Page 23 of Dubious Match
“Going to make us insane,” Remy grumbles, pushing his hand through his dark hair. His hazel eyes look tortured as he follows his brother and collapses into the chair across from Brice and I.
“So we fix it,” I decide. “We’ve built a business, gentlemen, when no one thought we could do this. So let’s put our dicks away and start brainstorming.”
My words always get a bit more formal when I’m stressed out, and this isn’t any different.
“Yes, sir,” Remy grumbles, making me smirk slightly in amusement. It’s fun being the older alpha. “Flowers are cliche, right?”
“Only if they’re flowers she doesn’t like,” Brice says. “At least, that would be my reaction to ‘I’m sorry’ flowers that weren’t what I liked.”
Once Brice got over his hesitance of being with me, I celebrated fucking his brains out with tulips, because they’re his favorite. I regularly buy them for him just because he enjoys it. I want to plant a few different types in our garden, I just haven’t had a chance.
It may be too late as we are getting into the winter months, so I may leave it for spring. Maybe I’ll do the same for Hollis, if we’re able to make her ours.
Taking a breath, I pull out my phone. It’s time to do a little research.
“No talking,” I growl, calling Aisling. God, I hope that she picks up. I’m well aware that it’s a Saturday and I’m taking liberties with our professional relationship.
I just don’t care.
“Hey, Malcolm,” she says with a smile.
I’m the face of The Naughty Tote, while Brice is the calming voice of reason when we get people who are angry at us for existing. He does our press releases when they’re needed, and calms any ruffled feathers. He also does amazing things for our public relations when people like Emilia Richardson crawl out of the woodwork.
Thinking of her makes me shudder in disgust as I think about what Hollis told me. The woman is a true menace to society. What my pack and I do is most certainly not.
Therefore, I’m the one speaking to Aisling, even though Brice and I tend to talk to her about various things that she might need.
“Malcolm?” she asks. “Did we get cut off?”
Taking a breath, I shake my head to force myself to focus.
“Hey, Aisling. No, I’m here. I apologize for calling on the weekend?—”
“Oh you’re fine. I actually was going to call you,”she says.
Well, she doesn’t sound pissed off so that’s good…
“Oh? Please tell me what I can do for you,” I say smoothly.
The guys smirk, but honestly it’s easier to segue into other things if we’re already talking about business. I need to warm up to this.
“Yes, well you see… The private rooms have been doing well during our omega’s heats, but I would like to extend the concept into a heat spa for the public,”she says. “I still want to keep it free, because we have the host club helping now, and don’t want anyone to accuse us of?—”
“Prostitution?” I ask, chuckling. “I think that’s wise, Aisling.”
I can practically see her cheeks burning now. I’m not an asshole, I swear it. I’m considered the one who is too nice, which is why Felix was so angry earlier this week after the butt plug fiasco. Yes, it was as traumatic as it sounds.
“I really like the idea of extending this service out on a wider scale,” I admit. “Where are you going to have it?”
“I want to continue to have the immediate rooms that I have available for the shelter because it’s in such close proximity. However, I am looking at another property a block away to allow space between Omega’s Haven and the spa,”she explains.
“It will maintain the anonymity of the Haven,” I agree. “Where do we come in? Would you like us to increase our care packages for this? Do you need any spicy books or movies?”
Yes, part of what we do is partner with sex workers who fucking love what they do and buy rights so we can help distribute their work. Remy and I are working on a paid channel for them so we can widen their reach and help increase what they’re making.
My pack and I have a very nonchalant attitude about sex, fantasies, and carrying them out in a healthy way. It’s why we also have books on our website that range from personal growth to the psychology of sex to How-To guides.
Our warehouse is here in Minneapolis, and we are responsible for keeping a lot of people employed. We also have a call center for The Naughty Tote, which helps for any user error or questions about their orders.
