Chapter 49

Asher gave her a brief moment to adjust, letting go of her hands once more but that was to free his other hand to better lift her up with. He did all of the work while she just clung to him and took it, because even if she wasn’t drunk, her legs couldn’t possibly work with him that deep inside of her.

The last thing she remembered was the blinding pleasure that followed Asher biting her very tender mating mark, the champagne in her bloodstream didn’t help much so she couldn’t remember what happened after their tryst on the rooftop.

She woke up in the hotel room the next morning, surprisingly well-rested considering all she had gotten up to the night before. She wore only Asher’s shirt and her now empty lace garter, nothing else. Sunlight streamed into the hotel room, Asher staring at her intently from across the room as he made a phone call.

She slowly sat up, her smile as warm as the sunlight. She left him busy with work to clean up, going over to sit beside him while wearing a clean pair of his shirt although she had brought more than enough clothes for herself.

“Do you have any appointments today?” She asked, leaning her head against his shoulder, her eyes closed to the contents of the laptop in front of him.

“Why do you ask?” Asher’s cautious tone made her look up at him.

“Just curious,” She shrugged, she had also asked because she hoped to be able to spend the day indoors until they had to go for the main event later that day.

“I don’t.” He replied after an odd pause.

Celine narrowed her eyes at that, “Don’t cancel them for me,” She lightly scolded.

She didn’t get a response to that, it meant that not only was he planning to do that, he wasn’t listening to her protests. She would have offered to go with him but she really didn’t want to leave the hotel room if she could help it.

“I-”

A knock on their door interrupted her words, catching both of their attention. Asher rose to his feet to answer the door, leaving her on the sofa, she watched him head for the door, wondering who it could be, because Asher hadn’t looked to be expecting anyone.

The door swung open and she felt cold the moment she stared into familiar black eyes. Save for the bruise on his jaw, Noah looked no different from the night before, his stiff suit and greasy hair back in place.

He held a gift bag in hand, a flat smile on his face, “Please let me apologize by giving you a personal tour of the town-”

Asher barely let him finish before shutting the door in his face, a disinterested look on his face as he turned around to return to Celine’s side.

The knock on the door came again, “It wouldn’t favor our business agreement if we become enemies,” Noah tried again, and Celine watched Asher briefly contemplate before turning around to open the door again.

“Fine. Now fuck off.” He tossed at the other Alpha, slamming the door once more without bothering to take the offered gift.

“I’ll return to begin your tour in a few hours!” Noah called through the shut door, getting no response because Asher was already on the other side of the room.

Celine busied herself ordering room service for breakfast to avoid the conversation of the tour with Asher but she couldn’t do that forever.

“I didn’t think you would be up for a tour,” She started tentatively, needing to confirm personally that she didn’t need to tag along on this *‘tour’*.

“I’m not.” Asher grimaced, irked.

He would prefer to spend the entire day in the hotel room with Celine but his relationship with his business partners here in Moonstone was already strained because of his position as a Mafia King, so unfortunately, he had to keep up with appearances to soothe the frayed nerves of his uptight partners.

Celine didn’t push because she knew he had his reasons to go but none of that involved her. “I’ll just wait here in the hotel room for you then.” She smiled guilelessly.

Asher frowned, “I’m not leaving you alone.” He deadpanned

Celine sighed silently, she really should have seen this coming. She hated to be the reason that Asher put his business on hold but it meant that she had to spend the entire day with Noah again. All of this was Noah’s fault, and she was starting to feel less iffy about driving her dagger into his eye.

“I’ll come with you then,” She quickly changed her mind, left with no other options.

Fortunately, their meal arrived then so the conversation moved on from such a delicate topic. After eating, Celine went off to pick out an outfit, it wasn’t that she wanted to dress to impress but that she needed to hide her identity as much as possible.

She knew well that a tour meant that they would be visiting the pack house, and as much as she would rather be shot than return there, she could do this for Asher. Noah not recognizing her was startling but it was very much in character for him, she wouldn’t be so lucky with her previous pack members.

So she threw on a shawl to cover her hair and put on a pair of large pink sunglasses that hid almost half of her face. If Asher noticed her odd choice of clothing, he said nothing about it, and she had never been more happy to be with someone who didn’t question every single thing she did.

She looked more like the armpiece of a Mafia King in her getup which was to her advantage because it would hide her identity even further. She contemplated telling Asher about her past several times since she found out where their business trip was but something held her back every time. *She would tell him eventually*, she told herself as she helped button up his dress shirt, she just needed some more time.