“You need to have a good conversation with him before you do anything.” Austin volleyed back and forth between glaring and shaking his head as he tried not to smile. “You need to make sure he knows what he wants too.”
Silas rolled his eyes. “And that everything is consensual.”
“Of course.” Waving his hand, Austin nodded. “Yes. Consensual stalking and restraints. Everyone needs to be on the same page.”
“Even if it’s a weird one.” Letting out a long breath, Silas frowned. “I’m going to meet him with you.”
Austin was right…the man liked to worry about ridiculous things.
I could take care of Shelby.
I’d been doing it for years.
“Fine.” Hopefully. “Just don’t glare at him. He’s not used to Doms that are actually Doms. He’s only met alpha wannabes, and he’ll get distracted with the whole glare and frown thing.”
“Let’s go.” Standing up, Silas gave Austin a firm glare. “If this goes badly, you’re going to owe Shelby a huge apology because one from his stalker isn’t going to mean a damned thing.”
Ridiculous.
Of course it would…he knew I only wanted what was best for him.
Silas was in a ridiculous mood, however, and it wasn’t worth the argument to point out how wrong he was.
“Should I go meet him too?” Austin looked down at his dress and fluffed it. “I’m wearing panties, so he won’t be embarrassed.”
His logic was questionable sometimes.
“He’s never met a celebrity. He’s not crazy into the gossip channels but he actually got into an argument on social media last year defending you. I think easing him into meeting youmight be a better idea. I haven’t mentioned you before, so he’ll be surprised.” At the very least.
“He’s not surprised to have a stalker but he’ll be surprised to meet Austin.” Rolling his eyes again, Silas waved his hand toward the door. “You guys are ridiculous.”
Austin just beamed. “I love you too.”
My relationship with Shelby was definitely saner than their relationship with each other, no matter what they seemed to think.
But it was time to meet Shelby out front, and from what I’d seen on his GPS, he’d be very close. So I followed Silas out toward the front of the building, letting him think he was in charge since it made him happy.
I didn’t care about his mental state one way or the other, but Shelby would so that was what mattered.
I wasn’t sure Silas would be able to pretend to be a laid-back alpha but he seemed to get into the spirit of the game by the time we’d made it to the foyer. He wasn’t smiling but he’d stopped looking like he ate small omegas for breakfast.
But there wasn’t time to work on his acting skills since I could see Shelby’s small compact pull up in the parking lot.
It was showtime.
“Don’t scare Shelby.” I wasn’t sure I’d be able to get him back to the club if he got the fuck scared out of him and the regular dating sites weren’t going to work.
“I won’t.” Silas sounded more confident than he should have but I didn’t point that out as Shelby bounced out of the car andstarted talking to himself as he swung the small duffel bag he was carrying.
I didn’t have the right equipment on me to be able to hear what he was saying but that was because Austin made me promise to leave anything electronic in my car. He had serious trust issues but that also fell under thenot my monkeyscategory.
“He’s really happy to meet his stalker.” Silas ignored the giggle coming from the front desk behind us and I ignored him.
Shelby was much more interesting and just as adorable in person as he was through his computer.
He was also confidently telling himself thatNot-Henrywouldn’t steer him wrong if I was reading his lips right.
“Do I even want to know what he’s saying to himself? What the fuck does he think your name is?” Silas seemed to think I was going to answer his questions but he was wrong about that.
