“Hi, mon rêve,” he says as he kisses my cheek.
The one thing I’ve noticed about Michel is that he lets me do things at my own pace. He said he never wants me to feel like he’s pushing me too fast. There have been a few times I want to just say fuck it and go all in with him. But there’s still a small part of me that’s scared I’m moving too fast. But I know I want him in my life, that part I’m not on the fence about. I worry about what my family will think of me. That I just run from man to man. But that’s really not what’s happened here, I’m just afraid of disappointing my parents.
Michel says hi to Abigail, she’s one of the friends I’ve made here. She helped train me, and I’ll be working most of my shifts with her. She also knows about me andMichel, that we like each other. She told me that she’s never really seen him with a woman around the hotel. It’s nice to know that he’s not a player. Because I’ve heard stories about his younger brother, Henri, and how he’s a ladies man.
“Are you ready for lunch?” He smiles as he takes my hand.
“I’m ready. See you after lunch, Abby,” I say as I wave at her. I see Chelsea taking my place, I don’t think she likes me very much. She’s never said hi to me and she stares at Michel way too long. Michel kisses my hand as we walk, I lean my head on his arm.
“Did you ever date Chelsea?” I ask him.
“No. Why?”
“She’s just giving me weird vibes. And she stares at you a lot.”
Michel
While I’ve never dated Chelsea, she has flirted with me for a while now. But I don’t want Genevieve to feel weird about it. So I keep it to myself. I’ve also had a feeling that we haven’t heard the last of Julian.
“MICHEL!” we hear someone yell.
I turn and see some of our Lake Renegade family walking towards us.
“Whoa. Those are some big men, do you know them?” Genevieve whispers to me.
I laugh. “That’s some of our family. Come on, you’ll love them.”
I hug them and introduce each of them to Genevieve. Ten of them are here, and while I’m happy to see them, I don’t think they’re here for fun. Especially because I asked Sebastiano to look into Julian.
“I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch,” Apollo Athanasiou says as he sways like he’s going to pass out.
“You just ate on the plane. A whole chicken,” a woman says to him as she stares at him.
“You sound surprised. I mean he’s your husband, shouldn’t you be used to his bottomless pit of a stomach?” Apollo’s older brother, Eros, laughs.
“Husband? Whoa. We’ve missed a lot.” I laugh.
“I’m Seraphina. I’ve heard lots about you and your family.” She smiles at us.
“Um, hello? I’m about to pass out over here…” Apollo sighs dramatically.
“It’s nice to meet you, and I do remember Apollo’s infamous stomach. We were just headed to lunch.”
“Wooooo! Let’s eat first and talk later. Food.” Apollo laughs as he picks Seraphina up and kisses her.
We all head into the restaurant and get seated. Our Lake Renegade family can get a little loud, but it’s always a good time. We order our lunch and they start asking Genevieve all kinds of questions.
“So no one told us you were coming. I’m guessing something’s up?” I say as I look at all of them.
“Maybe we should have lunch first and then we can talk,” Enea Mancini says.
It must be bad if the head of the Chicago Mafia is here. Along with Giacomo Bastianini, president of the Cimaruta MC, and the two heads of the shifter families, Zeus Athanasiou and Panagiotis Nikolaidis. If this really was just a family visit, they wouldn’t all be here. Now I’m worried.
Our food gets to us and we keep the conversation light as we eat. It’s really hard not to ask questions. I’ve learned that there’s a certain way they do things. And I have to respect that. I just hope my girl isn’t in danger, but I’m pretty sure this is about her.
We finish up and Genevieve has to get back to work. The guys head to my office and I walk her back to the front desk.
“Is everything okay?” she asks.
