Chapter 47
RYDEN
“Your dad told me the note is cleaned.” I joined her on the couch as I promised to take a day off with pack business and other matters.
Zeph ran the lodge and the Crimson Corp, so I knew they were in good hands.
“I thought no pack business.” She grabbed the steaming mug of coffee and sipped it.
“Sorry. Just wanna update you.”
“Did you notice something last night?”
I smiled as I pressed my lips to hers. “I thought we were gonna watch movies and order pizza later.”
She giggled, and rested her head on my shoulder, her feet on top of the coffee table. Her toenails painted blood red. “Fine. We can talk about it. Just not work on it.”
“Right.” I kissed her hair as I turned the TV on and chose a giant streaming app. “What did you notice about last night?”
“Can you choose a series for us?”
“No drama.”
“I hate drama,” she echoed. “Let’s watch The Vikings or The Last Kingdom.”
“So you have a thing with medieval guys or just the theme of the show.” I placed my palm on her thigh and rubbed it a bit. She was wearing an oversized sweatshirt and nothing down but panties.
“The shows are good. The guys from that Viking age just like to rut, had multiple partners, and contra to the characters portrayed in the show, they should smell like onion or sulphur and they couldn’t be all this fit with abs and icy blue eyes. I mean, look at Ragnar Lothbrok.” She even gestured as the first episode started rolling. “Travis Fimmel is perfect for the role.”
“Fuck it. We’re not watching that shit show. You’re daydreaming about this guy.” I found another series to watch.
“Hey. That’s unfair.” She glared at me. “I want to watch this. The swordfight is good. You might learn a thing or two.”
“How did you know about the swordfight? Have you watched this before?”
“Only a few episodes. Come on, Beetle. Don’t be a dick.”
“A dick.” I cupped her head and kissed her hard, making sure she knew who she just called dick.
She groaned at first, resisting, and pushing me away. She then moaned seconds later and gripped my arms.
When I thrust my tongue in her mouth, I tasted the coffee she drank. Sliding my hand inside the sweater, I cupped and massaged her breast. I didn’t know she wasn’t wearing a bra.
I broke the kiss, breathing heavily against her face. Then I pushed the sweatshirt she was wearing and captured her breast.
“Fuck the series.” She grunted, threw her head back, and began to rock her hips against my crotch. I was only wearing sweatpants, and she felt I was already rock-hard.
“Fuck Ragnar asshole Lothbrok,” I said as I went to another breast, sucking the hard nipple, flicking it with my tongue. Then my hand slid between us, slipping into the band of her panties. “If you’re wet right now, I will fuck you on this couch.”
“You just made your wish come true, Alpha,” she said confidently because she knew she was soaking wet.
“Sorry.”
Her eyes cracked open and looked at me. “For what?”
I just ripped her panties off without regrets and grinned.
“Why do you have to do that? I love those panties.” She glared down at me, eyes blazing. “You can’t just rip my clothes because you’re horny and want to shove your dick into my vagina.”
“Before you spit fire on my face, I will buy you a dozen in rainbow, okay? Just name the brand.”
“Fine. We haven’t opened Ren’s gift.”
“And the other gifts, but right now I need to be inside you.” I pushed my sweatpants down. My dick bounced. Her pussy was wet and warm, making my dick jerk against her entrance. “Lift your ass.”
“Bossy, bossy.”
“I let you boss me around last night. Now it’s my turn. Lift your ass.” Before I could grip her hips, our phone rang and vibrated together.
“I thought you silenced your phone.”
“Ladybug, I can’t, especially when there’s an emergency.”
“Go ahead, pick it up.” She lifted her ass off me and took a seat next to me.
“You’re upset.” I gripped her thigh.
“Nope. I’m horny, and I need you.” She then stood up and picked up her vibrating phone. “I need to make my fingers useful. Good luck with your dick, Alpha.”
I watched her leave with their mouth hanging open. What just happened?
“Fuck.” I grabbed my phone on the coffee table, and it was Zeph.
“Yeah. This got to be an emergency.”
“Sorry to bother you, Ry, but it is. The lawyers from the Webster Finance Firm were here earlier. They’re pulling out the investments with their conclusive reasons. I thought I should give you a heads-up.”
“And what are those?” My thirst to fuck my mate was gone. Vanished. I was faced with a bigger problem I didn’t know where to get money from or I had to make a bold move and fire some staff to keep the lodge and Corporation running.
“Decline of visitors, customer reviews, and the significant drops of profits of the Corporation, and so on.”
“That’s a fucking lie. I have the report of the last two quarters.”
“And you only have two choices left. You’re stepping down as CEO of Crimson Corporation or find investors.”
“Fuck him. How many days do I have left to find investors or pull that amount?”
“A week. Two weeks top.”
“Thanks, Zeph, Send the documents to me. I’ll let my father see what he can do.” My father was a corporate attorney, I was sure he could give me some advice. I hung up the phone and threw it on the coffee table.
“He’s making it personal, isn’t he?”
I clenched my jaw and breathed hard before I spoke. “How much did you hear?”
“Sorry, enhanced and all. I couldn’t help it.”
Smiled as I held out my hand. “How’s your self-service?”
“I went to the bathroom to clean up and grabbed an underwear.” She sat on my lap and ran her fingers through my hair. “I’m so sorry. You just lost your investor because of me. If I hadn’t come back, none of this would have happened.”
“That’s bullshit. I would never let someone control my life and my happiness. And Nora would never be my mate or wife. This is meant to happen. It’s only a matter of time. I’ll stand for what I believe and for my people’s interests. I’ll find another investor.”
“I wish I could help.”
“You’re my anchor, Amelia. That’s all I need.” I kissed her softly.
She looked at me for a couple of seconds, and I knew I was in trouble, but she remained silent and smiled. “You will find a way. You always do.”
“I already made a proposal, but I found a link of this man to Alec. So I’m not getting my hopes up.”
“How much do you owe him?”
“Fifteen million.”
“Wow.” She blinked and swallowed.
“I need to call Dad.” I picked up my phone again, and she went to the other seat and used her phone.
Dad picked up the call right away. “Are you going to tell us we’re gonna be grandparents?”
I chuckled. “I wish, but this is bad news.”
“Uh-huh. Did you two get into a fight?”
“Nope, Dad. Alec is withdrawing his investment early. You’ll be receiving the documents in a couple of hours. I want you to check them if there’s something we can do.”
“Son, don’t beg. Let him do whatever he wants. As far as I know, you did nothing wrong. I’m proud of you for standing up, Ryden.”
“Thanks, Dad.” I hung up the call and found my mate staring at me. “You wanna continue what we left off?”
“Nope.” She said it with a pop.
“Pizza?”
She shook her head. “Um—”
With a little disappointment, I said, “Just say it, ladybug.”
“Okay.” She smiled as if she had a dubious plan. “I want to see my friends.”
I chuckled. “You can’t stay away from them longer, can you?”
“Please?” She gave me that beautiful puppy-eyed look. “I’ll be back before dinner.”
I checked the time on my phone. “Wow. Eight hours?”
“Oh, come on.” She came back to my lap and showered me with kisses.
“Of course.”
“I know you have important things to do to fix the son of a bitch Alec issue. And you know I can’t help you with that.”
“Okay. Go change. I’ll see you later.” I kissed her lips one more time before I let her go. “Take care. You can use my car.”
“Nope. They’re coming to pick me up.” Of course.