“Angel, I’d love to do this, but maybe not outside on the street.”
Her eyes pop open wide, as if she’d forgotten where we are. I can see the blush rising on her cheeks, and I capture her chin with my finger and thumb.
“Make no mistake, though, Iwantyou,” I tell her, grinding up to tease her.
Josie gasps in pleasure before swatting my chest. “Heathen.”
All I can do is grin in response. She giggles and slides off my lap, sitting back on the chair and grabbing her drink. We sit in peace, giving each other “fuck me” eyes as often as we can, and right when I’m about to snap and bring her home, the door to the cafe opens and my employee sticks their head out.
“Um, boss, sorry to interrupt, but the milk steamer stopped working.”
I tip my head back, “Shit. Okay, be right there.”
She looks at me, sympathetic to my plight.
“Thanks for the drink and the public claiming,” she says as we stand.
“You are most welcome, Angel,” I reply.
“Angel?”
“Yeah, there’s no way you’re anything less than an angel for putting up with three Alphas and a Beta.” I grin.
She giggles and takes a step back. “Well, good luck at work, and don’t worry about the claiming thing. Vic and Henry already offered the bond, so soon you’ll be able to feel how much I enjoy it.”
With that, she turns and leaves, but my heart has stopped working. Bond offer? What the hell is she talking about? Vic never told me… oh. Vic didn’t tell me. I didn’t really expect this experience twice, but I guess here we are.
My legs carry me back into the cafe, but my brain is in a fog. The milk heater is broken, so I fiddle with it a bit and realize it came loose. I pop it back into place, and it works like a charmagain. Once that’s fixed, I find myself in my office, sitting in my chair and staring at nothing.
Well, fuck, I think my heart broke.
When I pullinto the driveway, I see the lights on in the house. Good, he’s home. We need to have a chat, but I honestly don’t know how calm I can be about this. I sit and think for a moment, not wanting to leave my car quite yet. Rational and calm. I need to be rational and calm. There’s no reason to get overly angry or start accusing him right away.
If I repeat that enough times, maybe it’ll work.
I sigh and open my car door, shutting it a little harder than needed. When I walk into the house, I calmly shut the door behind me. Well, as calmly as I closed my car door. I wince a little when I hear the door rattle slightly, and toe my shoes off. Vic pops his head out from the kitchen, frowning.
“You okay?” he asks.
“Fine,” I shrug.
“You slammed that door awfully hard.”
“Could have done it harder.”
Vic sighs, “That’s not the point.”
All I do is shrug again, and that seems to piss him right off. Good, I’m pissed too. Any consideration of calm is out the window now that I’ve seen him.
“What is your problem?” he asks sharply.
“I saw Josie today,” I tell him, walking into the kitchen to rummage for food.
Vic has already started dinner, but I’m not sure I can eat with him. So, I dig until I find a protein bar.
“Okay? Did she say something?”
I huff a bitter laugh, “Yeah, you know, she did.”
