31. Bailey-Rose #3
“Oh, but one might if they were kidnapped by the Goblin King,” I defended.
Warrick started to say something but stopped and pulled out his phone to look at something. “Fantastic, it’s available on streaming so I can figure out what the hell you two are going on about.”
Yun-Sun smiled and caught my gaze, giving me a wink, making me think he knew exactly what Gareth and I were doing. “Looks like your pick wins, sweetheart. Do we need anything before this movie starts?”
Ulysses set me on the couch and stood. “Let’s at least get the remnants of dinner out of the way so we can make the couch into a bed.”
“Smart man,” Warrick said with a clap of the hands. “Tonight is a night of epic Omega snuggles. I can feel it.”
“It’s almost two hours long so we might need to rotate through the movie,” Gareth pointed out. “Unless we want to decide whoever sits next to her now gets the fringe spots when we go to bed.”
“Rock, paper, scissors?” Vili suggested, holding his hand up in a fist, ready to go.
Leaving the guys to determine the best course of action, I carried empty containers into the kitchen. Ulysses held the trash open for me, and I dumped my load into it.
“Hey, before you head back, I think you should have this so you can charge it for tomorrow,” Lysse said as he pulled open a drawer and handed me my phone.
I’d totally forgotten the damn thing since I hadn’t needed to worry about checking in with Crew or Eli if I went somewhere. Taking it from Lysse, I tried to turn it on, but true to his prediction, it just blinked low battery and shut off.
“You don’t think Randall still believes we’re together, do you?” I asked. “It makes no sense. I found my scent matches, and anything that happened before that would be over. Why would he even try to get me to come back to him and forget about you guys?”
Ulysses tucked me to his side and pressed a kiss to my head.
“Just reading the messages he left you, it’s clear that Randall might not experience being told no all that often.
There could be other factors we don’t know about or possibly a mental illness that makes him obsess or cling to things in his life.
No matter what he threatens, there is nothing anyone could do to convince us to walk away from you. ”
He let out a heavy sigh, nuzzling his cheek against my hair.
“If I’m being honest, I wouldn’t have given you the damn thing back until you wore our marks.
Then it wouldn’t matter what anyone said or did, you’d be bound to us by a ritual that no one can break or dispute.
All that aside, keeping you safe and knowing you have your phone with you tomorrow is more important. ”
“Then I’ll charge it tonight, but I won’t turn it on until we get to the studio. I don’t want anything to ruin the perfect night we’re having,” I decided, setting the phone on the counter. “It can wait until the movie is over.”
With a sweet kiss on my lips, Ulysses led me back to the living room, where everyone was waiting for me to join.
“Get over here, Care Bear,” Warrick urged, patting the spot between him and Vili. “I need you here to protect me from the Goblin King.”
Grinning, I skipped over to them and leaped into the couch nest they made.
Snuggled up between my two sunshine Alphas, all the worry that revolved around my phone faded away.
It had been at least a year since I’d seen the movie, and I was just reminded how much I loved it.
The moment Magic Dance came on, Gareth and I sang along, trading parts like we’d done this for years.
When the lightbulb went on for Warrick, he laughed, enjoying the joke. “Nicely played, you two. I walked right into that and didn’t even know it.”
“That’s what made it all the more perfect,” I admitted, grinning from ear to ear.
“Is that so? You like teasing me, is that it?” Warrick accused, then pounced, tickling me until I begged for mercy. “Mercy, you want mercy? Well, it’s gonna cost you, Care Bear. I demand a million kisses. I’ll even be nice and let you pay it off in installments.”
I gazed up at Warrick, his citrine-colored eyes shimmering with love and laughter. “That will take me a lifetime to pay back.”
“Huh, sounds like you’re stuck with me for life then,” Warrick said, diving in to get his first installment. “Only nine hundred ninety-nine thousand left to go.”
“Excuse me,” Vili interrupted, tapping Warrick on the shoulder. “Can we watch movie now? I must know if she saves the babe.”
Letting out an overly dramatic sigh, Warrick released me and flopped back into his spot. “Gosh, V-man, never would have guessed you to be a cockblock.”
Vili flashed him a smirk before scooping me up and settling me on his lap. He nuzzled a kiss to my temple with a soft chuckle. “Now you know. Start movie, please. We have much more to watch.”
I had to cover my mouth as I giggled, seeing the look of betrayal on Warrick’s face. “It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for,” Gareth commented as he hit play, ending all further conversation.