Page 121 of Foxy Filthy Omega

“Are you worried, Pop?” Leo grinned at me and wiggled his phone around like he was trying to rub this in my face somehow.

“I’m worried you’ve gone and done something regrettable,” the man admitted. “Why are you calling, Leo? Do you need a lawyer or bail money?”

“Me?” Leo pretended to be outraged. “I’m offended you think I’d get caught.”

“Then what is it.Tell me.” The alpha command nearly shattered the speakers on the phone but Leo just smirked.

“Remind me. Why did you bring me into the pack?”

A deep sigh followed by silence. “Did she say something to upset you again? Is that why you’re bothering me about this?”

“No, no. I just had a bad dream. Remind me? Please?”

Leo was just as good of an actor as Frankie. It was kind of disturbing. Did they all learn how to do this?

“I represented you when they tried to charge you with murder,” the alpha on the other end of the line reminded him. “I managed to convince them it was self-defense.”

“What happened before that?”

“I came to visit you in the hospital with Frankie. She told me later she wanted you to join our pack which is why I adopted you after you won your case. Why are you really asking, Leo?”

“I just wanted to be reminded,” Leo murmured, his gaze never once leaving mine. “Thanks, Pop. I’ll call you with an update tomorrow.”

The alpha in front of me hung up the phone on Francisco Lopez like it was nothing. Then he selected a familiar looking number. The phone rang and rang, making me tense.

“She refuses to pick up my calls,” Leo explained with a little shrug. He hung up and dialed her again. “It might take a few tries before she finally answers.”

Three attempts later and she finally answered. “Ugh, what do youwant?Why won’t you stop calling?”

Yup, that was her alright.

“I missed you,” Leo told her, his voice instantly softening. “And there’s this superfan here that doesn’t believe I knowtheFrankie James. Could you state your name and the clue that helped you solve your last case for the masses?”

What a silver-tongued liar.

“You’re an idiot.” I thought she’d hang up on him but she didn’t. Frankie just sighed and did exactly as he asked.

“Is that satisfactory, Leonidas?”

Wow. He really didn’t like that name. His lip curled up in a silent snarl and everything, but he didn’t let out a single sound that might alert her to his irritation.

“More than satisfactory. Thank you, Francesca. Have sweet dreams.”

Frankie hung up before Leo could say anything else and we stared at each other, both of us waiting to see what the other would do.

His smile dropped and he watched me with predatory patience. It was remarkable just how still and silent he could be when he wanted to and it made me wonder all over again what exactly this ‘alpha training’ was.

Regardless, I couldn’t deny his claims anymore.

Leonidas Koen Lopez.

He was close enough to the alpha of the Lopez pack to call him ‘Pop’ without getting reprimanded and despite all hisclaims, Frankie definitely cared about him or she wouldn’t have answered.

I wasn’t going to pretend to understand their relationship. It was weird and complicated and pissed me the fuck off.

Not that I had any right to feel this way. I just did.

Still. Leo was exactly who he claimed to be. He was just a very off-putting weirdo who liked to play around with death like he had nine lives.

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