Coffee in Silence

I went back to the first place I had smelled that scent.

It was so faint back then that I was partly unsure if it truly was my mate.

I brushed it off, knowing very well that I couldn’t pursue anything with this woman.

Here I was standing inside this perfume shop making this lady run me through all the perfumes they had.

Hoping to buy myself enough time until this mate of mine came here again.

I was hoping she had worked here rather than being a customer.

That maybe when the shift change happened, she would be the one.

Soon after the first woman’s shift was done, she was replaced with another woman.

However, this wasn’t my mate.

We went through all the perfumes again. hoping for her to come by here.

By the time the last perfume came past again, there was still no mate of mine walking through the door.

I apologized to the woman and gave her a massive tip as an apology for being a nuisance.

When I reached the door, the smell hit me again. I stopped my wolf from growling since we were sur