The defiant mate by Fennifer Francis novel Chapter 38

Jay-la POV

It had shocked her to hear Lilly call him daddy, her eyes had widened, but it was more shocking to see Nathan nearly cry.

The look on his face said it all, he had actually loved hearing it, she could see the joy on his face at just that one word. She knew right at that moment he would never let a single soul hurt them, he did love them. He loved her children… Their children.

When he had answered Lilly with ‘in his room’ she had frowned. Did he think she was just going roll over for him and do as he wanted, she still had some choices, and when her children had all looked at her when she had told him she had not agreed to them staying in the Alpha suite in the rooms he had prepared for them, it was clear not only were they all expecting it, they all wanted to.

They were going to make her stay in the Alpha suite. She could see it coming, she would be guilted into it by the big green eyes, though she would not be in his bed, she could have a room down by theirs apparently. He had offered them the Luna Suite earlier. Maybe she could stay there. It was just down the hall.

‘Not separating us from pups jay-la’ Kora piped up.

l can’t handle this yet Kora, I know what you want, how do I khow you Won’t just move my sleeping body at will into his bed?

Kora chortled at her ‘I could do that even from the Luna Suite if I wanted to.’

Jay-la sighed it was a losing battle.

‘Yes it is. Give in quickly. I want to be able to talk to my Mate.’

When Nathan told her that they needed to talk, she agreed to it, she needed answers and she wanted to keep Kora placated. Her wolf was obsessed with her being Marked and Mated, mostly because she wanted access to her Mate. Jay-la actively working on their Bond would help keep Kora happy and hopefully not steel her body to take it to her Mate. Which Kora had clearly thought about doing, it was all in her tone.

The day was long and she was very tired. Nathan had found Rae-Rae and left her and the triplets with her. Micheal had walked away from her, though the look he gave her said he felt guilty and he’d asked if he could speak with her at some point alone. Jay-la just shrugged and nodded, she didn’t really have much to say to him right now, had to much going on in her own world.

They were in Rae-Rae’s room on the first floor, just sitting and chatting. Rae-Rae was happy to be here, she’d spent the entire morning with Micheal and they’d held hands all day and she’d been a little embarrassed by other couples who seemed to have no boundaries when it came to displays of affection for each other.

Jay-la was listening to her prattle on about her time here, while the triplets were watching a movie, and then she was being woken up, hadn’t even realised she’d fallen asleep. Her eyes blinked a couple of times and finally, a face came into view.

It was her mother, Vera, all healed now and out of the hospital.

“Mum, what time is it?”

“nearly 7 baby girl, don’t you have dinner plans?”

Jay-la stared at her for a moment confused, then groaned and rolled over and buried herself back into the blanket that was covering her “I’m too tired.”

Her mother laughed “Oh you can’t play that game, Rae-Rae here says you’ve been asleep for hours.

“But I was awake all night, Kora kept me up,” Jay-la grumbled and it was true, she and Havoc running around mating all night.

Her mother poked her in the ribs. Come on get up, I brought you something to wear, and Rae-Rae said she’ll do your makeup.

Jay-la pulled the blanket tighter around her. “I don’t wanna go,” she muttered.

“Yes you do, you can’t ignore the man you’ve been in love with all your life, anymore!”

“WHAT!!” she heard Rae-Rae yell, completely surprised by her mother’s words.

Jay-la pulled the blanket over her head and tried to ignore them. She could feel the blankets being yanked on and pulled at to try and make her get up.” Yes, l can,” she said defiantly.

Her mother burst out laughing and finally pulled the blanket off of her, “get your butt up and into the shower, or you will be late.”

“What can he do if l’m late?” she muttered. Sitting herself up, nothing technically, she was the future Luna and no one could touch her.

She heard Rae-Rae giggle “Micheal always threatens to su*ck me if I’m naughty, you might just get s*cked too. Do you really love him? Nathan?”

Jay-la sighed “it’s complicated Rae-Rae.”

“No, it’s not, you told me once, you believe in love at first sight, he’s the one, isn’t he.”

Jay-la got herself up off the couch “where is the bath room? she mumbled, a shower was better than this conversation.

30 minutes later, she was frowning at herself in the mirror.

The dress her mother had picked out was, although absolutely gorgeous, a lace dress with white underlay and soft pink lace over the top. It was off the shoulder and fitted all the way down her body like a glove to her hips, then flared out slightly to give a full skirt that swished when she walked, falling to mid thigh.

Inappropriate as far as she was concerned. It was way too se*xy a dress to be wearing in front of him, Havoc had already nearly marked her this morning, and his love bite was there for all to see. Even Rae-Rae had commented on it., asked her who had given it to her while she was braiding her hair loosely.

