Page 107 of Dominion
“Okay, I’ll keep working on my end. You just keep Melissa safe, and try to get your hands on her asshole ex.”
The alpha in him bristled at Stone giving him orders, but then he experienced a stab of doubt about leaving her alone at the house. Maybe he should’ve put a guard on her.
“What are you doing with a human wife, Stone?” he blurted.
“Fuck you.”
“No, really. I want to understand.” He sounded rude, but he couldn’t explain to Ben Stone that he found his sister-in-law utterly intoxicating. He just had to know if Ben had felt the same about Melissa’s sister. Had he wanted to mate her right from the start?
“She’s part wolf,” Ben growled.
Cody stopped halfway up the walk to the house he was working on. “She is? Melissa too?”
“They’re twins,” Ben said drily and it pissed him off he didn’t know that. He didn’t know anything about her, really, and that annoyed him, too. He didn’t plan to have this conversation with Ben, though. He’d ask Melissa, for fuck’s sake.
He unlocked the door to the house and headed in to prep the house for paint.
Knowing she was part wolf changed everything. Explained everything. There wasn’t something wrong with him—she had wolf blood that sang his song. It still didn’t make her a worthy choice for a mate. He needed a she-wolf who could produce pups, not human babies. But at least he understood the attraction now.
He stretched out the drop cloth and shook a can of paint, wondering if he’d bought anything she liked for breakfast. That was stupid. He shook his head to clear it of thoughts of her. What did he care if she liked what he bought? It wasn’t like he was courting her.
Melissa made an omelet for breakfast.She followed it up with a fruit smoothie, since Cody had bought fresh blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Funny, she didn’t think a guy like him would buy fresh berries. He seemed like the boxed cereal and canned meals type. Were they for her?
She didn’t want to cancel any of her appointments that week, nor her volunteering commitments with Big Brothers Big Sisters, but she couldn’t see any way around it. She called into the office on the burner phone and told them she was going to work from home because she had a sore throat. It rang again just as she finished eating. She wasn’t sure if she should pick up, but then she recognized her sister’s number.
“Hey, how’s it going? Cody texted Ben your new number.”
That was nice of him.
“Did you survive the wolf domination?”
She snorted. “Okay, first of all, you weren’t kidding. He spanked me!”
Ashley laughed. “Are you okay? Did you…”
“What?”
“Have sex with him?”
She choked on her coffee, spraying it across the kitchen table. Grabbing a napkin, she mopped the dribbles. “Not exactly.” Her voice sounded strangled.
“What happened?” Only a twin would have zero boundaries with demanding every dirty detail.
“He, um, brought me to orgasm.” She laughed.
“Nice. Was it good?”
Why was she blushing when her sister couldn’t even see her face?
“It was good.” That wasn’t true. It had been spectacular. Cody had done more with his fingers than any guy had done with his mouth, fingers, or manhood. The orgasm had been explosive.
“Just good? What aren’t you telling me? Did you hate the dominance? Is that why you’re upset?” Ashley probed.
“I’m not upset. What makes you think I’m upset?”
“Maybe that’s not the right word, but your voice is all tight like there’s something you’re not saying.”
“I’ve got guys trying to kill me, I’m being held semi-prisoner by a wolf who spanks, and I can’t meet with clients or show houses, so I may miss out on some important deals. Is that enough to make my voice tight?”