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I didn't know why the sight of her made me want to kiss her like she was my lover, but I decided to appease my desire by leaning over to place a tender kiss on her forehead. There was something that connected us, or at least it felt that way when she was in wolf form.
Maybe I had a soft spot since the shower incident in the locker room, but was I even ready to try another relationship?
Would Neo and Onyx be okay with even sharing Willow now that she's their official mate?
I sensed Dimitris before his cologne drifted to my nostrils. The door opened to reveal him in a white dress shirt and black fitted dress pants. He looked as if he had some sort of meeting, and I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow managed to do a FaceTime meeting to entice whoever was still trying to fabricate lies that Willow was dead.
What I knew for sure was that he was tired as fuck. It was obvious before when we were bringing Willow home, but now he looked as if he could barely keep his eyes open.
"You look like you're going to die," I casually concluded.
He offered me a slight smile, but that only emphasized his exhaustion.
"I've had better nights," he admitted. "Where'd Viktor go?"
"He had a call. Probably an update on Roberto," I replied. Glancing over at Willow, I continued, "Did you tell Willow?"
"I did," Dimitris announced, and I was sure his gaze was on our pink beauty.
Our. Now I'm claiming she's ours. Great.
"How are you feeling?" he inquired, and I knew what he was referring to.
"Feeling like I'm gonna be spending a bit of the savings on a new punching bag,” I replied, and glanced over to see his pouting lips. I couldn't help but chuckle at his unamused expression that was rather priceless due to its rarity.
"We just bought that."
"Well, technically, you bought it after I burned the other one to ashes."
"And this one suffered the same consequence because?"
"I tried to last fifteen minutes," I quietly admitted, my eyes on Willow once more.
Dimitris didn't say anything, but I was sure he was reading me - understanding where I was coming from with this.
"I can pay for it, you know," I tossed out the option.
"Not necessary," he replied. "I'll get you a new one by the middle of the week. Don't fuck anything up before then."
"You're always taking the responsibility when you don't have to."
"I'm your Alpha. The moment you pledged to be loyal to this pack, I vowed to make sure your needs are attended to," he replied. "It's not a big deal. We'll get you another one. Besides, the CEO is working on a fireproof one on your behalf. Maybe the prototype will be ready for trial."
"Wouldn't that be convenient," I whispered and let out a heavy sigh. "She noticed."
"Noticed what?" he inquired.
"The trigger...or I guess the fear in my eyes."
"Have you told her about it?"
"No," I admitted. "I'm sure she knows from background checks. Viktor's good at those, but I guess...I expected her to...well…" I struggled to get the words out.
"Be afraid of you?" Dimitris pondered.
"Ya," I quietly replied. "I mean...I'm the monster who killed his mate in the ring. Anyone would be afraid of me."
"In a world where we didn't kill people on a daily basis, maybe," Dimitris admitted. "Yet, I still think Willow wouldn't be the type to abandon you over such a past. It's not like it was your fault."
