A Mistake Mate novel Chapter 70

"You don't look to shabby yourself." I answered cheekily. And it was the truth. Xander currently wore a plain white v neck short with a pair of dark khakis and converses. His dark hair was perfectly messy and his eyes sparkled.

Xander chuckled before reaching forward and taking my hand in his, resting our joined hands on the table. After a few more minutes of talking the adults turned their attention towards us. Reed inspected our joined hands before looking at my face.

I had just raised my glass to my lips when he decided that he was going to ask me a question.

"So Paisley, when are you and my son going to complete the mating bond?" Reed questioned causally. I chocked on my drink, the cold water getting stuck in my throat causing me to cough loudly. My eyes watered and I felt Xander's hand patting my back gently.

After I had swallowed the water and quieted down my coughs I looked up at Reed with wide eyes.

"Excuse me?" I asked, hoping that I had heard him wrong.

"I asked, when are you and my son going to complete the mating bond?" He repeated the question. I felt blood rushing to my face immediately and suddenly got the urge to hide.

"Reed! That's not something that you can just go asking people!" Emily scolded her mate but I saw the amusement in her eyes. My parents on the other hand didn't even try to hide the fact that they thought all of this was funny, they simply laughed at my expense.

I huffed quietly before turning back to Reed, trying to figure out how to answer his question.

"I- um I- I don't really- I don't know really." I began to stutter pathetically when I felt Xander squeeze my hand and sigh. I looked over at him to see that he look a mixture of things, surprised, amused and embarrassed.

"Dad leave her alone, your embarrassing her." Xander ordered through a chuckle. I sighed in relief when Reed raised his hands up in surrender.

The rest of dinner, thankfully, went by smoothly. Casual conversation was passed between the six of us and when all of the food was eaten we moved into the living room.

I look to his face when he cleared his throat and frowned in confusion when I noticed that he was now standing in front of me. I tried to stand up but Xander placed his hand on my shoulder to keep me down. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, black box.

*Paisley's POV*

My heart immediately kicked into over drive as my eyes shifted back and forth from Xander's face to the small black box. Xander was also staring at me intently and when my eyes connected with his they finally rested there. I bit my lip and watched Xander to see what he would do next.

Xander sucked in a big breath before slowly opening up the box. I gasped when I saw the beautiful ring that lay inside. The band was silver but the three jewels, one large and two small, were a beautiful shade of topaz blue. I watched with wide eyes as Xander slowly grasped my left hand and gently pulled me to my feet.

There was only inches between us and I couldn't help but to breath in Xander's comforting scent. A smile appeared on Xander's face when he watched me do this but he was soon back to his serious mask. I bit my lip and watched as Xander sucked in a large breath, preparing to speak.

"This is a promise ring." Xander began, gently taking the beautiful ring from the box and taking my hand in his.