She’d left out a few tendrils on either side of her face.

Vera had been no help. She really liked Rae-Rae. Most people did, she was a happy chatty thing, and had told her Nathan had given it to her that morning. Jay-la had glared at her mother while Rae-Rae had gasped in shock.

“He moves fast,” she’d giggled.

Vera giggled right back, every one here does, kind of our thing she’d explained to her. Rae-Rae had done Jay-la’s make-up. It was light and natural with soft pink l!pstick to match her dress. And she was wearing small white pumps, too short for her liking. She much preferred her stiletto’s, but again probably not suitable for this dinner.

“Mother, you do know this dinner is not a date, right?”

She watched as her and Rae-Rae laughed again “Goddess help me, she’s been sucked in already”

“Go and have dinner. You do remember where the private dining room is?”

“Blah blah blah,” Jay-a muttered as she left them alone.

She knew the triplets were up stairs with Nathan’s parents and that hers would be headed up there momentarily as well. They had all wanted to watch the triplets, so the four of them were going to do it. In the Alpha suite, that way, if the children crashed out, they could easily be put to bed.

She made her way to the private dining room on the ground floor. It was in the east wing past the alpha’s office and on the way to the ballroom where all important functions would be held. The door was open when she got there. Nathan was already inside, standing with a drink in his hand, he was wearing a pale grey suit and dark grey dress shirt. Not a date, she thought to herself. Supposed to be just sorting things out over dinner.

Yet there he was with hair neatly styled, clean shaven, dressed to the nines and smelling delicious, though she knew it wasn’t cologne, it was his scent, the one that identified him as her Mate. His blue eyes moved to her, slid down over her slowly taking in what she was wearing and a smile spread across his l!ps. As his eyes reached hers she could already see the desire in them. Not a date. She reminded herself.

“You look beautiful.” his voice was soft and husky.

“I didn’t pick it, mother did,” she stated flatly, trying to ignore the way he was looking at her.

“Then I must thank her personally”, he walked over to the table and pulled out a chair for her.

Jay-la sighed “This is not a date, you know that, right,” she stated as she walked over and sat down in the chair he was holding for her.

His chuckle tickled her insides, he leaned down and murmured softly in her ear, his l!ps brushing gently on them “I know Jay-la, but it could be hmm” and then he allowed his hands to run up both her arms from elbow to shoulder, her skin sparked with electricity all the way up her arms at his touched her.

She sucked in a deep breath as she felt his l!ps press against her ear in the lightest k!ss she had ever felt. “I would love it to be a date,” he whispered to her. Then he moved away and sat down across from her.

Her heart rate was beating twice as fast as normal, and she knew she was holding her breath but could help it. Somehow she had forgotten how to exhale, he was smiling right at her, his desire for her was clear to be seen and he wanted her to see it.

That was for certain, for he was not even attempting to hide it from her.

“Breath,” he said a moment later, his voice back to normal.

She expelled the held breath and felt embarrassed that he could have such an effect on her. She’d always loved him but he’d never made her forget how to breathe before. This could be problematic.

“Not a date,” she muttered.

Heard him chuckle again “who are you trying to convince me or yourself?” he asked teasingly.

She shook her head “I need you to stop this, for a moment.”

“she looked directly at him”, l really do need answers from you.”

“I know,” he nodded “I will answer them, but I can’t help how the bond affects either of us Jay-la. It is very strong even for me, stronger than my last one, I can assure you of that.”

“So let’s start there then. What happened between you and your Mate? And when did it happen?”

He waited until the young omega girl who had just walked into the room to serve them their first course to leave and close the door behind her before answering the question.

“She was a terrible Mate, lazy, greedy and unfaithful. It ended after 3 and half years.”

Jay-la stared at him, that was not what she expected him to say, she had not known what he was going to say but unfaithful, who the hell would cheat on him. She shook her head. He was drop dead gorgeous and in bed could make you scream with pleasure all night long.

“Elaborate please,” he stared at her. “Do you really need to know how much it hurt me lay-la?”

“It’s hot about that, I don’t understand is all. Lazy greedy unfaithful? Put a little clarity into that sentence please. I understand you may not want to talk about it but… I would like to know, considering she was the reason I was banished, I think I have a right to know a little bit more than.. three words.”

He stared at her for a long moment, then nodded, “Sophia was very materialistic, refused to learn Luna duties from mother, refused to train to defend herself, refused to produce an heir, was never happy with anything I did for her, bought for her, the only thing we were compatible with was s*x. She rejected me when I cut off her access to the packs funding. I tried to fix it.