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“Me either,” I assured him. “If it makes you feel any better my siblings are awesome but my parents are fairly unbearable one hundred percent of the time.”
“If things go well then we’ll be screwed in the in-law department,” he joked.
“Nah, it sounds like I'll get an awesome Dad in the deal,” I countered.
“True,” he said, not bothering to disagree. “What did you do in the city?”
“I was an accountant. My last job was at a big firm. Long hours, a windowless cubicle, the works. The most socializing I did was in line at the coffee bar.”
“That’s kind of sad,” Atlas said, wrinkling his nose. “I don’t think I could handle that life. Not just the lack of friends but having to sit and stare at four blank walls.”
“What do you do?”
“I’m a real estate agent. I work in the county, though, so it’s not just strictly Lockwood. Otherwise, I’d barely have any business. It’s nice, I get to drive every day and see new houses, talk to people, and the hours are flexible so no early wake-ups if I don’t want to. I love it.”
“Sounds like a perfect fit,'' I said. Before he could say anything else, the waitress interrupted.
“Can I offer you something off of our wine menu? We also have a full bar and soft drinks,” she said with a smile, making eye contact with both of us as she spoke.
“Do you drink?” he questioned.
“I wouldn’t mind a glass of white wine,” I answered. It would help to ease some of the lingering nerves.
“I’ll have the same,” Atlas said before ordering salad and breadsticks for the table.
My attention finally turned to my own menu, curious to see what they had. We’d been talking and I hadn’t even bothered to crack it open until now.
Atlas’s laughter had me glancing up, raising an eyebrow as he stared at something behind me.
“You have brothers, don’t you?”
“A brother,” I corrected, then closed my eyes in defeat. “Dear god, tell me he’s not here.”
“It has to be him. Somebody is glaring daggers at me.”
I turned around, horrified to see Micah and Collin sitting at a small table across the room. It almost looks like a date. They were leaning into each other whispering and staring our way.
“Excuse me for a minute,” I said quickly, standing up and giving him a tight smile before stomping across the room. There were a few whispers as I passed, probably because I looked crazy as I fumed and power-walked through the dining room.
Micah, to his credit, looked apologetic, but Collin looked angry.
“What the hell are you doing here?” I questioned, crossing my arms and cocking my hip to the side to maximize the attitude thrown at them. “Other than trying to ruin my date?”
“So, you are on a date,” Collin said, almost mockingly angry and a complete contrast to the guy I’d met only a few days ago.
Micah tried to cut in before it could escalate.
“I’m so sorry. I mentioned that you were going on a date and we may or may not have just wanted to make sure it was going okay. I was worried about you.”
“And you? What right do you have to be worried about me?” I challenged Collin. My brother’s heart was in the right place but I could deal with him later.
“Pretty sure that we both know the answer to that,” he shot back. “We find out we are mates and you go out with another guy?”
And there it was, another alpha being possessive when he needed to learn his place.
“So, I’m supposed to just stop living my life? You didn’t ask me on a date, so you don’t get to have any say.”
“If I had asked, would you have gone with me?”
