At Raine Private Residence, Moon Clan Territory

Boris quickly recovered his strength and was able to join Lyne and the rest for dinner that evening.

"Geez, you should\'ve told us that you\'re allergic to titanium," Levi mumbled.

Boris chuckled, "No way… Why would I say anything about my weakness? Besides, titanium alone wouldn\'t kill me."

"But you can die if you expose yourself to it for far too long," Lyne snorted. She couldn\'t believe how Boris was so careless not mentioning important things such as that but then he had a point that it was a weakness that others could actually be used against him.

"You sound worried. Maybe I should stab myself with titanium every once in a while just to make you worry about me often. I wouldn\'t mind doing it," Boris shamelessly stated, not minding that there were others in the room. He was just being his usual self, vocal as ever. He was enjoying how Lyne\'s face was blushing like that.

Lyne blushed in embarrassment as she shot Boris a murderous glare, making the man quickly shut his mouth.

Mia frowned as she mumbled, "Oh please… Can we stop with the bickering while I\'m here? Let\'s just eat in peace and have some casual conversations, yes?" She understood the tension going between the two, having those so-called \'Mate Pull\' and stuff but she preferred that the bickerings she was witnessing were not between other people but hers and Levi.

Mia\'s face twitched, recalling the cliffhanger in their conversation before Boris passed. \'What nice timing!\' And now she did not even know how to bring the topic back between her and Levi.

Meanwhile, Levi gulped as he gave Mia sneaky glances every other minute or so. After Boris\'s incident, he and Mia didn\'t manage to continue where they left off. It was honestly an awkward situation with just them working and not talking to each other. Levi was getting anxious, and he wondered if Mia felt the same way too. Then again, there would be no way for him to know unless he talked to her about it. Levi could only sigh as he ate in silence with the rest.

After dinner, Levi and Mia went back to the control room while Lyne headed directly to her room, leaving Boris to do the same. She still had to keep on reporting to the Yue Group and make sure that everything was going according to plan regarding Yun\'s embezzlement of company funds and his intentions to frame Raine up for his own corruption.

She sighed, wondering how their Boss could even manage handling everything, including leading on all fronts despite the personal struggles she had to go through involving Tyrone. She could only imagine the stress of it all, especially now that her father was about to come back.

Cleaning herself up getting ready to go to bed, she stared at the ceiling absentmindedly. There were a lot of things going inside her head and she quickly cleared her head since she needed enough sleep especially now.

Lyne was close to dozing off when she suddenly felt a lump on the side of her bed. Moving quickly, she immediately went to attack the intruder but halted as she saw Boris\'s face with the dim light of her room.

"Dammit! What are you doing on my bed?! Why are you even here!" she hissed as she took a parting glance at the door that she was sure she locked before going to sleep. This man would be the death of her!

Boris seemed to understand what she was thinking and said, "The sliding door by the balcony is open. You do know that we\'re better than monkeys when it comes to climbing…"

"Yeah, sneaking into someone else\'s room like a thief is part of your specialties!" Lyne scowled with a righteous frown.

Boris, however, ignored her obvious discomfort as he shamelessly asked, "Can I sleep in your room tonight? I was planning on using the door, but I was…"

Lyne\'s eyebrows snapped. She then rolled her eyes as she chided, "You mean you\'re trying to sneak in and sleep beside me thinking I wouldn\'t wake up. I\'m sure that\'s why you didn\'t bother to knock on my door or even call or message to ask if I\'ll agree to it first!"

Boris remained silent, only giving her an unapologetic smile for getting caught as he scratched his head. He just couldn\'t help it.

Lyne let out a frustrated sigh as she complained, "Aren\'t you so full of yourself!? You should be doing this once Danos\'s head is already rolling by my feet!"

"And I will deliver it to you soon, right after we attack the Convel Society," Boris reassured. "Danos\'s head is the first thing I will look for. Don\'t worry."

A part of him could tell that he was so close to breaking. He said that he would honor their agreement, but he just couldn\'t help himself. It was really hard for him since he was an impulsive person, someone used to always using his strength or cunning to get what he wanted regardless of what anyone else might say.

Aire had told him to take things slow with Lyne, but it was something that he was utterly incapable of. He was someone who preferred to finish things in one go. Someone who felt like time was too precious to even waste a single second in taking his time to properly do the deed.

Lyne was his mate… So close, yet still beyond his reach…

He let out a conflicted and frustrated sigh as he searched for the proper words to say.

"Bring me his head… and you can do anything you want with me. Till then, can you at least refrain from touching me?! I\'m serious about it. Don\'t give me bullsh*it about this \'Mate Pull\' thing because obviously, I won\'t be able to find myself to relate! You\'re creeping me out, Boris…" Lyne coldly reiterated.

Boris swallowed a lump down his throat, feeling the frigid chill oozing with every word she uttered. It was unfair. Here he was, burning and dying for her, but Lyne somehow acted distant again.

And here, he thought that he was making good progress, that their interactions were showing signs of improvement.

Was he wrong with his assumptions all this time? Why was the Moon Goddess so harsh with him by giving him a human as a \'Mate\'... A tough one woman to crack on top of that!

With dropped shoulders, Boris got up from Lyne\'s bed and whispered, "I\'ll be going now. Sorry for disturbing you. Goodnight, Lyne." His kind and humans were really different in a lot of things and one of them should blend to work things out. He was willing to do it… He was trying to do it with the utmost that he could but then he guessed he was doing things in a wrong way or he was not doing enough?

Lyne bit her inner cheek, noticing the disheartened tone in Boris\'s voice. She watched his back as he walked towards the balcony and left. When he was finally gone, she wearily slumped her back, her lifeless body plopping itself onto the bed.

She had a choice. It wasn\'t like Boris forced her to agree with his offer. She could always decline, and yet she chose to agree. As much as she valued herself both as a woman and as a person, she was still willing to keep her end of the bargain.

Boris\'s shameless aggressiveness was a bit too much for her to process. She recognized that she had conflicted feelings that she herself was having a hard time sorting out properly. Yet, she appreciated how Boris would still listen and do what she wanted despite his constant bouts of sexual harassment, justifying that they would lead into doing the deed sooner or later.

For some reason, she found his compelling and persistent ways not annoying lately… But that wasn\'t to say that she was enjoying it… It seemed more like a balanced tightrope between begrudging tolerance and outright hatred?

Lyne heaved a deep long sigh before finally closing her eyes. On the other hand, Boris stayed outside as he stared through the glass doors of Lyne\'s balcony. He frowned deeply as he mumbled, "Where\'s that little cupid? I don\'t know what else to do…"

Boris was at loss… Desperation was plastered all over his face. He had to have Lyne at least willingly even though he managed to give her an offer she eventually accepted. He wondered how the courting of humans was since he was not familiar with it. Aire mentioned it but it lacked details. He wondered if Mia could help him since Mia was more mature and knowledgeable in this adult stuff compared to Aire.. Mia knew Lyne far too long so maybe he could ask Mia for help instead? He was really out of his depth when it came to capturing a woman\'s heart.