Chapter 220: Just the two of us

After leaving the slightly annoyed Amber back home, Erick went to his parents' house where his father was waiting for him.

He knocked on the front door as a courtesy, to which his mother did not appreciate it as she scolded after she opened the front door, "Why are you knocking the door? Just get inside here!"

Erick let out a resigned sigh. "Mother, I no longer live here. Of course I would knock on the door.

It's just good manners on my side for you," he explained patiently.

Luella rolled her eyes. "Since when do you bother about good manners?" she asked sarcastically as she led the way to the kitchen with her son following behind.

"As long as you're our son and the fact that your room is still here, don't you dare think of yourself as an outsider!" Luella continued hotly.

Erick gave her a wry smile as his mother passed him a glass of orange juice. "Yes, mother," he said obediently, feeling warmth in his heart.

The mother and son began to talk, catching up on things, having a pleasant conversation with each other. Soon after, Erick said goodnight to his mother and went up the stairs to his father's study room.

When he entered the room, after knocking on the door, he was surprised to see Roel and Fergus sitting inside the room, together with his father.

"Why are you late?" Lachlan asked, frowning.

Erick took a seat near the other two shifters in front of his father and said, "I was talking with mother earlier."

Lachlan nodded. "Alright. You should come here often with Amber. Your mother misses spending time with you two," he said.

Erick nodded. "Okay. I will tell Amber about it."

Lachlan turned to the other shifters and said, "Start talking."

Roel immediately started to talk about what he had heard from Bastian.

Lachlan turned to Erick and asked how come he did not tell him about this. Erick quickly explained that the bastard, Bastian, did not tell him the whole story, saying that he was waiting for either triplets to come and talk to him.

Lachlan just shook his head.

Once Roel was done talking, Lachlan immediately ordered Fergus to arrange a meeting with the Cesaro pack. And also to invite the Cairin pack.

Fergus straight away agreed.

The next morning.

Amber was putting on the final touches to her makeup when she noticed Erick standing at her bedroom doorway, leaning against the door, via the reflection of her mirror.

She was surprised to see him since the other night, he had told her that he would be busy every morning due to work.

"I thought you were busy?" Amber asked as she walked over to him.

Erick narrowed his eyes at her dangerously. "Do you think I would let you come close with that bastard?" he asked.

Amber rolled her eyes. "Well, it's not as if he's going to be in the office every day," she replied. Because the previous owner hardly comes to the daycare so she assumed it would be the same with her son.

"I'm not taking my chances!"

Amber just sighed.

She doesn't know whether to feel a little tad irritated or a bit pleased. When they arrived at her workplace, he usually just dropped her at the entrance. But earlier, she was surprised to see he had driven past the entrance and into the parking lot.

He then parked his car and went to accompany her to the daycare. Amber had asked him why. And he replied with the same sentences; "I'm not taking my chances! What if he's here??"

Again, Amber could only sigh and let him do whatever he wanted.

After he had sent her to her classroom, yes, he went all the way to the classroom, he pecked her on the cheek, gave her a goodbye kiss and promised to pick her up later after she was done with work.

Amber tilted her head in contemplation as she watched her mate leave the daycare. Perhaps this was a blessing in disguise. She does miss him sending her to work and spending a little more time with her. She guessed this was probably how she could steal a wee bit of his time.

After Erick had finally left, Amber turned around to enter her classroom. However, before she could turn, she was surprised to see a tall man walking towards her way from the other side of the hallway. The silhouette of the man looked strangely familiar. As he got closer, Amber recognized him as Ronan Paccito.

Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What is he doing here so early in the morning?

Thinking that he was probably heading somewhere else, Ronan saw her and called out her name.

"Ms. Keene!"

Amber turned around, a confused look on her face. He was looking for me?

She stopped her tracks as she waited for him to approach her. And when he stood in front of her, she thought she must be imagining things as she saw him wincing as if in pain before changing his expression to neutral.

"Yes, Mr. Paccito?" she asked.

Ronan gave out a light chuckle. "You don't have to be so polite with me, Ms. Keene," he reassured. "You can call me 'Ronan'. Can I call you by your first name as well?"

Amber's eyes widened. She immediately refused his offer. "No, no, I wouldn't dare call you by your first name, Mr. Paccito," she said quickly. "Please, just call me 'Ms. Keene' too."

Ronan looked surprised at her refusal. He awkwardly scratched the back of his head and laughed. "Ah, right. I see," he said. "My apologies for making you feel awkward and uncomfortable."

Amber shook her head. "No, you did not, sir," she said. She then tilted her head in question. "But why are you looking for me, sir?"

Ronan blinked his eyes and said, still looking awkward, "I was actually thinking… Perhaps you could join me for lunch later?"

"Lunch?" Amber repeated in confusion. "With the other staff members?" She did not recall her colleagues informing her about a meetup for staff during lunch.

Ronan quickly corrected her. "No, it's just for the two of us!"

Amber's eyes widened once more. "What?"