AITHAN I figured he would be the first to leave. As he had gotten what he wanted, I didn't think he would stick around some more, but he proved me wrong. It made me realize he wasn't yet satisfied. However, when he asked me not to leave, I saw the emotions he was trying so hard to hide. He didn't avert his gaze as he stared into my eyes. I had to reach over and cup his face in my hands. “What do you want with me, Alex? Is it just my body?” He frowned at the question but didn't say a word. The more time he wasted, the more I became convinced of what his reply would be. He had never made it a secret. “No.” His response shocked me. I didn't expect to get such a response from him, at least not with a straight face. “I would be a liar if I said I only wanted you for your body, Aithan. I had long known there was something different about you, something that drew me to you, but I had been fighting it all along.” He leaned down and placed a kiss on my cheeks. “I don't recognize what tha
I'd forgotten about her. Had Pink not mentioned Michelle, I wouldn't have recalled there was someone I know whose name was Michelle. My mind was occupied with thoughts of Alex.“Yes. She arrived a few minutes ago, and your father had been trying to get a hold of you but couldn't contact you,” Pink explained, falling into steps with me. “Where have you been, though?”“I was out with a drinking buddy,” I responded offhandedly. I didn't need to think about it before I let the response out. I couldn't call Alex a friend. We weren't friends. We were merely enemies with benefits. Now that I had that out, it sounded quite odd, but that was what we were. “A drinking buddy?” Pink sounded sceptical. I didn't blame him, though. This was the first time I mentioned a drinking buddy. “I met him last night while out on a race. He's quite good.” More than good. If there was one thing Alex was good with, it was kissing and fucking. He knew exactly how to press my buttons and get me to moan like a s
ALEXI had my bath just like Aithan asked me to. I didn't want to wash out his scent, but I knew I had to do that. Marcus would smell his scent on me from a mile away, and this time, he would know I was intimate with him. Any Alpha could tell. Dressed, I left the hotel and returned to the house. Marcus wasn't at home, so I didn't get any confrontation. It was for the best though. I didn't return to my room. Instead, I went straight to the training room to exercise. The men practising all stopped what they were doing to bow to me.“It's alright. You can continue.” I urged them to rise as I gestured for Max to follow me to my office. “So, how was it?” Max asked the second he stepped into my office. I hadn't even sat down before he spoke. “Was she your mate? Did you sleep with her?” He sounded excited. “I believe so.” Frowning, I plopped down on the chair and folded my arms. “I knotted in him when we had sex.”“I said it. She's your mate!”If he heard the use of the 'he' pronoun, he
AITHANI blinked at him. Never in my wildest imagination would I believe I would one day have such a conversation with Pink. “You are gay?” I asked once more, to convince myself I heard him correctly, and that my ears weren't playing tricks on me. He nodded, his cheeks red. “It's not that obvious, is it?” “It's not. I wouldn't have even suspected a thing.” I gave him an appraisal. Aside from his unusual love for the pink colour, there was nothing odd about him. He spoke about girls like the rest of us and even talked about getting married to one and having a family. Was that all a hoax? To get us from knowing he was different from us? It wasn't far-fetched. He must have realized not everyone would be accommodating of his sexuality. “I know.” He smiled. “I only dated once though, and just decided to stop it after what happened to you.” He looked up sharply. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I was guilty. You see. I believed you would hate me should you know I was gay because o
“So, where are you taking me?” Michelle asked with a smile, wriggling her brows at me. “Well… Let's see.” I racked my brain for a place to take her to. I'd never been out of the house unless it was for something necessary. And then, it was to go to either my bar, to check out things for Viktor or a stakeout. I always took the women I dated in the past to the bar. There was no reason to think of where to take them when they liked me just for me. Okay, I once took one out to dinner. News flash? It was my restaurant. So, that was it. I had never been a romantic man. I sucked at it. Viktor always dragged my ears about this, but it wasn't my fault. I had little experience in that area, as Viktor wasn't the right role model. I doubt he had dated anyone since he became my father. He dedicated his entire life to me. I believe he influenced me.“Ai?” Michelle called out, bringing my focus back to her.“You choose. I don't even know much about the city. I can take you on a drive around, but
“That was fun!” Michelle sighed as she got up, stretching her back. “Even though I lost to you, I had fun. I didn't know life could be so interesting when you do something fun with someone you are close to. Let's do this again next time.”“Yeah.” Yawning, I got up from the chair and held her bag up. “Are you hungry? Should we go find something to eat?” I was hoping she would take the bait to avoid getting more messages from that damned, lousy werewolf. For the past hour, I had been getting messages from him, texts I didn't bother to open because I knew it would all be from him. You would have thought we were dating from the number of texts he had sent. “Eat? I'm not that hungry. Why don't we play for a few minutes more? We can play poker. I've been dying to try this out. I haven't done it in a long time.” She pouted, giving me her best puppy dog look. This would have worked on me had it not been for my eagerness to get out of there. I didn't want to get bombarded by texts from Alex
