Jared
He didn’t want her running off on this upcoming full moon, just to avoid that possibility coming about. She had on the last one, and she’d managed to avoid all of them even knowing she’d disappeared prior to it. She was sneaky and knew how to get around all of them, something he knew she had been doing for years now, she had a lot of practice due to his own father wanting to bring her in and trying to get her to attend mating balls.
Though that reaction from Creed, in his father’s office this morning, had been more than unusual, even his words to his own father Wolf, had been of a possessive nature. And although Jared had conversed with his beast about it afterwards, to try and see what was going on with his own beast.
All he’d gotten from Creed was that he was unhappy about an Alpha Wolf who would try and coerce anyone. That an Alpha should know better, and he didn’t think Nolan was worthy of being an Alpha blood. Jared didn’t actually know if that was true of his beast, because Creed had now been quiet all afternoon with him.
Even now, Creed was currently lying inside his mind as though he was not interested in the conversation Jared was holding with Wynta. But at the same time, Jared also knew that Creed was also watching the woman before them.
Jared had a feeling that Creed was just keeping himself in check considering his reaction in his father’s office, and likely also keeping his thoughts to himself, but he was watching her as much as Jared himself was throughout this conversation.
Jared knew Creed watched when he punished her too, he’d called his own beast a perv and Creed hadn’t even taken offense to it. Just told him she’d attacked him too, and so he got to watch the punishment; so his beast had actively chosen to watch.
Wolves didn’t usually watch things like that, just rolled over and turned a blind eye to their humans having s*x, not their Mate so they didn’t care. His beast, on the other hand, had not only watched but had enjoyed watching Jared punish her, Creed liked Wynta himself was the only conclusion he could come to.
He also knew that, like himself, Creed had never been one to care about what rank their Mate might be when she came along, or if a Mate would be wolf–less or human or even from another species; a Mate was a Mate, and that was all there was to it. They actually both agreed upon that.
Wynta was quiet for several long minutes, and then she just shook her head. “I’m still not interested in finding out if I’ve been bled to another, Jared. Honestly, I don’t care, and the only reason to find out for me, would be if it was my mother that was looking for me, not my father. Sorry but it’s a no from me.”
Jared sighed, it was always a no from her, but that was the first time she’d made an apology with the no, but he wouldn’t harass her about it. They didn’t even truly know if there was going to be her unknown father coming for her or not at this point. It could well be that Nolan was lying about it, just using that to try and get her to go with them, thinking being an orphan all her life, she’d want to know who her parents were.
“Alright, I won’t push it. It is for you alone to decide, not me or father. No one will force you, Wynta. Though if at any point you change your mind, just let one of us know,” he told her with a gentle smile.
“I won’t.” She stated with what sounded like full certainty to him.
He could only nod. She knew what she wanted for herself and how to make her own decisions, so he dropped it. He’d gotten everything he needed from their conversation. “We just thought you should be in the loop, so to speak, and give you the option to find out or not, is all.” He told her simply.
“Alright… Did Nolan have anything else to say?” she asked.
“No,” Jared shook his head, “Thank you, for answering my questions so willingly, I didn’t know if you would, kind of thought you wouldn’t, actually.”
“It’s fine, seems to be going to come out anyway. I don’t normally talk about it, don’t really think about it, it was long ago and is of no concern to me nowadays,” Wynta shrugged at him, “Is that all you needed to speak to me about?” she asked.
“Mm hmm,” he nodded and then smiled. He wanted to lighten the mood with her a little. He much preferred when she smiled or laughed, played with him, “I’ll let, that you didn’t answer my calls today slide. Though I’m betting you enjoyed rejecting my calls, didn’t you?”
She chuckled right away, and he knew he’d done what he wanted, amused her, and there was that smile he wanted to see, as she stated, “Yes I did.” No hesitation in her words. She’d done it on purpose just to annoy him, and he knew it. Then she got up, was ready to leave, it seemed.
“I’ll be back at work on Monday. Just so you know,” he told her as he also stood.
“What happened to your suspension?” she asked as she walked to his door.
He had a feeling she wanted to be punished by him. “Hmm, maybe I like it as much as you do,” he told her.
“Maybe?” she snorted. “I think you like it more than I do,” she taunted him. “I bet, Jared, I can go days, weeks, months even, without you punishing me. Can you do that?” she asked him right back and he heard the fully amused tone, as she used his very own words to challenge him into stopping his game of punishment is pleasure, and see who caved first and wanted to start playing it once more.
He had her up against that door and his hands were roaming her body freely. She made no attempt to stop him. “Hmm, now there’s a challenge, but honey, there’s something you should know about me…” His hand moved to the button of her jeans and undid it. “I won’t start a new game,” he slid the zipper down “until the old one is finished.” He slipped his hand inside her jeans and her panties to touch her softly.
“I’m going to touch you every day,” he told her as he slipped his finger through her folds and traced it around her core, smiled against her neck as he heard her heart rate pick up, and she sucked in a breath but didn’t release it. “Just like this.” he slipped his finger back up to touch her clit and roll over it, and then down through her folds as he felt her become hot to the touch and wet under his teasing.
Pushed his finger inside of her and a moan came from her, and he smiled as the scent of arousal rolled off her, and he breathed it in all deep and long. “f**k you smell good, do you know that?” he growled against the side of her neck and moved his finger in and out of her until she was gasping and moving with him, then slipped it out and over her clit, so damned wet and hot for him.
He had to pull back and slip his hand from her jeans before she got what she needed right that minute, and he knew it was something he wanted to hear himself. Her crying out his name in o****m, “Everyday just like this, Wynta.” He repeated his words softly against her ear “Until you cash that bloody cheque.”
Her face turned, and her eyes met his, and he smiled at her, “That’s a promise.” He murmured before he pushed off the door and tasted his finger for her to see, then he opened the door for her before he changed his mind, and she didn’t make it out of his apartment.
He stood leaning in the doorway and just watched her walk away to the elevator, “Sleep well, sweetheart.” He stated.
“You’re like a clingy, obsessed fangirl, do you know that?” she tossed over her shoulder as the elevator doors opened, and she got in.
He laughed, “Well, you know how to stop the obsession. But still don’t do it. Who likes it more, I truly wonder?” he asked, fully amused as the doors closed.

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