The Alpha's Baby(37)

"Cold, sweetheart?" Sebastian asked. He must have been watching her, even though she hadn't realized it.

"I'm fine." She waved away his concern.

Despite her words, Sebastian shrugged off his jacket and handed it to her. "Here you go."

"But I'm not cold." And even if she was, she had plenty of coats in her closet.

"Still you shivered," he said. "It's not good for the mother of my child to catch a chill."

"Oh, good grief, Emmy, marry the man already," Mary Lou said. "He's so chivalrous."

She pulled on the jacket. "I'm thinking about it."

"You're thinking about it?" Mary Lou clapped her hand to her chest dramatically. "What are you waiting for, a Greek god to come floating down from Olympus?"

"No." Emmy shook her head.

"But you think he's hot, right?" Mary Lou said.

"Yes." She gave a begrudging nod.

"And smart?"

"Well, yeah," she said.

"And nice?"

It wasn't like she could say no after the man had just handed her his jacket. "Of course."

"Then what the hell are you waiting for?" Mary Lou asked. "My husband, God rest his soul, had a face like a horse and was about as smart as a mailbox, yet I still said yes to him."

The older woman looked at her expectantly. In fact, Sebastian was looking at her expectantly too. Suddenly, she couldn't think of what to say.

What was she waiting for? Sebastian was handsome, smart, funny, and sweet. She couldn't deny the attraction that surged through her body when he looked at her. She just wished he wasn't so secretive. After glancing at him, she chewed her bottom lip.

"Well?" Mary Lou asked eagerly.

"I'll think about it," she said.

Both Sebastian and Mary Lou groaned.



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Emmy munched on popcorn as Sebastian and Mary Lou watched a horror movie. As the serial killer sank his blade into a teenage girl, she took another bite of her salty snack. Even with all of the action in the movie, her mind was elsewhere. She couldn't help but think about everything Mary Lou had just said. Maybe she should decide to marry Sebastian, yet he'd never told her about his past. She stared at Sebastian who was unaware that he was being observed. Was she being stupid? Mary Lou obviously thought that she was. Still she hated the idea of being married to somebody who wasn't one hundred percent honest.

Groaning, she shook her head. Maybe she needed to talk to Sebastian. So many problems were caused by a lack of communication. She sighed again, barely noticing that the movie was over.

As Emmy was submerged in thoughts, Sebastian waved his hand in front of her face. "Earth to Emmy. Are you there?"

She blinked in surprise. "Yeah."

"Did you watch the movie at all?" He studied her. "I swear you were spacing out through most of it."

"I watched it." A little.

"What was it about?"

Frowning, she studied the screen. "A guy running around murdering teenaged girls."

Mary Lou glanced at her and shrugged. "Well, she's right, isn't she?"

The man snorted. "Yeah, she is, but I still don't think she watched the movie."

Emmy rolled her eyes. "Okay, maybe I spaced-out. What did I miss?"

"A lot of bloodshed," Sebastian said.

"A whole bunch of nudity," Mary Lou added with zealous.

Okay, so she was hanging out with Mr. Violence and Ms. Bang.

"Sounds like a real life-changing film." Emmy smirked.

As Sebastian snorted, Mary Lou stood up and yawned. "Well, I should probably head home and hit the sack. I need my beauty sleep. Tomorrow I'm meeting Edward Ferguson at bingo, and I think he might want to bone me."

Emmy choked on spit. "Mary Lou!"

"What?" The woman batted her eyes innocently.

"You shouldn't talk about things like that," she said.

"We talk about dirty shit all the time," Mary Lou said. "Sebastian, do you want to know what Emmy's favorite dirty saying is?"

"Don't tell him." Emmy was five seconds away from growling.

Sebastian's eyes sparkled. "What is it?"

"Stick a cock in me, I'm done." Mary Lou snickered at Emmy's sour expression.

"Ha, ha, ha." Emmy rolled her eyes. "Are you done mocking me yet?"

"Hmmm." Mary Lou checked her watch. "Well, I want to continue, but it doesn't look like I have the time. I really should be getting home."

Sebastian gave the older woman an encouraging smile. "I'm sure we'll hang out again soon."

Over my dead body, Emmy thought, her eyebrow twitching. Or better yet, over Mary Lou's.

Mary Lou winked. "Oh, we will. Then we can exchange juicy stories."