"So, Jared told me his parents are expecting is at their place tonight for dinner."

Cupid noticed the tense atmosphere immediately. The dining became silent as Linda and Cassie dropped their forks and fixed a cold stare on poor Ella.

Ella didn't look the least troubled as she ate her food quietly while Psyche glared at him from across the table.

They were having lunch a few hours after he returned with Ella. They had planned to get the family together so spend some time together.

He had other plans, he mused while rubbing his palms together. He just had to make sure both families agreed to come to dinner tonight.

"Where did you see Jared?" Linda asked her in an eerie voice.

"He came by earlier asking of you, Linda," Cupid intercepted sweetly.

So technically, gods weren't supposed to lie but he wasn't lying may be twisting the truth a bit.

Keep fooling yourself, Cupid, his mind sneered at him.

I'm not. The guy stopped by and he would have seen her if she would have agreed.

You're preaching to the choir, Cupid.

Shut...

"Cupid!"

"Uh-huh," he blinked snapping out of the conversation with his mind.

Expectant faces stared back at him.

"What?" He questioned completely confused.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Psyche roll her eyes at him.

"He gets lost sometimes, repeat the question," she grumbled.

What was her deal? He wondered curiously.

"I asked if you would accompany me to Jared's house," Cassie batted her lashes at him.

"Uhm..." He stared at them, "was that the question?"

"Silly Cassie," Linda said smiling at him, "I asked where Jared said we should come to. He wasn't alone with Ella, right?"

He saw a flash of panic across her face before it disappeared. "No, I was with them and he said you all should come to their house for dinner."

"Oh, well I guess we'll have to go then," Linda said in a resigned tone.

Excusing himself from the dining table, Cupid went to the room and flopped down on the bed. Stage one was in progress if things go exactly as he wants then he'd get his wings before Christmas.

The door swung open and Psyche stormed in fuming.

"What did you do?"

He blinked at her innocently. "What?"

She facepalmed. "I know what you did, Cupid."

"Enlighten me."

"You made those humans trick..."

He got lost in the rising and falling of her breast as she spoke, her lips slightly parting and her eyes flashing with golden orbs swirling around them.

Did she know her eyes were shining right now?

"Cupid!"

Out of instinct, his hands shot out to grab the flickering finger before he blinked and saw Psyche standing before him, her eyes wide with surprise, her lips still slightly parted.

His arms encircled her waist as he pulled her down on him. She was still in a daze because she hadn't spoken anything.

"Cupid! Psyche!!"

The pounding on their door snapped her out of her trance with the way she pushed him off and yanked the door open.

"Uh..." Cassie glanced back and forth between him and Psyche.

"What?!" Cupid snapped bitterly.

She had just ruined the magical moment when he was about to ravish the woman who had always refused him and she just stood at the door gaping at them like a fish out of water.

"Cupid!" Psyche hushed him.

Rolling his eyes, he stalked away from them. He knew what she was going to say, he had read her mind so he just went to join Ella and Linda outside.

"Where's the rest of them?" Linda asked upon seeing him.

He muttered something incoherent and the two girls appeared at the doorway still staring at him awkwardly.

Sorry about earlier, Cupid.

He glanced at Psyche and she gave him a small smile. She knew he could hear her thoughts so she was using that to her advantage.

I didn't mean for that to happen it could have blown up our plan, she continued and he tuned out her thoughts.

He couldn't give a fuck if their plans got blown up, a taste of her lips would compensate him for that.

Then you'd lose your wings and go back to being an ugly dwarf, his mind designed to point out.

True, he agreed.

They all took a short walk across the street and soon they were settled in a warm cozy sitting room with a mug of hot chocolate in their hands.

Jared was giving Ella lovey-dovey eyes while his parents were trying their best to be a good host. James was nowhere to be found, he noticed.

Shortly after a few minutes, he set the adults up with a boring conversation about the inflation happening in the country then left after hooking Jared and Ella up.

He then went in search of James and Cassie leaving Psyche to keep the adults' conversation going. She seemed vast in that area.

He saw a lone figure standing on the back porch then saw a flash of blonde hair and felt an aura of rage. He shivered slightly at the intensity of the anger and his heart went out for poor unsuspecting James.

"James!"

Cupid had a better look of the guy now that he had turned to face the ball of fury aka Cassie. He was tall with dark curly hair and an athlete body, his deep green eyes gazing at Cassie with regret and hurt in them.

He stared at them, his mouth forming an 'O' shape as he realized what had happened between these two people.

Out of all the people his arrow choose to hit by mistake, it just had to be them.

At this point, he doubted if he could ever get them to reveal their feelings for each other again for once upon a time these two humans were in love and he had ruined it.

Ten thousand curses are upon his parents, Venus and Mars for condemning him to this fate.

Even Psyche would hate him if she ever finds out...

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