Chapter 94: A kiss

Inside the small cage, the little cub curled slightly into itself, its bright and active eyes staring at Hazel curiously.

Both human and fox stared into each other’s eyes for a while until the cub averted its gaze, its red eyes drifting to the necklace that had peeked out of Damien’s shirt during the game. Its gaze remained there for a while, before it turned away.

Around them, the crowd were still buzzing in excitement after Damien had won the game. However, the loudest whispers came from the women, who couldn’t help but to dart Damien a somewhat shy look.

Then, they all giggled in sync.

After the excitement died down slightly, several young women began walking towards Damien. Damien didn’t even notice this, until he heard a soft voice beside him.

“Mister, that was amazing.” The woman, looking to be in her early twenties, uttered with bright eyes as she smoothened her hair shyly.

Before Damien could even reply, another group of women approached excitedly.

“Mister, you were so handsome just now.”

“Mister, can I know your name?”

A woman laughed lightly and asked, "Mister, you seem quite skilled. Are you a hunter by chance?”

More women gathered and the men from the sides could only watch on with envy.

They also wanted to be surrounded by women like that.

Even though his face was hidden, Damien’s tall and confident posture attracted the attention of these women.

One of the women, who seemed better looking than the others was even bolder, she took a small step closer to Damien and spoke with an alluring smile, “Mister, if you ever need company, you can visit my wine shop. I will be glad to entertain a man of an extraordinary bearing like you.”

Another chimed in, “Why wait until he needed company? We would be glad to keep his company tonight.”

Hazel watched all this happen without any expression on her face, but her hold on the cage tightened slightly. Some of the women even pushed her aside, making Hazel grit her teeth.

The little cub glanced at the women surrounding Damien and a look of disdain flashed in its eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

The happy smile on Hazel’s face had completely disappeared at this point. She glanced sideways at Damien who remained alienated and calm towards the women, but he did not chase them away either.

‘He must be enjoying their attention.’ Hazel thought to herself, feeling something sour and unpleasant seeping into her heart.

Irritation suddenly grew within her.

One of the women surrounding Damien suddenly pressed herself close to Damien and said coyly, “This mister doesn’t seem married, I am willing to be friends with you and that is if you don’t mind.”

That was the final straw.

Damien was about to refuse when Hazel matched forward and grabbed his wrist firmly, holding the cage in her other hand.

Then she gave the women a forced but somewhat threatening smile, “I’m sorry to disappoint you all, but he is not available.”

With that, she glared at Damien in a somewhat accusatory manner and spat, “We are leaving.”

She did not give him the chance to refuse before dragging him away.

The women failed to react on time and by the time they did, Hazel and Damien had already vanished.

The women let out a sigh of regret and some even lamented.

“Such a pity. It’s rare to see such a man, but he’s already taken.”

“I didn’t know she was his lover, I even pushed her aside.”

“Well, they don’t act like typical couples, so you can’t be blamed.”

Neither Damien nor Hazel heard what the women were saying as they were already a few distances away.

Hazel dragged him forward wordlessly, and Damien stared at her with a smile in his eyes, allowing himself to be dragged.

By the time they reached the edge of the market, the sky had already begun to darken. A cartridge was already waiting in front of them, the guards had prepared it earlier.

Hazel climbed in first, her expression somewhat stiff.

“You can let go of my hand now.” He said after entering after her and Hazel paused.

She spun around to give him a look and uttered sarcastically, “What, can’t wait to go back there?”

Damien fell silent, he did not say a word and merely stared at her, making Hazel assume that he really wanted to go back there.

Her visage quickly darkened, “Turned out that the taste of the great Alpha is as low as it can be, you can even settle with any woman now.”

Unexpectedly, instead of getting angry, Damien gave a low chuckle and asked, “Are you jealous?”

Hazel choked on her next words and she quickly refuted, "What nonsense? Why would I be jealous?”

“You dragged me away rather quickly.” He pointed out and she avoided his gaze.

“Well, I was tired.” Her awkward reply came and the smile in Damien’s eyes deepened.

Hazel could feel his gaze on her and her heart became restless.

Jealous? Why would she be jealous?

She was just…just….

Damien studied her expression, took in her reddened earlobes and suddenly asked, “Don’t I deserve an award for getting the fox cub for you?”

Hazel raised her head in surprise, “You want a reward?”

He arched his brow at her, “Can’t I?”

Hazel stared at him, unable to understand what was going through his mind, but she still complied.

“What reward do you want?”

Damien’s eyes shifted to her lower lip which had traces of her teeth from biting, then he leaned slightly closer.

“A kiss.”

Hazel’s eyes widened slightly, and the atmosphere suddenly felt smaller.

But after a brief moment of hesitation, she leaned forward and planted a quick kiss on his lips. Damien was surprised, he had only made that request on a whim, he never expected her to really do it.

His eyes dimmed slightly and before Hazel could completely retreat, he pulled her back and kissed her.

Outside, a ragged man watched the carriage sped away and frowned.

“What’s going on? When did they become so close?”