Page 98 of Bliss & Her Idols

Torin snorts. “You do have a bad boy image to play up to. You wouldn’t want everyone to know that you’re really a hyper golden retriever, would you? My good boy, anamchara.”

“Who’s forgotten the journalist now?” Jin challenges.

Torin huffs out a breath in frustration, pushing himself to his feet.

He paces from one side of the room to the other. He runs his hand through his hair.

Anxiously, I watch him.

I try to block out the fact that without my wolf clip, Cricket and I are alone here.

What’s the problem?

Should I ring Chase?

I still don’t have a way for any of us out of this hotel. I may have to play the long game on this one, as much as it will tear me apart.

I study the man who is buttoning up his diamond cuff links like he’s thinking about how to start a war.

Torin could be my way in to the private Idol music empire.

And then, how to bring it down.

Cricket reaches for my hand, and I take it.

He squeezes it twice.

I squeeze back twice.

It’s a silent signal between us, which means,I love you and I’m here for you.

I try to smile reassuringly.

“What does anamchara mean?” I glance between Jin and Torin. “You keep calling him that.”

Torin freezes. “It doesn’t matter.”

“Soulmate.” Jin tilts up his chin, defiantly. “It means that I’mhis. Charming, we’ve both broken the rules and said too much. Our asses are going to be handed to us. So, why not at least be honest and enjoy the time that we have together? Please, fuck,please. Do you know how much I love you? How much I’ve been desperate to talk about this?”

“As much as I have, I’d guess.” Torin prowls to the bed, grabbing Jin by the hair and yanking his head up. “Loving you but being apart from you has felt like dying by a single breath every day. I don’t need to bite you to be bonded to you. I fucking love you, anamchara. In Ireland, we believe that Betas can be soulmates.You’re mine.If I didn’t believe in that before I was sent away, then I knew it was real as soon as I arrived in Dublin but felt like I’d left my soul behind with you on the Idol Estate.”

Torin was sent away?

Beta soulmates exist?

In America, we’re taught that Beta soulmates are only a myth.

I don’t know if I believe in them. Yet the way that these two men are staring at each other with a depth of emotion that’s agonizing, there’s no doubt how deeply in love they are.

It would be like being ripped apart, if anyone separated me from my Omega soulmate.

Why would someone do that to Torin and Jin?

Is Torin not allowed to choose his pack either, despite being a billionaire CEO? Is it because Jin is an Idol?

Torin lets out a shuddery breath, before he slides his icy gaze to mine. “Now you know enough to destroy both of us. I don’t care what happens to me. But I’d do anything to protect my soulmate.”

“And I’d do anything to protect my Beta,” I reply, pointedly. “You don’t have anything to fear from me. So, don’t threaten me.”

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