Page 71 of Sinful Mates

“I have no idea I just wanted to get away from them; I could really use a bloody drink, though.”

She nods, a smile playing on her lips. “We could have a girl’s night, maybe later go out?”

I smile. That sounds nice. It’s actually nice to be in another female’s company. “That sounds awesome, but I don’t have anything to wear out.”

“You’re my size, you can borrow something. Let’s head back to my place.” We drive to the City before heading toward the apartment block. It’s the same apartment block where my apartment is.

“You live here, too?” She nods before turning the car off. We get out and she tosses the keys at the valet, who catches them.

“Yep, this is actually the pack house.”

“Packhouse? I lived in an apartment building full of werewolves?” No wonder they had a strict policy on no cats. I chuckled remembering Theo telling me before getting angry for even thinking of the jerk.

Her lips turn up slightly. “Yep, come on, I’ll see if any of the girls want to head out with us tonight.” As we enter the foyer, the girl behind the desk, calls out to Merida. “Alicia, hey, want to go out tonight with me and Imogen?”

The girl stands. She had curly red hair and green eyes, and a smattering of freckles on her nose. She is quite pretty but in a delicate kind of way; she looks innocent. But the grin that lights up her face, I can tell she is anything but innocent. Oh, this is going to be fun I can tell already as a devious smile lights up her face. “Martin’s?” Alicia asks. I’ve heard of it but have never been. It’s a huge nightclub on the other side of the City.

Merida glances at me questionably letting me decide. “I’ve heard of it, so I’m down.”

Alicia yips and claps her hands excitedly. “Let me get someone to cover the foyer. I will be up in a minute, it’s time to party.” she says shaking her ass.

Merida and I laugh at her enthusiasm before heading over to the elevator. We get in and Merida takes me to the second floor, when the elevator doors open. I nearly walk into Floyd as we step out.

Floyd smiles before doing a double take, realizing who I am. “What is she doing here, Merida? Does Tobias know?” he asks, looking worriedly at her. I bite back a giggle at the thought but he probably thinks she kidnapped me in some twisted love triangle or something.

“Yes, he knows and we’re going out.”

“Tobias won’t like that, Merida.”

“I don’t care what Tobias or Theo like, we are going out.” I reply, glaring at him. Man were all werewolf men this overbearing and this god darn sexy?

I watch as he pinches the bridge of his nose, his eyebrows furrowing. “Where are you taking her?”

“Martin's” Merida tells him, unfazed by his line of questioning.

He opens his mouth gaping like a fish. We ignore him and turn, heading in the direction Merida is leading me. “Wait.” We both stop and peer back at him. “If you’re taking her, I’m coming. Tobias will bloody kill us if anything happens to her.”

“Fine, be ready by nine, Beta,” she says the “Beta” bit sarcastically. Why do I have a feeling Floyd might be the killer of fun?

When we get to the apartment, Merida opens the door and I step inside. Her apartment is the same as mine yet has a hippie feel to it, nothing I expected from the proper and prim lady I saw at the office. She even has tie dyed beaded curtains on all the doorways. Huge round rugs in all different colors on all the floors and giant bean bags instead of chairs.

“Make yourself at home,” she says, and I do, feeling relaxed for the first time.

I chuckle. “Drink?” she asks, holding up a bottle of red wine. I look at the time. Technically it is evening already, lunchtime isn’t too early to start drinking. I nod and she walks over handing me a glass, I watch as she fills it. And I mean fills it—the glass is huge. I stare stunned. If we keep drinking like this, there is no way I’m actually going to be awake to leave tonight.

I sip it and Merida laughs. “Come on, let's find something for you to wear.”

We head in her bedroom which is also decorated similar to the rest of the house. She rummages through her wardrobe pulling different dresses out that are extremely revealing. Tobias would pitch a fit if I wore one of them. Which makes me want to wear them all the more. I want to punish them, both of them. Why do they have to keep so many damn secrets from me?

“Which one?” Merida brings my attention back to her and I curse myself for letting them steal my mind once again. Damn they are short. I won’t even be able to bend over without flashing something. I point to the black bodycon dress, and she holds it up. “Yes, that will fit you nicely.” She holds the dress against me, it barely reached mid-thigh. It certainly doesn’t leave much to the imagination. Just as I go to try it on, there is a knock on the door. “That will be Alicia,” she says walking out of the room.

I follow after her. Merida opens the door and Alicia stepped in with three other women around our ages. All are strikingly gorgeous. One has brown hair cut into a pixie cut with big brown doe eyes and thick lashes and pouty lips. The other two are both blonde and blue eyes. They looked like sisters, the resemblance between them, uncanny. The dark-haired woman introduces everyone. “You must be Imogen. I’m Tammy, this is Maya and Cara.”

“Hi,” I say nervously. I was never one for hanging out with other girls, to be honest I wasn’t all that girly more, nerdy then girly. I felt awkward, out of place beside them.

“Come on, let’s get lit,” Tammy says tugging on my hand and pulling me back toward the bedroom. On the way past, she grabs the bottle of wine that is sitting on the bench. Why do I have a funny feeling these girls are trouble but in a good kind of way? They do my hair and make-up before I slide into the tight dress. It’s like a strange version of Cinderella.

Maya comes over and zips me up. By the time everyone is ready, we still have an hour before we have to leave. Merida wore an off shoulder blue bodycon dress, and the other three might as well have been naked with the little dresses they wore that showed off more skin than I thought was possible.