I was a terrible person, but I had afeeling he’d have used getting fired to find something he really wanted to do.
“You were polite and didn’t make an ass outof yourself, so I was happy to point that out.” Austin’s voice went soft,almost like he was trying to seduce the little cop, and I looked over to seeSilas rolling his eyes.
They were weird.
“If you ever want something from the storeas a thank you for helping to keep us safe, we’d be happy to help you out.” Hestepped closer and something about the way Austin was looking at the cop hadhis eyes getting even wider.
If he got arrested for trying to seduce thecop, I wasn’t sure what we’d tell his lawyer.
Silas must have been thinking the samething because he cleared his throat and gave Austin a look that told him tobehave. Austin just giggled. “He’s always so serious and protective. But you’rejust here as our friend, right? I bet you’ve never had a chance to explore astore like this.”
With his beaming smile back in place, heclosed the distance and the trap snapped shut. Once he had his arms around thelittle cop and started leading him through the store, he was a goner. Austinwould have him eating out of his hands in minutes.
It actually only took seconds.
“I’ve never…well, we don’t have anythinglike this back home.” He blushed when he finally saw me as Austin escorted himdown the aisle. “Um, hi, sorry I interrupted your…I mean…”
Austin took pity on him. “Oh, we weretalking about boring business things. He’s such a hardass. So see, you savedme.”
The little alpha had no idea what to say tothat. “I…um…I’m glad?”
Before he could force anything else out, hewalked by a wall full of alpha-styled dildos. Some were startlingly big, buthis eyes made it clear he was fascinated. And a little shocked.
“You’ve got…I mean…” He swallowed hard andtried to find something else to look at. “You have a very nice establishment.”
Yeah, if he was falling back on small-townmanners he was in way over his head.
Austin leaned against him and smiled. “You’reso sweet.”
And confused.
About a lot of things, if I had to guess.
“I…thank you?” He’d clearly never metanyone like Austin.
Austin aimed another smile at him that hadthe guy even more off balance. He’d come in expecting to give a simple thankyou and he’d ended up in a hurricane of sex toys and crazy people. “There’s somuch to look at. Has anything caught your eye? You were so sweet to come backand talk to us.”
Blinking at Austin, he shook his head andmanaged to take a step toward the door. “No, I just came to…to say thank you. Idon’t need anything. I should really get going.”
That clearly translated into he wasn’twilling to say what he was curious about. Austin understood that too because heswitched tactics. “Well, if you won’t take a dildo or cock cage, then you’llhave to take my friendship.”
To Austin it was settled, so he kept going.“When are you going to come back and spend more time with me? I still have somany things to show you. There are all kinds of fun toys for alphas.”
Wide eyes stared back at Austin. Heswallowed several times and took another step back. “Again? More time? Iguess…I…next week?”
He was entirely too sweet to be a cop.
Had he been kidnapped and sold to thepolice force as slave labor?
Had he not realized what he was signing upfor?
I had so many questions. But since mostwould end up getting us entirely too much attention, I stayed in the back justwatching.
“That would be great.” Austin slowlyfollowed him through the store as the cop made his escape. By the time he left,Austin had wrangled a firm commitment to come on Wednesday for a tour of therest of the store.
“Trouble?” Silas stepped out from behindthe counter, giving Austin a stern glare. “What did I say?”
I thought it was a weird question, butAustin immediately looked contrite. “I didn’t ask to keep him.”
