Apparently, her addiction to the fae king had officially been cured.At least for the next five seconds.
Callum walked to my side, taking my elbow in his hand lightly. The fucker was just as neutral as he had been the day before.
"This is my mate, Kat." He introduced me to his lover, like she cared what my name was. "She's the one you'll be working with."
I wouldwhat?
"No," I said.
Callum ignored my protest. "Kat, this is Elle. She's at the top of her field, and her team is well-known for helping successful businesses like yours find their footing."
I blinked.
"Kill him,"Sable snarled.
"He might not have screwed her. They don’t smell like they touched."
"Hi. It's nice to meet you." I forced myself to attempt a smile at the woman who was probably a hell of a lot more powerful than I was. Werewolves were at the bottom of the power barrel in Rumor. "Please excuse us for a minute. I need to talk to mymate."
Sable snapped her teeth at the label, despite literally biting the man to claim him as hers last night.
I decided I would blame my instability on her.
Elle, Callum's perfect woman, blinked.
The king’s hand brushed my lower back as he led me to his office. I should've been leading, since I was the one who'd said we needed a conversation, but I was a little off-balance between the furious wolf within me, my own possessiveness, and the king's... well, everything.
He closed the door, and pressed a button. "This room is soundproofed. For future reference, donotsend someone I'm doing business with to our bedroom. The office exists for a reason, and the room is your territory." He sounded kind of pissed, and it occurred to me that I hadn’t actually seen him angry before.
"Is that what she was doing? I thought she was here to fuck you." I gestured toward our room, only a little bit violently.
His eyes narrowed. "You think I would ask a woman to come here to have sex with me inourhome, while my mate was in the kitchen?"
"Well, I guess it's better than cheating behind my back. If it's even considered cheating when I never actually agreed to—" I cut myself off when he took a step toward me. "What are you doing?"
Callum took another step toward me.
I took a step backward.
The dance continued until my ass landed on his gigantic desk.
Callum's hand cupped my face, tipping my head back slowly until our eyes met. The way he towered over me should've made me uncomfortable, but it just made me hot.
"Do I smell like I fucked her, Kat?"
"No. But?—"
"She greeted me from the hallway. I told her I would be out in a minute and shut the bedroom door. It took less than five minutes for me to get dressed and lead her back in here. Five minutes is nowhere near long enough for us to have sexandscrub every hint of each other's scents off our skin."
Scrubbing the scent of sex off your skin that thoroughly would probably take five minutes on its own. Fucking would be at least two or three more.
"It felt longer," I said.
"Then let me make this crystal clear." He lowered his nose to rest nearly against mine.
I sucked in a breath, desire immediately blooming to life in my lower half as his lips hovered over mine.
"I haven't so much aswantedanother woman since I met you. The only person I will ever have in my thoughts or bed for the rest of my life is you. You are mine—and I don't want anyone else. If I ever touch another woman, I expect you to remove my balls. If you ever touch another man..."
