The Pack: Rule Number 1 - No Mates

| splay my fingers over his chest, tracing the contoured steel of his pectorals and feeling them flex beneath my

fingertips. God he feels good to touch. Electricity courses through my body, my center thrumming with need.

We enter the stateroom and | fall onto the bed. Dropping his weight down on top me, he deepenes the kiss,

stroking his hand down over my breast then caressing and groping over my hip. He slides one powerful leg

between both of mine to bring his knee up against my heat and I cry out with pleasure.

“Domonic,” | hiss, pulling the back of his ponytail so | that | can bite and nibble his neck.

He groans, dropping his head forward and further into my kiss. “You're too beautiful,” he says, sliding one hand

toward the bottom of my top and underneath. God, the feel of his hand on my bare skin has my back ricocheting

off the bed.

No! Wait a minute! My bruises.

“Stop,” | hiss, between kisses. “Stop please!”

He pushes his body into mine, mumbling against my neck. “Why? | want this,” he says. “I want you.”

“Stop,” | say again. “Please stop.”

He freezes with his hand locked on my waist, and his thigh pressing my legs apart. He lifts his head and his eyes

are full of worry. “I-I'm sorry. I'm drunk.” He rolls off ofto stand next to the bed.

Drunk? Drunk!? Is that the only reason he kissed me? Because he is drunk?

Running a hand through the unbound bangs of his shiny auburn hair he apologizes, “If | hadn't been drinking

that way, | would never have been so forceful. I-”

Wait, what?

‘Forceful?” | snap, sitting up against the headboard.

He turns around, his eyes full of remorse. “I should have been gentler.

“No! No, you should not have been. Is that why you think | asked you to stop?”

He swallows, his brow furrowing. “It’s not?”

I laugh. “No.” | draw my legs up to kneel on the bed. “I loved the way you touchedI'm just not-"

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-loved?” He interrupts and | swear his face turns beet red.

I smile. “Yes, loved.” | lean forward, climbing toward the end of the bed on all fours. His eyes glaze over with lust

at my approach and he’s fairly panting by the t| reach the edge. “I'm just not ready yet.”

“You look extremely ready to me.” He smirks, walking towardslowly Especially in that position.”

| giggle, dropping my legs over the bed and standing up. “We should head back. I still have that date,” | say,

tauntingly.

His eyes grow cold. “The date,” he chuckles humorlessly, his gaze narrowing. “Unfortunately,” he begins,

heading right pasttoward the bed to flop down on his side, “I'm drunk and can’t head back for at least

another hour and by that time, it'll be too late.”

| scowl at him. That's why he tookout on his boat! So he could ruin my date. Well, the jokes on him then.

“You did this on purpose,” | hiss. “You're jealous.”

He clenches his jaw. “I'm not jealous.”

“You are.”

“I'm not.”

“Admit it, | tease.

He smiles, his dimples pushing a surge of liuid into my panties. | swear if | didn’t think it would be way more fun

to watch him snap, | would jump him right her and right now.

His eyes flame, gaze falling toward my lap almost as if he knows how wet | am now. “I'm going to lay right here

and sober up. | shouldn't have been drinking as much as | did. | can’t drive like this.”

| glare at him, straightening my shoulders and taking a step toward the exit. “I guess you're in luck then.”

He laughs. “Oh really? Why is that?”

| smirk. “Because something | didn’t tell you - | grew up in Miami, and | may not have ever learned how to drive

a car. But a boat | can

drive.”

He glowers at me. “Fine. You really want to see Paul that bad. We'll head back.”

“Thank you,” | say sweetly, before heading out toward the helm. “Start the engine please.”

We make it back to the house to find Paul sitting on my doorstep. After unbuckling my seatbelt, | jump out of the

car and greet him with

a wide smile.

“Sorry I'm late. | almost got stuck out on the ocean.”

He laughs, lifting a basket brought with him in my direction. “I brought dinner and wine.”

“Nice,” | say, unlocking the door.

| can feel Domonic’s sour glare as | gesture Paul inside, but | ignore him, slamming the door behind me.

“So, you were out on the yacht with him when he called,” Paul inquires, blue eyes narrowed in confusion.

I nod as he opens up the basket and begins setting up our dinner. “I guess | was. He called you?”

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*He did.’ Paul says, taking a seat at the table and pouring two glasses of wine, ‘Funny, he didn’t mention you

were with him. Did he know you had a date withtonight?”

I nod as Paul takes a sip of his wine. “Yup.”

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“What?”

Knock, knock, knock.

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him.”

Paul chuckles, ‘A hundred dollars says that’s him at the door.”

“No bet because it wouldn't be anyone else. Without getting up, | shout, “Cin!”

The door opens and Domonic enters, but he doesn’t look my way. “Paul | need a word with you please.”

Paul smiles, grantinga momentary glance before his eyes returned to Domonic. “Is it important? Because-"

“Yes,” Domonic snaps, his tone serious. “It is.”

“Can't it wait for the meeting? | mean, it's already seven o'clock.”

Domonic’s muscles tense, his anger

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Then with one long look my way, he storms back out, slamming the door behind him and shaking the walls with

the force of it.

Chapter Comments

Marietta Gary

Oh Paul, smh

Mark Sabrina Tyler

Oh lord Paul you're in trouble now