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drinks while we wait.”
“Same place as usual?” Jai asked, thinking of the pub that the local pack frequented.
Elizabeth smiled. “Of course,” she said, heading for the car. “Come on; the Alphas will call us if they need us.”
When the reached the pub, a typical village pub with mock-Tudor beams and hanging baskets of flowers, Jai caught Dane’s arm and held him back. He let the other get inside, saying he’d catch them up in a moment and pressed Dane back into the shadows of the hedgerows. Where they had parked, in the small car park behind the pub, no one could see them and there was something he had needed since they set off. With one hand to the back of Dane’s head, he drew his mate close enough to press a hungry kiss to his mouth. Dane responded with the same ferociousness.
“This is so unprofessional,” Dane murmured, drawing back a fraction. “We’re working.”
“Well, we’d best be going inside, then,” Jai said, reluctantly breaking the kiss and turning to head into the pub.
“Sorry—I needed to make a call,” Dane told Max as they walked in. “I thought I’d better call from outside. Less noise.”
Max didn’t question further, just put their drink orders in at the bar. If he thought anything wasn’t right, he kept it to himself. This would be so much easier if Dane was out, Jai thought for the thousandth time. He needed more than the moments he managed to steal during the day, and the nights he could convince Dane to stay with him. It didn’t matter, though, as there was no way he would ever force Dane to out himself. He was content with the fact he was openly bisexual, but that didn’t mean that Dane would be and he had no inclination to see Dane hurt in any way.
* * * *
Three hours and numerous drinks later, Jai smiled as he watched Elizabeth and Dane. The woman had been flirting with him since they got to the pub, but he seemed completely unaware of it. That didn’t stop her trying, however. She laughed and touched his arm as he made a joke, pressing closer to him and batting her eyelashes.
Max came to sit beside him, his gaze following the same path as Jai’s.
“So, are you going to tell me?”
Jai frowned. “Tell you what?”
“Oh, come on; I’m not as daft as I look,” Max told him. “He’s yours, isn’t he? I’ve seen the looks that you keep giving each other, not to mention the fact that he doesn’t even seem to notice that Elizabeth has done everything but flash her tits at him.”
“I can’t believe she hasn’t given up by now,” Jai agreed.
Max grinned. “So, he is yours?”
“Don’t mention it to anyone, will you? He’s going to be panicked enough when he knows you’ve figured it out.”
* * * *
Dane glanced at Jai, who chatted with Max, and sighed. At one of the tables across the pub sat two people, holding hands, talking, looking at each other with such affection it was clear to everyone that they were a couple. He wished he could be like that with his mate. It wasn’t fair to Jai, forcing him to hide away, even though he was at ease with his sexuality.
At that moment, Max and Jai’s phones rang, the noise startling Dane out of his thoughts.
“That was Michael,” Jai told the others after a very brief conversation. “He and Eric are having a few drinks and won’t be needing us anytime soon.”
Max pocketed his own phone. “Molly has been cooking up a storm and so they’re having dinner as well. It looks as though they’re staying the night and leaving tomorrow morning.”
He looked at Jai and Ret. “You two are welcome to stay at my place for the night, or there is a suite we hold at the Plaza in town for visitors.”
“If not, you could stay at my house,” Elizabeth interjected, her eyes fixed on Dane as she spoke.
The two opted for the hotel and Elizabeth looked on in disbelief, pouting, until Jai took pity on her. He excused them for a moment and took Dane aside.
“You have to let her know you
“Same place as usual?” Jai asked, thinking of the pub that the local pack frequented.
Elizabeth smiled. “Of course,” she said, heading for the car. “Come on; the Alphas will call us if they need us.”
When the reached the pub, a typical village pub with mock-Tudor beams and hanging baskets of flowers, Jai caught Dane’s arm and held him back. He let the other get inside, saying he’d catch them up in a moment and pressed Dane back into the shadows of the hedgerows. Where they had parked, in the small car park behind the pub, no one could see them and there was something he had needed since they set off. With one hand to the back of Dane’s head, he drew his mate close enough to press a hungry kiss to his mouth. Dane responded with the same ferociousness.
“This is so unprofessional,” Dane murmured, drawing back a fraction. “We’re working.”
“Well, we’d best be going inside, then,” Jai said, reluctantly breaking the kiss and turning to head into the pub.
“Sorry—I needed to make a call,” Dane told Max as they walked in. “I thought I’d better call from outside. Less noise.”
Max didn’t question further, just put their drink orders in at the bar. If he thought anything wasn’t right, he kept it to himself. This would be so much easier if Dane was out, Jai thought for the thousandth time. He needed more than the moments he managed to steal during the day, and the nights he could convince Dane to stay with him. It didn’t matter, though, as there was no way he would ever force Dane to out himself. He was content with the fact he was openly bisexual, but that didn’t mean that Dane would be and he had no inclination to see Dane hurt in any way.
* * * *
Three hours and numerous drinks later, Jai smiled as he watched Elizabeth and Dane. The woman had been flirting with him since they got to the pub, but he seemed completely unaware of it. That didn’t stop her trying, however. She laughed and touched his arm as he made a joke, pressing closer to him and batting her eyelashes.
Max came to sit beside him, his gaze following the same path as Jai’s.
“So, are you going to tell me?”
Jai frowned. “Tell you what?”
“Oh, come on; I’m not as daft as I look,” Max told him. “He’s yours, isn’t he? I’ve seen the looks that you keep giving each other, not to mention the fact that he doesn’t even seem to notice that Elizabeth has done everything but flash her tits at him.”
“I can’t believe she hasn’t given up by now,” Jai agreed.
Max grinned. “So, he is yours?”
“Don’t mention it to anyone, will you? He’s going to be panicked enough when he knows you’ve figured it out.”
* * * *
Dane glanced at Jai, who chatted with Max, and sighed. At one of the tables across the pub sat two people, holding hands, talking, looking at each other with such affection it was clear to everyone that they were a couple. He wished he could be like that with his mate. It wasn’t fair to Jai, forcing him to hide away, even though he was at ease with his sexuality.
At that moment, Max and Jai’s phones rang, the noise startling Dane out of his thoughts.
“That was Michael,” Jai told the others after a very brief conversation. “He and Eric are having a few drinks and won’t be needing us anytime soon.”
Max pocketed his own phone. “Molly has been cooking up a storm and so they’re having dinner as well. It looks as though they’re staying the night and leaving tomorrow morning.”
He looked at Jai and Ret. “You two are welcome to stay at my place for the night, or there is a suite we hold at the Plaza in town for visitors.”
“If not, you could stay at my house,” Elizabeth interjected, her eyes fixed on Dane as she spoke.
The two opted for the hotel and Elizabeth looked on in disbelief, pouting, until Jai took pity on her. He excused them for a moment and took Dane aside.
“You have to let her know you
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