Page 21 of Bully Wolf's Nanny
Dane let out a low whistle. “Damn. She’s certainly filled out. I mean, she was always stunning, buthot fucking damn.”
“Dane,” Nicolas said, his jaw working as he fought the temptation to punch the other wolf square in the jaw.
“Oh yeah, forgot you two had history,” Dane said with a grin.
Nicolas exhaled sharply. “Exactly. History. She’s my employee now.”
“So then you wouldn’t mind if I…I mean…all those curves. You know I love something to sink my teeth into—"
“Dane, I’m going to say this once and only once. If you go anywhere fucking near her, I’ll rip your head from your shoulders. Are we clear?”
As Daisy returned, a petulant Thea traipsing behind her, Dane’s grin only got wider.
“It was absolutely wonderful to see you again, Daisy,” he purred, bending over her hand to kiss it, a scarred eyebrow quirking at Nicolas.
“You too,” Daisy squeaked, a ferocious blush rising in her cheeks.
“Come on,” Nicolas growled, sending one final glare promising the most painful of deaths towards Dane before leading Daisy out of the Pine Shadow Club.
Chapter 7 - Daisy
Nicolas hadn’t said a word to her on the car journey back, just stared out at the road with a tight jaw and an even tighter grip on the steering wheel. As soon as they reached the house, Daisy immediately busied herself sorting Thea and Gracie out for bed, instructing one to brush her teeth while changing the other into her sleeping onesie. She told herself it was just because she wanted to do her job well, even when her hands shook slightly with nerves at Nicolas’s dark and brooding aura.
The truth was, she had absolutely no idea where she stood with him. Before the club, he had been almost gentle, reassuring her that she had nothing to fear within. And he was right; the Pine Shadow Club had been surprisingly lovely. She had even gotten the numbers of a few of the pack females to meet up for coffee in a few days’ time.
And Felix. He was not what she had expected. Sure, she had always known him to be fair and friendly, but the very idea of him being thealphahad made him loom large and frightening in her mind. How wrong she was. There was definitely steel beneath the unassuming exterior, but he at least seemed to know how to wield it for the good of all.
As for Dane, despite the fact that they had been in the same grade, she wasn’t sure she’d ever properly talked to him before. He was far too busy flirting with every willing female in sight to pay her any attention. He had never joined in when Nicolas had…when Nicolas had been cruel to her. But still, he greeted her like an old friend.
And something about that interaction had flipped Nicolas’s mood on its head, and he had turned right back to thesullen, scary alpha she knew from her younger years. Perhaps he and Dane had had a falling out.
Or perhaps,a treacherous voice whispered inside her head as she closed the door to Thea’s room with a soft click,perhaps he’s angry with you. Perhaps you embarrassed him.
She swallowed, smoothing down the skirt of her dress. She had been so careful to say the right things, to be demure, to not bring attention to herself. But maybe she had said something, made some silly comment, looked at someone the wrong way…
“Daisy.”
His voice, hard and low, froze her blood to ice in her veins.
This was it. Of course it was. He had seen her interact with the pack and now he had changed his mind. It was bound to happen sooner or later. He was going to fire her. She was such an idiot. Accepting this stupid position, coming to live in his house, believing his lies yet again…
She turned slowly to see him leaning against the wall by the staircase, his arms folded over his chest, the top few buttons undone.
Against her will, her eyes dropped for the merest fraction of a second to the pale skin of his throat, before darting back up to his face.
“Yes?” she squeaked, folding her hands in front of her, trying her best not to chew her lip.
He considered her for a moment before jerking his chin towards the staircase. “Follow me. I’ve got something to show you.”
Her feet moved of their own accord, and she hurried after him down the stairs, berating herself for her nerves. He was just a man.
But he isn’t just a man. He’s an alpha. A shifter. Bigger, stronger, faster than you.
“I had something delivered while we were out,” Nicolas said, his voice cool. “It’s just through here.”
He stopped by a doorway, half-turning back to her, extending one long arm into the room beyond. Daisy tried to read his expression, but as normal, came up short. So with a nervous gulp, she sidled past him and into the room beyond.
Except it wasn’t a room. It was some sort of greenhouse.
