Millie
We never made it downstairs for our family meeting. At some point, Ethan texted Flint to tell everyone we’d reconvene that next evening over dinner.
The rest of our night was spent with Ethan and me in bed, having the hottest, dirtiest sex I’d ever secretly fantasized about. At some point, I lost count of how many times he’d bitten and knotted me. It was an amazing experience that I couldn’t truly explain, even after I’d gone through it. Needless to say, it was everything I could have wanted and more. I’d never felt so connected to anyone in my whole life. Our bond was on another level.
After Ethan had bitten me, we became tethered by an invisible force that let me sense his presence and emotions at all times. It was surreal, to say the least, and also somewhat overwhelming.
After my shower the next morning, Ethan and I shared breakfast together. Then he’d retreated to his office to get some work done and I went back to the bedroom to start hanging up my clothes in his closet so I could actually find what I wanted to wear each day instead of picking through a massive pile that had been dumped on the floor.
I organized about two-thirds of the items before I decided I’d earned a break. Taking out my new phone, I began to log into and scroll through various social media sites I’d been neglecting over the last week.
Just as I was about to sign off and get back to work, Charlotte DM’d me.
“Hey girl, haven’t heard from you in days! Is everything okay?”
“Sorry, I’ve been MIA.”I replied.“My old phone died and I had to get a new one with a brand-new number. I lost all my contacts and any messages that would have come through the old phone as well.”
Charlotte sent an emoji of a shocked face.“That’s the worst! So sorry to hear that happened. Not sure what I’d do if my phone broke. Probably pitch myself off the nearest rooftop or something tragic like that.”
I guess finding out you were a shifter, that your mother wasn’t dead after you’d thought she was for the last decade, and acquiring a mate, kind of put things like a broken phone into perspective for me.
Deciding that was way too heavy a response though, I jested back,“I thought about it, but I decided I’d just buy a new one instead.”
“Fair. That’s probably the right choice. Whatcha been up to lately?”
I didn’t want to lie, but I couldn’t exactly tell her the truth, either.“Just working and spending time with my new boyfriend. You?”
That caught Charlotte’s attention.“Hold up. New boyfriend? Don’t gloss over that part. I need the deets!”
Stitching together fact and fiction, I explained,“I’ve known him for years, but we just recently connected on a romantic level. I’ve always been into him, but I never thought he’d be into me.”
“That’s awesome!”My friend exclaimed.“I actually started seeing someone myself. He’s fucking hottttt!”
I laughed at that.“You did? Tell me about him.”
“Where to start. He’s tall, dark, and handsome. All the best qualities in a man, in my opinion. He kept stopping by the pizza shop every day, pretending he wanted pizza. Turns out, he wanted a hot slice of me!”
I was overjoyed for my friend.“Of course he did. You’re on fire, girl!”
Charlotte shot me a smiley face in response to my compliment.“We should get together and have a double date some time soon. Wouldn’t that be fun?”
I loved the idea, but didn’t think there was a snowball’s chance in hell that Ethan was going to approve the plan with all the drama going on with the Tupilaq pack.
“It really would,”I agreed.“I’ve been working a lot lately, so I’m not sure when I’d be able to do it.”
“No worries. Once you know your schedule, text me so we can set something up.”
It was a long shot, but I was going to work on Ethan to agree. I desperately needed to feel like a normal girl having some fun with my friends, even if only for a few hours.
I sent my new number to Charlotte, and we chatted a little longer before she had to sign off. After I hung up the rest of my clothes, I slipped downstairs to talk with Ethan about that double date.
Knocking on his door, he called, “Come in,” and I slipped inside, noting he was on the phone.
Enjoying watching him at work, I padded over to his desk and climbed onto his lap to get an up-close look. Because I was wearing thin yoga pants against the soft material of his sweatpants, I could easily feel all of him against me. And there was a LOT of Ethan to feel. Especially when he was hard, which he was fast becoming as I intentionally situated myself on his lap in a seductive way.
Ethan gave me a warning glare as he continued to talk numbers with some guy named Harry on the other line. Because I was apparently a naughty little slut these days, I found new and inventive ways to arouse my mate. I wiggled, rubbed, and squirmed against him until he hardened to steel against my ass.
In an effort to control my bad girl behavior, Ethan wrapped one hand around my waist and another around my throat, to keep me still. Silly, boy. That wasn’t going to stop me from getting creative.