“No, it's not. I don't eat seafood,” I lied through my teeth, ignoring Michelle, who looked at me suspiciously. She knew I loved seafood as I always took her to the one near our high school each time we got a free period. “Oh.” He let go, his face in an unreadable mask. “I will have them prepare something else for you. I apologize for my oversight. I shouldn't have assumed you liked something without asking you about it.”“You don't need to bother.” I sat back in the chair. “What are you doing here?” Michelle asked Alex. Somehow, she had forgotten how he almost bit her head off because she called his name and how he ignored her. Alex glanced at her, his mouth still pulled up in a frown as he muttered. “This place is mine. Of course, I have every right to be here.”“What??” Michelle gasped, as she placed her right palm over her heart. “You owe this place??? What the hell???”“What do you want to have? I will have them make it for you. It's on the house. You can order whatever you wa
“It's okay. I will eat this.” Michelle frowned as she looked down at her plate. It looked like she had realized Alex didn't like her. It was such a pity, as it seemed like she liked him.“Are you enjoying your time here?” Alex grinned at me, acting like he couldn't tell he had broken a woman's heart.“What are you doing?” I glared at him, gritting those words out. “Don't you have anything else to do? Something to occupy your time with?” I didn't feel comfortable having him here with me, but he seemed as if he enjoyed it.“Come on. Why are you acting like we are strangers? We have basically seen each other's —”“What about the food? Why haven't they served it yet?” I cut his words short before he could complete them. Knowing how shameless he was, it wasn't difficult to know what he might likely speak about last night.“It's on the way.” He smirked as leaned on the table with his right hand under his jaw, looking at me with a suspicious expression on his face. I didn't need to be told t
When he finally opened his mouth to speak, the words that left his lips matched his expression. “So this is the slut you have been fooling around with?”“That's enough, Father,” he growled, his eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched in angerI couldn't even speak. At that moment, all I could hear was the condescension in his tone, the way he looked down at me like I was nothing but dirt under his feet, someone who wasn't worthy of his son and deserved to rot in hell. "What's enough? Stating the fact?" He scoffed, his gaze still fixed on me.“I won't stand with you insulting him," Alex gritted out, his annoyance seeping out.But Marcus didn't seem to care. He took a step closer to me, his eyes blazing with contempt. He didn't hide his hatred, didn't conceal his disgust for me.“A beta, and the son of Viktor Kael, no less,” he spat. “I should have known you'd stoop to this level, Alex. You're a traitor to our family's name. You are not worthy of being my son if you are this ready to stick
I smiled at his reply before I kissed him. This time, he didn't remove his lips. He knew I wanted to express my joy at his response, to show him how I felt knowing how important I am to him. He placed both hands on my cheeks and deepened the kiss, matching my pace, showing me how important I am to him, and how much he loved me. I rose from my kneeling position and climbed on his body, moaning loudly as he kissed me. The intensity of the kiss almost rocked me to my core.He placed me on the couch, still kissing me. His hands roamed my entire body until he had me naked, with my clothes removed and my mind hazy from the kiss. I didn't even know when we got naked. I was still coming down from the feeling of having him kiss me, and I only noticed how naked we were when I felt something poke my rear. “Relax,” he whispered, working two of his fingers into my hole. I widened my legs to give him access to the place that should have been forbidden to other men. I gasped, writhing under him o
AITHANWhat was more embarrassing than your best friend knowing you were about to get it? Nothing. Okay, your father knowing about it sounded worse than that. I would be damned embarrassed should Viktor know of it. I wouldn't be able to look him in the eyes. 'It's not as if he didn't know you were already getting it.' Tan rolled his eyes. 'You make it sound like he's a kid that doesn't know what goes on in the bedroom.' 'He knew, but it doesn't mean he knows I'm the one getting banged from behind.' 'Everyone can tell, darling. You are smaller than Alex. He wouldn't be the one getting it.' 'Shut the fuck up!''Says the man who's going to get his mouth shut with a meaty dick.' And just like he always did each time he wanted to rile me up, he closed our connection, so I wouldn't tell him what I thought of his words. “Still thinking of what he said?” Alex grazed my left cheek. “You don't need to be upset about his words.”“Who said I'm worried about that?” I knelt and burrowed my f
