She did not try to sugar-coat the words so she wouldn't hurt his feelings.

To her it was better she let him know the reality of their relationship rather than let him live in deceit.

"Also, you talked about hating you and here comes my question; how can I hate someone I already loathe?... Does that make sense?" She questioned while shrugging her shoulders.

Although she has always said hateful words to him, this particular word of hers got to Chris.

[Does she hate me that much to the point there is no longer any room to accommodate more hatred for me?]

He stared at her face intensely. He was so lost in thoughts and didn't see Audrey squint her brows when she noticed the way he couldn't take his eyes off her.

"Why are you staring at me like that huh?" She demanded while snapping her fingers at his face.

Chris blinked his eyes repeatedly after he abruptly got pulled out of his daze.

"Audrey…," He called out, making sure to grab her attention with his cool masculine voice.

"Is there really no hope of us becoming friends in the future?" He asked in a calm tone.

"There are a lot of years ahead of us so I won't say we will never be friends. But for the moment, I don't see us becoming friends anytime soon," Audrey gave her honest answer. She went back to drinking afterwards.

As Audrey and Chris drank in the bar, in front of the forest Joanna and Amos were seen coming out of the car after he parked his car in a place it won't be easily spotted.

The cold breeze of the night that brushed against Joanna's skin the instant she climbed out of the car made her close her eyes.

Slowly, she took a sniff of the refreshing air with her hands spread in the air.

"So refreshing!" She muttered as her eyes fluttered open.

"Yeah," He agreed as he stared at the dense forest whose only source of light was the sparkling moon and the twinkling stars.

"It's so nice to finally return here with you by my side," He beamed while looking at the lady by his side.

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