7

- Good, Yaroslav, - both answered in one voice.

And if Rinat's voice is a harsh bass, which is like a native to me, then the baritone with a slight hoarseness immediately echoed in my mind with the ringing of alarm bells.

Panic came in a wave comparable to a tsunami sweeping away million-plus cities.

But I washed off his smell in the hotel room for an hour and even bought a new dress! And he…?! How did he find me so quickly? After all, he didn’t believe about the alpha of the gray wolf clan… Then what is he doing here?!

Patent leather shoes clattered to the granite floor.

Rinat looked from the marble countertop with breakfast in my direction. He meticulously studied the reaction he saw for a while, trying to figure out what was wrong. And Jan, turning his whole body in my direction, with a slight sneer and a sly squint of his black eyes, cheekily smiled in anticipation of the continuation.

“Meet Yaroslava,” said Rinat. — Yen.

- Y-yen? she asked more automatically than consciously.

The latter did not look quite logical (after all, Rinat still seems to be unaware that I am familiar with, as it were, Jan), so I had to hastily add:

Just Yen?

Maybe just Yang. It’s more convenient,” said… sort of like Yen, who is Yang.

I didn't want it to be more comfortable.

Especially to him.

“Ian will do just fine,” she replied coldly and arrogantly, at least she tried very hard to make it look that way.

A suspicious look from Rinat clearly testified to how I had just crossed an invisible border. But, since I started, it’s not in my rules to retreat, therefore, feigning absolute indifference, she went up to the groom and gently kissed him on the cheek.

- How did you get there? She asked like I was really interested.

As expected, Rinat launched into a long story about how bad the service is even in the first class cabins on all airlines and how stuffy it is in Rio de Janeiro. All this time, I just nodded understandingly, trying to hold a cup of caffeine in my hands under the gunpoint of Jan's thoughtful gaze.

Damn that werewolf! And why is he so pissed off? Hadn't his testosterone levels dropped even after four hours had passed?

At the mere thought of the cause of the increased level of male hormones, a wave of warmth swept through the body. She involuntarily clenched her hips, trying to cope with the surge of emotions. And if, to my luck, Rinat did not catch the changes in my body, then the corners of Jan's lips lifted in a barely perceptible obscene grin.

Bastard!

Angrily, she slammed her cup on the dining table. The cooled coffee spilled onto the surface. Rinat interrupted the story and raised an eyebrow in bewilderment.

- Yaroslava, are you still ... ill? he asked cautiously.

Of course I feel bad!

I just fucking feel bad!

After all, looking at the arrogant self-confident man who fell out of nowhere, who perfectly understood what the real reason for my condition was, I realized that ... I want more. With him. And more than once.

“I’m much better,” she lied without a twinge of conscience.

- Did you feel bad? Yang asked in total surprise.

And that's why I'm now sure that there is a hint in the question?

- Probably, in this case, it is worth postponing the joint trip until tomorrow, - Rinat did not allow me to answer.

- Joint trip? she asked, just in case.

And then all of a sudden the drugs had an effect on my hearing.

Or did I misheard?!

“But she said that she was already better,” Yang objected phlegmatically.

Trying not to look at the insolent werewolf, she turned her gaze to the groom in anticipation of an answer.

“Ian arrived with an annual check from the clan of black wolves, Yaroslav,” Rinat explained. - You will report on all financial matters related to construction in the neighboring village. You still know better than me.

Just chill!

“Mmm, I see,” she drawled as indifferently as possible. “And how long will you be here?” turned to another interlocutor.

I stared hard at my fiancé and tried to ignore Jan. Inside, everything was torn apart by the agony of anger and indignation, but I tried to "keep my face".

“As many as you need,” Yang smiled radiantly.

Sitting on a high stool, the man radiated confidence and a sense of dominance over the situation. His back is as straight as an unbending steel sheet, and his shoulders are deployed in slight tension. Imposingly throwing his legs over his legs, he continued to hypnotize me with his eyes. Studied. Assessed the possibilities. Like a predator waiting for its prey. As if ready to pounce at any second, as soon as an opportunity presents itself.

Infuriates!

Because I'm definitely the victim...

A dull wave of spasm in the lower abdomen unobtrusively reminded me that my own thoughts were not entirely honest, because becoming a victim in the hands of such a hunter was not the worst thing that could happen in my life.

And it infuriates even more!

"Okay," she reluctantly surrendered. I'll change and we can go to the office.

"Good," Rinat replied. “Ian will wait for you here, and I still need to talk with Vadim… about yesterday.”

And it was then that the whole sacred meaning of the charm of the “joint trip” came to me and what Jan smiled so cheerfully at.

Rinat is not coming with us!

I almost got overwhelmed...

- Something is wrong? Yang asked sarcastically.

“That’s right,” Rinat frowned in response.

The alpha gave me a warning look full of reproach. There was nothing left but to smile understandingly at the groom and head to the second floor to change clothes. If before my hands trembled due to the symptoms after taking a dose of an infernal mixture of chemicals from Vadim's light hand, now I was shaking all over for a completely different reason.

What an absurd coincidence!

How is it even possible among a million people to meet a man in a bar who will be in your kitchen in the morning?

Yes, and a nice conversation with your own fiancé ...

Impulsively she pushed open the closet door and meticulously examined the things in there. At the same time, she mentally cursed everything in the world in an effort to forbid herself to think about what would happen next.

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