Bedding My Vampire Mate

She merely saved one baby but the woman's appreciation made her feel as though she had saved the world.

"The feeling of being praised for doing something good sure feels amazing. I have never felt this way before," Joanna giggled and placed her right hand on her throbbing chest.

"It's just been a matter of seven minutes since we met today and I have learned a lot of things about you. I feel thrilled that I ran into you on the streets today," Raymond said, his gaze glued on her face.

His words made Joanna halt in her tracks. Slowly, she tilted her head and peered at his face.

Her dumbfounded expression showed that she had forgotten that someone was by her side all this while she performed these stunts.

[Kay and Drey have repeatedly asked me the source of my powers and I have tried everything possible to evade their questions each time. He can't be the first person I disclose this secret to, can he?... This is will be unfair to Drey and Kay]

Joanna tried to search for an excuse to escape from the guy whose mere looks showed that he had tons of questions for her.

Just then her eyes caught a glimpse of her silver wristwatch around her hand.

​ "Miss Butterfly...,"

"Gosh! I am late!" She shouted and spun to leave. But he reached out his hand and grabbed her. He didn't let her escape as she wanted.

"Miss Butterfly, I think we have a lot to talk about what transpired here...,"

"I wish I had the time to spare for that but unfortunately I don't," Joanna spoke hurriedly. "I was on my way to the cafe when I ran into you. I promised myself I would only spend five minutes with you but I couldn't to keep my word....," She trailed off.

"I wish I could give you what you want but I can't. I need to resume work right now," Joanna asserted. She attempted to walk away again but he refused to let go of her.

"What the...,"

"Hop into my car and let me drive you there," He offered.

"My workplace is just ahead of us. Taking me there won't be necessary," Joanna said and pointed her hand at where she said the cafe was.

Raymond wanted to insist but she was gone before he could stop her again.

Joanna arrived at the cafe just in time. She didn't run late nor did she come earlier.

The first people she saw apart from the customers who had occupied all the available seats were Mrs Parker, Amelia and Leah who were stationed at the counter.

"Hello Mrs Parker, I am sorry I didn't arrive earlier than this," Joanna apologized to the woman who didn't look upset at all.

"I am sure he must have told you everything so why are you still here?" Mrs Parker ignored her question and asked what was on her mind.

She looked beyond Joanna expecting to see him walk in but to her surprise, she didn't see the one she was searching for.

"He is not here," She exclaimed. There was relief on her face although she didn't make it obvious.

"Yes, he told me everything about you," Joanna replied with her chin held up. "Including his true relationship with Amelia," She said and diverted her attention to Amelia standing beside Leah.

"If he told you everything then why did you still come to work...,"

"And what is the reason I shouldn't come to work?" Joanna snapped. "Are you perhaps feeling uncomfortable around me because you are guilty of deceiving me along with your niece?" She asked, her gaze not shifting from Amelia's body.

"I have and will never regret anything I have done for His Majesty. That includes trying to bring you together and managing this cafe on your behalf," Mrs Parker replied with a stern expression.

"This cafe is yours so what did you mean by you would never regret managing the cafe for my sake?" Joanna asked as she averted her attention to Mrs Parker's face.

"You talk as if I own this place".

"You just agreed that he told you everything so I am sure he must have revealed that he bought this cafe under your name and asked me to manage it on your behalf...,"

"What!" Joanna shouted with widened eyes. At that moment she didn't care about the customer's glances which were on her.

Joanna swerved and took a careful look at the cafe. The cafe wasn't only huge but it was popular in the area.

So many prominent people come to patronize them every day.

As she examined this beautiful and sophisticated place, she refused to believe that she owned this place.

"Tell me you are lying, right?" Joanna asked after she had brought back her gaze to Mrs Parker's face.

"Lying to a royalty is a capital crime so how could my Auntie ever commit such a crime?" Amelia spoke up for the first time since Joanna arrived there.

"You agreed he told you everything but I guessed he purposely chose to keep this secret away from you because he didn't want to pressurize you...," Mrs Parker let her words linger.

"I can't believe I have failed my mission to keep this a secret. I have ruined his great plans," Mrs Parker's expression fell at the thought of this.

[Why does Mrs Parker look so disheartened?.... Would disclosing the truth to me without Kayden's approval get her into trouble?]

Despite the shock, Joanna was still able to notice the sudden changes in Mrs Parker's mood.

"It's not your fault you disclosed the truth to me but it's his fault for keeping such a big secret from me," Joanna stated angrily.

"How could he keep me in the dark for a long time?" She hissed.

"He knows your temperament more than anyone else does. He was afraid you wouldn't accept to work here despite the rejection from all the places you applied to back then and that was why he asked me to keep the truth a secret," Mrs Parker explained.