ALEX“The marks?”“Huh?” He tilted his head to the side, blinking cutely like a puppy. “What about the marks you will get? How will you hide it from your father and —”“We are werewolves, Alex. Have you forgotten?” He leaned back on his heels and my hold on the necktie slipped, giving him enough chance to do what he wanted. He slid his polo over his head and pointed to the places the marks from the gunshots should have been. “See? It's all gone now. The only marks that remain on our body are the deep ones. You make it sound like you don't know what I'm talking about." Is it crazy my gaze was on his nipples the entire time? The pert little things were calling out to me in a way that made it difficult for me to resist them. I had to tear my gaze away from them to focus on Aithan, who was waiting for a response. I doubt he knew what I had in mind, couldn't tell I wanted to tug hard on his nipples. They would look good in nipple clamp, one I will have to tug hard on when I have it fixed
“Is that a promise, Ly?” He brushed his thumb on my lips and smiled down at me, his eyes crinkling. “Slut,” I corrected. “Huh?”“I'm your slut, remember?” I caressed his dick through his slacks, still keeping that sultry expression on my face. For the first time since we got together, I was ready to show him how wild I could be, to let him know the demon bottled within me, eager to be let out of the confines. It was time to make him see me for whom I really was. “I love the sound.” He straightened and walked away from me. For a moment, I thought my words scared away him despite looking pleased by them, but he returned after getting something from his drawer. “A tie?” I frowned. “What are you going to do with that?”“What do you think?” He leaned down, so we were eyeball to eyeball and wrapped the necktie around my neck. He yanked me towards him and a shocked gasp left my lips.Strangely, the pain made my dick harden to the point of pain. This was it. Alex was finally giving me wha
Alex broke away from the kiss. Panting, he placed his forehead on mine and smiled. “I missed you, darling.”“I do too.”Panting, I stared into his eyes, getting drawn into the hazel eyes I fell in love with. It felt like he was drawing me, trying to suck me into a world that was solely his. I didn't fight the pool. I lost the fight when I told him about my feelings. It didn't feel necessary anymore.“I love you, Ly. Never doubt that.”I didn't need to. No one could fake that expression. I could tell he meant those words. He placed his hand under my jaw and lifted my gaze to his. Smiling, he placed another kiss on my lips. “What do you want us to do?” His gaze was suggestive. I knew what he wanted, but acted like I didn't. Batting my eyes, I peered up at him through my lashes. “What do you want us to do?”“You don't know?” He tugged me closer. “Let's see…”His eyes sparkled, the orb filled with mischief. “What do you want me to do to you, darling?”“What can you do?”I was teasing h
AITHANI had so many things to talk to him about on the ride to his casino. I wanted to ask why he didn't call me when I expected him to, and what he needed to talk to me about, but he didn't seem that comfortable with Pink. I could tell from the time he saw him. He looked like he was contemplating ways of kicking Pink out without angering me. He wasn't even trying to conceal his feelings.I had to turn my focus on the trees we were racing past to avoid ogling Alex. The black shirt he was putting on should have been damned illegal. It hugged his body in the right places, showing off his ripped chest, a part of his body that was solely mine. Tearing my gaze away from his body was a reasonable choice. With Pink and his sensitive nose in the car, it wouldn't be difficult for him to smell my arousal. I had to keep my damned thoughts out of the gutter! The minute we walked into his casino, Alex turned to me with a pleading expression. “Can I speak with you alone? If you don't trust me en
ALEX I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel, humming to ease my nerves. The sun had gone down, but it was still bright out. The night was yet to come, which made it the perfect time for a romantic getaway. It was such a pity we wouldn't be doing that. I only called Aithan to fill him up on what I had been up to and to ask if he was interested in seeking Maximo out with me.I ignored the intense desire to protect him from Maximo, knowing he wouldn't be thrilled to know I ventured out alone without telling him.As I waited patiently for him, I kept on checking the time, praying for the minute to run faster. I arrived an hour early to wait for him, eager to see him. The minute my phone beeped to let me know it was time — I set an alarm — I saw him coming towards my car. My lips lifted at the sight of my lover, only for my joy to dampen when I realized he wasn't alone. He was coming over with the blonde man, who was kind enough to give me his number, so I could contact Aithan. Frow
With Viktor out, leaving wouldn't be that difficult. I could just take Pink with me to ensure my safety. Not like I was suspecting Alex. Marcus was the one I didn't trust. I had to be cautious, to thread carefully with them.“Perfect. See you later, darling. I love you.”Those last three words warmed my heart. It sounded so beautiful coming from him. “I love you too,” I responded, confident about my feelings. “I love you more,” he insisted before he disconnected, so I wouldn't argue with him about who loves the other more. With the call disconnected, I let out a sigh and plopped down on the bed just as Pink opened the door and looked in.“Am I safe to step in?”“Of course.” I raised his phone. “He asked me to meet him by 6, and —”“I'm coming with you.” He reached for his phone. “You are not talking me out of it this time.”“I know you will say that.” I sat up on the bed, yawning. “I'm not talking you out of anything. You are coming with me.”I had already decided on that. Taking