Page 43 of Mated into the Mob

My bare feet stepped over the cool marble, reminding me of the bar at the club. At one end of the room was the stand-alone tub with a view to the grounds and the medium-sized-ass pool. The topiary wolves and the woods beyond. I wouldn’t mind visiting just for a dip in that bath that appeared to be made of marble too. Yikes!

There were his-and-his sinks in the long vanity, and at the other end of the room was a massive walk-in shower with two shower heads. They might have been those ones that simulated waterfalls.

Set into the wall were shelves piled high with fluffy white towels. Opposite was a floor-to-ceiling mirror, a sofa, and an array of toiletries, most of which were unused.

“Do you ever use this bathroom or do you slum it in the basement one?”

Flint appeared, still naked, his hands on either side of the doorway. If I wasn’t so peeved I’d have jumped him.

“I’ll be taking a shower now, as we’re late.”

I noted two words: we and late. We weren’t anything unless the driver waiting to take me home was pacing over the driveway and checking his watch.

“Huh?”

“I have lunch with my family every Sunday, but as it’s past lunch time, I postponed it to dinner.”

I waggled my finger, and his eyes glowed, his chest heaved, and I got a hint of a feral aroma. Damn, was his beast going to pop out?

“I said you’d be there.”

“You didn’t ask me.” I strode into the shower, closed the glass door, and turned on the shower. Water cascaded onto me, and it felt like heaven.

“I didn’t think I had to.” He came in and turned on the other shower. “You’re my mate.”

I turned away, not wanting to focus on my mate soaping up his body. “And I’m a human who isn’t familiar with wolf shifter culture.” Or mafia either.

“Fine. I would very much like you to come and have dinner with my family.”

I avoided the sound of bodywash lathering over his bare wet skin, though my dick paid attention.

“My dad struggled under the Alpha Omega moniker. Perhaps the pair of you can talk about how to manage the role and not let it be everything about you.”

“Not today. Maybe next Sunday or the following one.” I longed to say yes, to be by his side, but I needed some distance or I’d be dragged into a new life, having no say. I wouldn’t recognize myself. “And I haven’t agreed where I’m living, and also, I’m still going to college.”

“Two weeks? I won’t see you for fourteen days?”

I shimmed over to him, rubbing my wet body over his soapy skin. “Maybe your driver could pick me up every so often.” I traced a finger over his jaw and throat. “Or every second night and bring me here.” I clasped his shaft and pumped. His chest heaved, and he yanked me close, his scent filling my nostrils. Gods, I couldn’t keep away. “Or every night?”

“I hate this,” he growled as he bent me over and nudged his cock against my hole.

We hadn’t had the talk about his lifestyle. I was putting it off, fearing it was a deal-breaker.

Would I have the courage to walk away?

22

FLINT

“This isn’t what I was expecting.” Tony peered at my dad’s house as I drove up the driveway.

It’d been two weeks of him coming to the house each night and leaving the following morning. My poor heart was almost wrenched from my chest each day when he left.

What about me?my wolf complained.I hated it too.

I’d juggled work and put off questions from my family as to why he wasn’t at lunch the previous two Sundays. And there was an undercurrent of dissatisfaction in the pack stemming from Foley and his cohorts stirring up trouble. Foley had been canvassing the younger pack members, asking their opinion on how an Alpha was chosen. Emilio had a theory that was a ruse to get us thinking how we might reform, when the danger lurked elsewhere.

I tried to see Dad’s home from Tony’s eyes. He’d bought the land and the house after Papa died, when he’d wanted to shut himself off from the world. Whereas the grounds of my house were manicured and orderly, Dad’s were the opposite. Untamed was how I described it. The unwieldy trees, their fallen leaves forming a carpet covering the ground, dotted the acreage, alongwith tall grass, pockets of moss and mushrooms, shrubs, and a pond covered in water lilies with a little bridge over the top.

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