Page 30 of Rust the Rejected
I shake my head and point ahead. She follows the direction and gasps.
“Rust! Do you mean that big boat there?”
I nod with a grin.
She blinks and turns back to faceMoonbeam.
“Seriously? No, way!” My fated mate squeals in gleefully as she claps her hands and bounces again. “I’ve never been on a boat. This is awesome!”
Then she turns to me with a frown.
“Your pack—”
“Ourpack,” I correct her.
She nods absently and continues, “Owns this boat? I don’t mean to sound crass. But how can you afford it? I mean, you’re an ER surgeon. No offense.”
I chuckle and lean over to kiss her lips, then drag my lips to her ear.
“My pack is known as theBillionaire Wolves of Miami. And I’m a billionaire, along with Jagger and several others. I work as an ER surgeon because I want to help people—not for the money. I’m also our pack’s doctor,” I murmur, then sit back to watch her reaction.
She doesn’t disappoint.
Her eyes widen as her mouth drops open. She starts to speak, then stops, and starts again.
I throw my head back and laugh. She pushes my chest and growls.
“What??? Why didn’t you tell me??? You’re serious, aren’t you? I would never have guessed—”
“Damn, you wound me, fated mate! Am I that bad I can’t pass for a billionaire?” I ask with a mock sad face and my hand covering my heart.
She giggles then trails off as the tender approachesMoonbeam’s stern. Her eyes nearly bug out of her head when she spies the crew on the lower deck waiting to greet us.
They line up in their dress whites. The captain steps forward as the others stand at attention. Jagger selected him for the position since he’s a former naval officer who can’t get enough of the sea.
“Doc, it’s been too long. The ER keeping you from having some fun? Or maybe not,” Captain says as the tender slips beside the much larger boat. While the bosun helps secure the tender, Captain reaches out to lift Natalie to the deck. “Welcome aboard, ma’am!” He smiles.
“Thank you,” she responds with a giggle as she glances around at the rest of the crew.
“I agree, Captain. It’s time for some R&R,” I say as I step onto the boat and take my fated mate’s hand. My wolf growled at his hands on her, even if polite. “Natalie, this is Captain. Captain, this is Dr. Natalie Moore, my fated mate. She works in the hospital as an OB-GYN.”
He tips his hat and turns to introduce her to the rest of the crew. The Chief Stew holds a tray of mimosas. We take flutes with thanks, and I slip my arm around my fated mate’s waist.
“We’ll get going with the itinerary you submitted. Once we’re further out, we’ll anchor so you and Natalie can enjoy the watersports,” Captain says.
“Great. I’ll take her on a tour for now,” I respond and guide her up the stairs to the next deck.
As expected, the megayacht amazes her. She oohs and aahs over just about every room, nook, and cranny. We end in an upper cabin just as the megayacht stops. She turns from the windows and points to her sundress.
“Rust, you should have told me we were going somewhere for more than a day’s outing. I don’t even have a toothbrush, let alone a bathing suit for watersports.”
I smirk and stride towards her.
“As you already know from experience if we were alone, you’d walk around naked, including skinny-dipping. But have no fear. I asked Sage to select clothes she thought you’d need, and I ordered your favorite toiletries for you. They’re in the closet and in the en suite bathroom.”
She throws her arms around my neck. I laugh between her kisses.
“But if you keep this up, you won’t leave this cabin,” I warn as I nudge her belly with my semi.
