My Married Mate

Dinner Invitation

Simon's POV

We walk back to my office where we find Olivia and Scarlet chatting away completely oblivious to our commotion. Thank Goddess for sound proofed walls. Mark told me to act like everything was fine and I was ready to finalize their offer. He promised me proof and I have every intention of collecting on that promise. I excuse Olivia and close the door.

"Scarlet," I say sweetly, "Mark and I got caught up reminiscing about high school. Turns out we had a more intertwined past than we originally thought." I laughed through my terrible lie. "Why don't we sit down and get an offer on paper?"

Mark turns red and starts yelling at me directly, "More intertwined?! More intertwined? That's the story you are going to stick with?! You were a prick then and you are a prick now!" He turns to make his way to the door and just as his hand touches the door Scarlet jumps from her seat and yells.

"MARKELL. WESLEY. SMITH. You will get over here and sit your ass down right now!" While she was authoritative, this certainly wasn't alpha anything, but then Mark's face said it was coming and Goddess did it come. "AND YOU WILL APOLOGIZE TO MR. BLACK RIGHT THIS SECOND." She bellows with an authority that an alpha could only dream of having an aura emitting from her that could not possibly come from a human. Brenden and I both unwillingly dip our heads in submission as Mark cowers unfortunately still seeing our own submission.

"I am so sorry Mr. Black, I have no idea what got into me," he yips out quickly.

Scarlet turns to me, "Now Mr. Black, if my ARROGANT husband," she spits with venom, "didn't scare you off, I'd love to see what kind of deal we can come up with." She says this confidently hoping to undo the harm she believed her husband to have caused even though I knew it was coming.

My eyes twinkle as my wolf jumps with joy.

Our mate is special and powerful!

Our mate is married. I reply dryly as he tucks his tail between his legs and retreats to the furthest depths of my mind.

"Absolutely Scarlet, I'm sure I can make you an offer you can't refuse. However, I'd like to invite you all to dinner tonight, at my home if you will. I normally do a 20% fee, but given that Mark and I go way back, I will offer 10%." This woman is absolutely amazing and I need an offer she can't refuse to insure that I can get close to her.

Scarlet's mouth opens and closes, then opens and closes again, "Um, yes, absolutely yes!" She jumps to give me a hug and my wolf is back prancing in my head. I want to savor this moment for as long as I can but Mark lets out a low growl and Scarlet quickly lets go. "Oh, my goodness, I am so sorry. I don't know what came over me."

I run my hand through my black hair and down to my neck and chuckle, "It's okay, I have that effect on people sometimes." Mark is seething with my flirt, but this is MY mate. "So dinner, tonight? 5pm?"

"Oh, um, tonight?" She looks back to Mark, "Oh, I'm not sure we could get a sitter."

"That's completely fine! Bring the little one! Mark said she is six, is that right?" Scarlet nods hopefully, "I actually live in a small town on the outskirts of Chicago in the north. With all of my family and our best of friends. We actually have lots of little ones running around and I'm sure they would love to have a new friend to play with for the night."

Without hesitation, without looking at Mark, she makes the decision. "It's settled then, we will see you at 5. The number you would have on the meeting appointment slip is my cell phone number, you can text me the address." She blushes for a second, Oh Goddess, if she doesn't stop that, I will take her here and now, "Or, um, sorry, uh, Olivia can text me the address, I'm sure that is below your pay grade." She giggles.

Scarlet has no idea the power she holds as she sits here and apologizes to me and I think I love that the most about her. Without thinking, I walk to my desk, pull out her appointment slip and my phone and we hear a *ding*. "There, now you have my number as well in case something comes up or you need anything. Do not hesitate to text or call me," I flash her a smile excited that she has my number and I have hers. That immediately calms my wolf down who is going through a wave of emotions.

Finally, Mark breaks into a moment that felt like just ours. "Ah-hem. Scarlet, we better get going, we have been here all afternoon and we need to get Gracie from your parents if we are going to have her ready by dinner."

"Ahhh, you are so right, I apologize Mr. Black. We will see you tonight."

I shake both of their hands not wanting to push my luck and grab another hug from Scarlet. Just as quickly as she came, she left. My wolf was going through every stage of grief from not being able to claim his mate.

She said "Mr. Black", he purrs.

Oh, I heard, and she will be saying it again, over and over.

"Ummm, Boss? What the f**k was all of that?"

I'm snapped back to reality, and I realize, I need answers and I need answers fast. "I don't know man, but we need answers. I need you to contact my dad and the elders. I need all information on wolves with their wolf before maturity and I need information on wolves that" I hesitate, wolves that what? What even is she? "Ummmm, wolves that are NOT wolves?" I say unsure.