A plump pretty young blonde woman came in and walked over to them. The Sheriff jumped up and moved toward her, his face lit up at the sight of her. The sudden transformation almost made him look as handsome than Adam. Almost.
He swept the young woman into a breathtaking kiss that seemed to last for ages. It was almost pornographic the way they groped each other. No one else seemed to be bothered by it. Perhaps they were used to it.
When they finally parted the Sheriff manoeuvred them both into the booth, his arm wrapped tightly round her shoulders, while she simpered into his shoulder. Ugh.
She felt the hair on the back of her neck tingle. Whipping round she found that Adam had just walked in. She stuck her head into the menu praying he didn’t see her, praying he walked right past her.
She peeked out to find that he had done just that. Oh! She was thoroughly annoyed at how disappointed she was by that. Had her personality split and she just not noticed? Damn sexy wolf.
She’d wanted to tell him her name, her address, what she was doing here, her shoe size – anything he wanted to know really! Thank god self preservation had kicked in. She was too used to being on her own, taking care of herself. You have to be careful living alone in a city full of strangers, you give away too much and people take advantage.
He went over to the wolves in uniform. The younger wolf who she guessed was about 24, a couple of years younger than her, stood up as he approached, clearly nervous around his Alpha. The older brown haired wolf stayed sitting, the blonde haired girl curled around him. Adam slapped him on the back familiarly and sat down. Without glancing in her direction Adam nodded to someone in the kitchen.
She realised that a number of women were openly staring at him, including her. Time to study the menu again. Where the hell was her pizza anyway?!
She looked up when she heard a loud melodic laugh. There was a woman stood, in her opinion, way too close to Adam. Rosalee’s heart lurched. The woman was tall and slim but obviously toned with silken black hair pulled back into a chignon. Her oval face and grey eyes were perfect. She was stunning. Probably a wolf too.
She put her hand on his shoulder and leaned towards him laughing away. Adam scowled at her. Clearly he wasn’t interested. Not that Rosalee cared of course.
His eyes suddenly locked with hers and he smirked. Butthole. Rosalee got her phone out and decided to try ringing her mother again, something to do at least.
She didn’t even notice the young wolf stood before her until he coughed.
“Hi, I’m Deputy Gabriel North. Everyone calls me Gabe.” He stuck out his hand and flashed her a dazzling smile. If it weren’t for Adam she would have melted on the spot. “And you are?”
She looked over at Adam and noticed that in between talking to the dark haired female he was flicking glances in their direction. The butthole had sent this young wolf over here to get information. Well if he wants to play...
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Who was she ringing? Fuck, what if she had a boyfriend? It would explain why she had rejected him in spite of her obvious attraction. Adam didn’t relish having to track the guy down and beat him. Where was this aggression coming from?
Normally it didn’t bother him if a woman he took to bed was involved with someone else. He wasn’t about to get jealous. But the thought of anyone touching his mystery woman made his blood boil. No, no, no – she wasn’t his.
He’d sent Gabe over to find out who she was, what she was doing in town and how long she was staying. The young wolf had been eager to please his Alpha.
Although hearing the giggles coming from the mystery woman Adam thought it might not have been that good an idea. He had a puppy dog expression that women fawned over. Damnit, he should have sent his Beta Alec over.
The woman was practically stroking Gabe’s biceps, and the pup was preening. Adam emitted a low growl and Gabe straightened and paled. He said a couple more words before returning to their booth. The mystery woman looked a little too triumphant for his liking.
“Her name’s Rosalee Bennett, Iris Bennett’s granddaughter,” Gabe imparted in hushed tones.
Mac, the female wolf, Adam’s sister and the bane of his existence keenly appraised Rosalee. “Wow! She’s doesn’t look much like Iris.”
Liv glanced at Rosalee casually. “According to my friend Agatha Iris and her daughter Violet had a huge falling out and Violet left saying she hated this place and never wanted to come back, that was like twenty odd years ago now.”
“Wonder why she’d call her daughter Rose - a - lee then.” Alec rumbled.
“She told me she inherited the house out of the blue, hadn’t ever met Iris. She’s living there for now, didn’t say how long she was staying.” Gabe looked like he wanted a pat on the head. Adam wanted to kick him.