CHAPTER 43

KADEN’S P.O.V: THE PAST

I stared at my mother with a blank expression waiting for her to say that it was all a joke but she remained smiling as if she had just given me the opportunity of a lifetime. I glanced over at Lucy who looked up at me through her lashes in what was supposed to be an innocent look but ended up making my skin crawl. I promptly looked away and I saw her smile fall.

I was pissed that my mother kept trying to interfere and shove Lucy down my throat. I had told her time without number that I was not interested in Lucy that way but she seemed determined to have me mate with Lucy. I wanted to tell her that I had a mate but I knew that conversation was not going to end well at all so I stayed quiet.

“What do you think?” she asked when she realized I hadn’t said anything. “Lucy is available to start whenever you want. She is a hard worker and she-”

“You don’t need to speak for her,” I cut my mother off.

She was shocked that I had spoken back to her and I saw her entire