Page 60 of Shark 2

The guys refused to put off the grand re-opening of their new restaurant, SeaZen Palace, despite the potential threat. I understood their reasoning, and was able to request the night off from Gina so I could be there to help them.

If it were my restaurant opening, I would have been a nervous wreck, but the guys were calm and collected as they finished putting out the place settings and prepping all the food.

Since the guys had boasted about the twins’ all over the pop music internet boards, they were going to be the main servers for the night. I opted to stay in the back to clean dishes and help with plating food, so I would stay out of the public’s eye.

Theo questioned why I wasn’t jealous about it, but I explained that these people could come and ogle my men all they wanted without upsetting me, because I knew my men would come home to me that night and every night after. They would smile and dote on the patrons, but that was all they were to them.

I was their soon-to-be mate with the ring on my finger and theirs proved that.

Reed kissed my cheek and rubbed his cheek along my other one. “You are beautiful.”

Looking up at him, I arched a brow. “You get into some wolf nip or something?”

He rolled his eyes. “That’s not even a thing.”

“There’s got to be something like catnip for wolves. I’m sure of it. I’ll ask Theo. I bet she knows.”

Placing hands on either side of my face, he squished my cheeks, making my lips purse, and kissed me roughly. “I love the silly things you say.”

“Why are you squishing my face?” I asked.

“So you can’t pull back as I do this,” he said and licked me from chin to nose.

I spluttered and wiped my face, laughing. “You butt.”

“Hey, you two! No shenanigans in the kitchen,” Grant snapped. “That’s gross and unsanitary.”

Reed and I rolled our eyes simultaneously.

“Yes, sir,” I said and moved to the door to peek out the window. As I walked by him, I slapped his ass, getting a soft growl from him and a chuckle from Reed.

There were people lined up outside and the twins were smiling smugly.

“Ready?” they asked.

I gave them a thumbs-up in the window.

Grant exhaled harshly. “Well, here we go. Let’s hope we prepared enough.”

“I think the main issue is going to be the number of patrons wanting to eat here tonight,” I commented. “You guys did the test run yesterday with no issues.” They had invited all of our friends to come last night as a soft launch and everything went perfectly. Theo had even brought dates with her. Yes, plural. Apparently, the two guys she was currently dating didn’t have an issue sharing, and while I wasn’t sure about them yet, they clearly cared about Theo.

“Right,” Grant said sternly and nodded. “No time for worrying. It’s time to focus.” As Jong-min sat the first table, Grant filled ice water in glasses and carried them out there.

“I think he’s just nervous because we all want this to work and he doesn’t want to disappoint the twins,” Reed whispered.

“Sorry I’m late,” Jong-kyu said as he rushed inside, washed his hands, and put on an apron. “I was spreading word about the opening around town and helping get the line to wrap around the building instead of crossing the street.”

“People were trying to line up across the street?” I asked, eyes wide.

He nodded. “My brothers’ fans showed up in force. I counted at least fifty people in line.”

My mouth dropped. Fifty people all waiting to come eat here.

“That’s awesome!” Reed exclaimed.

“There’s going to be quite a wait for them,” I said and tapped my lips. I put my hand up with a finger in the air. “I got it! Jong-kyu, there are water bottles in the fridge, we were going to use them for us, but why don’t you take it to the people who are thirty or more back in line? Let them know that we apologize in advance for their wait time, but we are giving them water to ensure they aren’t without anything.”

“That’s a great idea,” he said, shocking me as it was the first time he’d said anything remotely nice about me. He took off the apron and raced into the walk-in refrigerator to do as I’d suggested.

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