Page 68 of Protected Promise

“It’s not very you,” she finally commented.

I smiled. “My mother,” I explained. “After my parents died, I never really found a need to change anything. Well, except for the office. I haven’t even moved out of my childhood room, though I suppose that’ll change now.”

“Oh, so like, nostalgia?”

“No, just laziness, I guess. I’m not very good at such things. Maybe you can do something with the place.”

Kaitlyn immediately perked up. “Really?”

“Yeah. There’re maybe three things that I actually care about here. The rest you’re free to change as you please.”

“Don’t mess with me here. I love doing staging and decorating.”

I walked over and wrapped her up in my arms. My large body practically swallowed hers. I leaned down and kissed her. “What’s mine is now yours. You can change whatever you like. Decorate this place as you see fit. I’m not hard to please when it comes to stuff like that. I’m going to love whatever makes you happy.”

She grinned and rose to her tiptoes to kiss me again. “Can we get deliveries here?”

I laughed. “Um, yeah. I’ll get you the address. We have sort of a post office setup closer to the border for mail and packages.”

“Okay then. I have some shopping to do.”

“Should I be worried?”

“Very.”

Before we could discuss things further or even begin christening the place and welcoming my mate home in the way I really wanted to, there was a knock at the door.

I groaned.

“Life of the Alpha?”

“Unfortunately. It’s never really bothered me until now. I had to share you with Tobi all day, even though you slept the majority of it.” She rolled her eyes. “I don’t want to share you now. I want to help you settle in.” My hand smacked her ass as she yelped.

The knocking became more persistent.

“I’m coming,” I yelled.

I gave Kaitlyn one last kiss and got back to work.

As I swung open the door, Dereck was there.

“You know I wouldn’t bother you right now if it weren’t important. Incoming she-wolves demanding to speak with you.”

“Now?”

“Afraid so.”

I looked back and saw Kaitlyn was moving into the master bedroom probably making a list already of the things she wanted to change.

“Okay. Let’s get this over with.”

I followed Dereck downstairs and outside. Seven attractive women were waiting for me.

A curly haired brunette pushed her way to the front. “Hello, Alpha. I’m Mallory and it’s an honor to meet you. I hope we can get to know each other very well in the coming days.” She gave me what I assumed was a sexy look, but all I saw was red as she dared to run a finger down my arm in a seductive manner.

My jaw set tight and I glared at her in warning as she took a step back.

The others took that as their opening to introduce themselves – Maria, Clover, River, Jasmin, Abby, and Cadence. Maria, River, and Jasmin gave me equally suggestive introductions, but Clover, Abby, and Cadence seemed genuinely nice.