Chapter 0956
The next few minutes pass calmly, the girls getting lost in their games, Jesse splitting a can of orange soda between him and Midnight, pouring some into a glass for her and taking the can for himself. Then he sighs, leaning back on his hand, studying his mate.

“What?” Midnight asks, taking a sip of her drink before resting her cheek on her knee.

“You just look…better, Mids,” Jesse says, his eyes moving over her. “You’ve put on some weight. You look healthy. It makes me happy.”

She narrows her eyes. “Are you going to try to seduce me now?”

He laughs, shaking his head. “No, I didn’t mean it like that.”

“Good,” she murmurs, turning her face away, again watching the girls like a little dragon that has unwillingly let intruders into her cave and isn’t happy about it. “I’m not doing any of the romance stuff. Gross.”

“No worries,” Jesse says on a sigh, searching his heart. But still, even as he does, he realizes with a rather strong assurance that even if Midnight is his mate, and even if he can admit that she’s a beautiful girl, he is…still not attracted to her. Not in that way.