Chapter 55

Kai POV

It’s been days since I and Lily last spoke and the distance between us was slowly driving me to the brink of madness.

Each passing hour away from her felt like an eternity, Hud had refused to speak to me because I had refused to take him to see Lily.

I sat at my desk, staring blankly at the paperwork piled in front of me, my mind completely elsewhere. No matter how hard I tried to focus, my thoughts kept drifting back to Lily. How could she stand not seeing or hearing from me for so long? The thought alone twisted like a knife in my gut.

It was as if she didn’t care that we were mates. The thoughts infuriated me. I, on the other hand, found it nearly impossible to focus on anything but her. I couldn’t go a single hour without thinking of her, and yet she seemed completely unfazed.

A soft knock on the door startled me from my brooding. But before I could respond, the door swung open and Briella – my so-called assistant walked in. Though being my assistant, she was not able to d