The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

Chapter Twelve

DRAVEN

It was already time to close up and I still hadn’t seen Domonic. Not that I was really expecting to. I may have wanted to, but of course, that’s not the same thing. I mean, I had said maybe I would see him at the bar. I was hoping he’d catch my meaning, but it wasn’t a clear invitation, so I wasn’t going to pout about it.

“He’ll be here,” Bart chuckles, wiping down the counter for the final time.

I pretend not to know what he was talk?

“Ha! You’ve had stars in your eyes sin

about. “Who’ll be here?”

you got here. Every time that door has opened you’ve been on high alert.”

I snicker as I count up my tips. “I had stars in my eyes because last night I made over six hundred dollars, and I was excited about making more. That – and this is the prettiest city I’ve ever seen, plus I got to walk down the most amazing hillside to get here.” The people out here certainly tipped well, that was for sure.

He laughed, tossing his washcloth at my face. “I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid.”

I stick my tongue out at him. “Maybe you’re both.

Just as Bart pushes the last of the late–night patrons out the door, Domonic walks in.

“Dom, Bart greets him, giving him a quick hug.

Domonic looks freshly showered, with his red–brown hair pulled back in a tight ponytail that is still slightly wet. My eyes fall over him, from the dark black jacket he wears, to the front of his faded blue jeans. But what really draws my attention, is the thick bulge behind his zipper bringing back memories of that afternoon and causing a sizzle in my panties.

His dark gray eyes sparkle when he notices where I am looking. “You ready?”

I nod, not really knowing what else to say. Bart casts me a knowing smile and I flip him off when Domonic has his back turned.

“Don’t forget about the meeting tomorrow night,” Domonic tells him.

a moment, “I won’t forget.”

already told me, the bar’s closed tomorrow. I know. I have a

his eyes, “Really?

Domonic answers. A look passes between the two of them and I pretend not to notice it.

“Shit,” Bart says.

“Yeah, Domonic whispers.

wrong with Paul, besides that he’s a player?”

not a player. Who told you-”

Domonic interrupts, shoving him to hold the door open

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14:00 Wed, Nov

Chapter Twelve

I had a pretty good idea. Domonic probably lied about Paul being a player, which could only mean one thing. He was jealous. Maybe, just maybe, he likes me

why not admit it? Especially after I practically melted on his lap this afternoon. I shivered at the memory of it. The way his tongue felt on my shoulder, how his hands felt on my skin. I’d

a purpose. Maybe not a noble one, but a necessary one. I didn’t

if he was thinking of the same things, he asks,

You have

me as we pull in

It was busier

and glancing out into the trees. “I left your dinner

don’t have to do that you know. Bart said I

“How many numbers did you

I lie. “None.”

“Bullshit.”

Not that it would matter if I kept them, because I don’t have a phone.”

do,” he

me, then pulls out a small box with the

when he hands it to me.

new and already connected. You shouldn’t be without a

it under?” I gulp, knowing that if it is under my name that he may have fucked everything up for me.

His body presses me back into the seat. As luck would have it, this puts the side of his neck right at my lips. I inhale deeply, the pine lemon scent of him invading my nostrils and causing me to tremble.

“Domonic,” I whisper.