Wolf (A Little Red Riding Hood Retelling) (Brother's best friend romance) by J.A. Wynters

Author:J.A. Wynters [Wynters, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Wolf

I walk inside trying not to run. A big guy like me scares people when I head in their direction at a speed other than a snail’s pace.

I meet Hunter, who’s led the client to the VIP area and introduced me. Again. The fucker doesn’t even remember my name, and I’m not a forgettable kind of guy. Our celebrity offers us a drink which we both decline. He proceeds to ignore us and talk to his guests.

Hunter runs me down on the schedule, then goes and checks in with all the guys before he takes his position on the other end of the VIP room.

I scan the dim club and find her almost immediately. She’s leaning against the bar talking to Caleb, they’re giggling as they look around and sip their drinks. I wonder how many she’s had. A new song starts and Caleb shrieks while Red smiles. She’s radiating energy and happiness; in fact, I don’t think I’d ever seen her so happy, so relaxed. Maybe it’s because she thinks I’m still outside. I ignore the thought even as it makes my stomach coil.

They weave their way through the throng of people toward the dance floor.

Music blares everywhere and the dance floor is full, bodies moving like a singular wave, clashing against one another in churning swells. Limbs and torsos twisting and flailing.

Caleb points to the middle of the floor but Red seems content to stay on the fringes, the edges, like she always does—and then she starts dancing. She’s a mesmerising fucking distraction. She shuts her eyes and lets her body move, her hips roll with the music as she moves around, a total oddity in a sea of sameness, and I notice and then I notice everyone else notice. And they are all fascinated, like me, by this new, rare thing that doesn’t fit in. She’s still a cog, and without her, the machine would fail. But somehow, she doesn’t fit anywhere.

I don’t like the other eyes on her and grind my teeth, my jaw already aching. I swivel around when a hand tries to reach up to my shoulder, and I find my new client leering at Red.

“She’s something, isn’t she big guy?”

I fucking hate it when people call me that. “Sure thing, sir.”

“Go get her for me.”

“Excuse me, sir?”

“Just march yourself up to her and ask her to come join me here.”

“Sorry sir, that’s not part of my job description.”

He glares at me like I’m stupid, and I don’t know who pays for my next meal, “It is tonight.”

“Sorry sir, I can’t leave you unguarded.”

He pouts and taps my hand like it’s okay.

Of course, it’s fucking okay. It takes all my energy not to punch him in his smirky little face.

“Right, well good job…?”

“Wolf, sir.”

“You howl at the moon, Wolf?”

I don’t reply and a minute later he’s back with one of his guests, “Can he go and get her?”

“If you want him to, sir.”

“I do.” He gives me a sly grin, and I want to break every last one of his perfect white teeth.

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