Double The Alpha: A Paranormal Menage Romance by Amira Rain & Simply Shifters

Author:Amira Rain & Simply Shifters [Rain, Amira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

“Please. Tell me everything, Commander Wallace.”

“I will, but please, call me Jackson.”

Strong and masculine, his first name suited him.

“All right, Jackson. Thank you. And you can call me Vivian.”

“Not Belvedere?”

I made an involuntary little gasp. “Excuse me?”

His eyes were twinkling. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe what he’d said.

“Or, Miss Laundryhousen, if you prefer.”

Now he had me thoroughly riled. He’d crossed the line. I felt embarrassed, and this feeling somehow quickly turned into anger.

In response to what he’d said, I briefly clenched my jaw, folding my arms across my chest. “You know what? How dare you taunt me when I’ve been... ill, or whatever the hell I’ve been. And I know that’s what you’re doing... you’re taunting me. You’re making fun of the fact that I’ve been so tired, and spacey, and clueless. You’re actually making fun of the fact that I made a goofy wild guess about my own name last night, when I was nearly falling over with sleepiness. You should really be ashamed of yourself.”

“You’re right, and I’m sorry. But in my defense, I wasn’t taunting you. Maybe teasing you, yes.”

His eyes still held the faintest trace of amusement, and I didn’t like it.

“Well, then, teasing me. Whatever. Bottom line, you shouldn’t have done it.”

“You’re right, and again, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have teased you.”

“You’d think a commander would be more mature.”

“You’re right. You’d think so. And I really am sorry.”

He actually looked like he meant it.

“And I hope you can forgive me, and won’t hold this against me.”

Though my arms were still folded tightly across my chest, I felt myself softening just slightly.

“Well... swell, maybe.”

Jackson leaned forward, elbows on knees again, looking up into my eyes, and once again, the position made butterflies riot in my stomach.

“Tell you what, Vivian. Maybe you’ll be able to forgive me if I tell you a story about a time when I thought up a somewhat funny name while under pressure, so that you can tease me, and pay me back a little. If you want to hear the story, that is.”

Softening just a tad more, I nodded. “I guess so.”

His deep, resonant voice was making me feel like I might even be content to sit and listen to him read the phone book.

After giving me a fraction of a grin that turned my insides to jelly, he sat back in his chair once again, folding his arms very loosely over his chiseled chest. “All right, good. Well, the story begins when I was seventeen. I was trying to escape from some very bad men in a very bad place, and at first, I thought I could do this by sneaking out the back way, so to speak. But then, to make a very long story short, it became clear that would be impossible. I knew I was going to have to go out the ‘front door’ and I’d need a fake passport to do that. I’d need a fake passport identifying me as a diplomat of sorts.

So,

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