Filed to story: Offered to the Lycan King Novel by Misha K (River & Hunter)
Maggie shrugged. “I was thinking if you could just flag the important pages, I will read them. In the meantime, if you like I can make us some coffee.”
Though Lia was surprised that Maggie was trying to be so friendly that she was offering to make coffee in her kitchen in just a day of knowing her, she was too tired to argue with her. All she wanted was to flag the pages and send her off. She nodded and Maggie jumped up with a grin.
As Lia got busy marking pages for her with post-it slips, writing small notes on them, Maggie went to the kitchen. When she returned, Lia was on seventh chapter.
“You’ve made four cups of coffee!” Lia breathed, taking one from her.
“Yes,” Maggie said with a soft smile. “I am sure Arthur and Hawk would also love to have one each.”
“Hawk isn’t here,” Lia mumbled under her breath.
“Oh!” Maggie sounded utterly surprised. “Where is he?” she asked, keeping his cup aside.
Lia shrugged, flipping a page. She furiously began to write notes and was on chapter eight when Arthur came down.
“I have made coffee for you. Please have it,” Maggie said in a dulcet voice, giving him the cup.
He mumbled a thank you to her, taking the cup. Then he sat next to Lia and busied himself with his phone. When Lia looked at him with a question in her eyes, he shook his head slightly with pursed l*ips. Lia took a deep breath in and continued with her work. By chapter nine, her coffee finished and she eyed the fourth cup. She leaned forward to take it when Maggie grabbed it and removed it from her reach. She growled, “This is for Hawk.”
It was the second time in the evening that Lia didn’t like her behavior. She stared at Maggie and she thought she saw a craziness in her eyes. However, the next moment, Maggie’s expression softened. It was like she was someone else. “I am sorry!” she giggled. “You may take this. I will make another for Hawk.”
“No, it’s fine,” Arthur almost snarled. “You don’t have to do anything. And if you are done, Lia and I have to go somewhere,” he said rudely. He was hating every precious minute that she was wasting. He really wanted to go and find Hawk.
A dejected look appeared on Maggie’s face. “I am so sorry for keeping you all here because of me. It’s just that I am really desperate. I am pushed to the corner.” She shook her head. “You won’t be able to understand my problem.”
Arthur grunted at her pitiable situation, rolling his eyes. Lia nudged him with her elbow, asking him to behave himself. “I will finish this off soon,” she said as a way of consoling him.
“Arthur?” Maggie said. “I’ll make dinner for all of you as a way of compensation.”
“What’s it with you and lunch or dinner?” Arthur shot at her, snapping. “We will eat outside!”
Maggie was so hurt by his sudden burst of anger that she flinched. “I am sorry,” she murmured, clutching her mug t*ightly in her h*ands.
Lia shook her head. She knew that she had to hurry before Arthur actually exploded. That was the last thing she wanted because college was a place where anything could turn into a wild rumor. He got up from there and went back to the bedroom while Lia finished marking all the chapters. “Here!” She closed the book and h*anded it to her. “Make sure that you see all the notes I have written and read the book accordingly.”
“Thank you!” Maggie replied, taking the book, but her eyes were directed upstairs. “When will Hawk return?” she asked. When Lia didn’t answer, she turned her gaze to her. “Oh, I think I saw a lizard there,” she giggled and then put the book i*nside her bag. She lowered her voice and said, “I know I am pushing you too h*ard, but you guys can go and have your dinner out while I can wait for you here or I can come back.”
“What?” Lia rasped, shocked at her proposition.
“I know I am sounding so desperate, but Lia you have to understand that—”
Lia put her h*ands up. “I understand that you have a problem back at home. So why don’t we do one thing?” she said, placing her h*ands on her h*ips as Maggie looked at her curiously. “You should go back home and when I return, I will call you again. How about that?”
For a second, Maggie narrowed her eyes as if judging her words, then she grinned. “Okay, that sounds great. As soon as you are here, call me. Tomorrow is a Saturday and I have only one class. Maybe, if you allow me, I can sleep at your place and go to the college from here.”
Lia’s jaw dropped. She had never seen such clingy people in her life. And now she was getting on her nerves. She let out a rough exhale. “We will see!”
“Thanks Lia!” Maggie cooed. “You are god-sent!” She stashed her books inside the bag. “Umm… can I use the bathroom please?”
Lia poked her t*ongue in her cheek out of pure exasperation. “Sure,” she said. “It’s there.” She pointed upstairs towards their bedroom because that was the only bathroom there was in the house.
Maggie rushed up. When she opened the door, her gaze met with that of Arthur’s who looked utterly shocked. “What are you doing here?” he shouted.
She flinched. “I wanted to use the bathroom,” she croaked.
Arthur narrowed his eyes as she rushed to the bathroom. Lia came after her and when Arthur gave her a questioning look, she put her h*ands up in the air, peeved as hell.
Maggie came out after a long time. “Thanks,” she said in a low voice and hurried out.
When they heard the door closing after her, Lia huffed.
“This one is piling on us!” Arthur growled. “You don’t have to be sweet with her, Lia. She seems like a nut case.”
“I swear. She wants to come back after we have our dinner. I said that I will call her if we are on time.” Saying that she went to the bathroom.
“Is she f*ucking mad?” Arthur spat, entering the bathroom after her. “She has stalking tendencies or what?”
Lia laughed, opening the shower. “Pass me the shampoo.”
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