Page 21 of Matched into the Mob

Not knowing how long I stayed where I was, I stared at the rain splattering and hitting the window. I thought of Josh and hoped his friend’s place was on high ground. I should call him.

I pulled the phone from my pocket, but as I did, I was filled with despair because this was the device I used when undercover. My real phone was at home, and I couldn’t use this one to call my brother.

Bouncing the device in my palm, not the one Ranger had bitten, the phone flipped over. Dane’s name stood out under missed calls. My heart constricted, and I fell to the floor and curled up in a ball. As I lay on the rug, the phone beeped. A message. I wasn’t looking at it. I couldn’t. Maybe I should leave and hide in the woods. Of course there was a downside and I’d probably drown.

But I couldn’t resist and studied the words on the display.

You can’t hide. I will find you.

I dropped the phone as though I’d been burned.

Shit, could he trace my call or my location? Nope, that was illegal. I yanked at my hair. He was mafia. Illegal was what he did.

I hauled myself up and yelled for Ranger, running along the corridor shouting his name. There was another floor above this one, maybe he was up there, but I opened each door along the hallway. They were empty except for the last one. The white towel that had been draped around his hips was on the floor.

Without thinking I tore into the next room… a bathroom… as Ranger was stepping out of the shower.

He was very naked.

And what was that pointing at me?

TEN

RANGER

The rain hadn’t let up, and even though I was in the shower and it was hard to hear anything except pounding water, my wolf said Matt needed me.

Yeah, but he’s also afraid of me, so there’s that.

No. He’s calling you.

I turned off the shower and got out, but before I could reach for a towel or robe, my mate sprinted into the bathroom. Despite Dane and the relentless rain, I had been thinking of Matt while standing under the water and was tempted to jerk off.

But I couldn’t. Even though I was sporting an engorged cock, it wasn’t right when my mate was terrified, especially when he knew nothing about me except that I was mafia.

“Oh my gods!” Matt was still wearing his suit, now ruined thanks to the rain, and it sagged in places, crumpled in others, while I was buck naked. And his gaze was fixed on my arousal.

I was pleasantly surprised at his reaction. I was big, huge in fact.

“You’re enormous.” He put both hands over his eyes and splayed his fingers, peeking between them. “No, that’s not what I wanted to say, but your cock is distracting me.”

I smirked. I couldn’t help it. He was adorable, and if it had been any other place or time, I’d have asked his permission to take him to bed.

“Can you put it away?”

“No problem.” I reached for a bathrobe and made sure to sway my hips before turning and giving him the perfect view of my ass. There was a sharp intake of breath from my mate.

Success!

Why did he come in?my wolf reminded me.Ask him.

“Everything okay?”

The cute version of Matt vanished, and in his place was the cranky one, which he had every right to be. He held up the phone.

“He can see where I am.”

“How?” I snatched it off him and removed the SIM card.

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