Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve

The door closed behind me with a whoosh and I moved as quickly as my heels would allow to the ringing phone.  

“Thank you for calling the office of Marcus Blackwell, how can I help you?”  I asked in my best customer service voice, trying not to sound too out of breath as I sat down and picked up my pen to take down any notes.  

“I was hoping you would answer,” the husky voice at the end of the line chuckled and I frowned in confusion.  This voice wasn’t familiar, and it was super creepy.

“How can I help you?”  I asked, unsure of what he wanted.

“There are so many things that you could help me with pretty.  Right now I’d like you to transfer me to your boss.”  He said and I curled my lip, ‘pretty’ who did he think he was talking too?

“Who may I say is calling?”  I asked, trying to hide my disgust as best as I could.

“Pretty little thing, tell him it’s Nash on behalf of Vega.”  He said, his voice sounding smug before I put him on hold.  I transferred him over letting Marcus know that he was on the line, I was curious about why he would be calling so soon after coming in to visit Marcus and Louis.  

Could it have to do with the what Vega had asked him to reconsider?  I shook my head as I sat staring at my computer. What did I do now that I knew my boss and Louis were both dragons?

And that I belonged to them?  

I pulled out the files I was supposed to be working on and I tried to let the mindless task of paperwork take me away for the rest of the afternoon.  I could think about my next step when I was out of the office and further away from them.  Then it hit me, I had a date tonight with Marcus.

Did that still stand?  

Did I still want to go on a date with him?

I felt my cheeks heat up as I thought about being pinned between him and Louis and how I had wanted him to kiss me and the way their hands had felt on my hips.  Oh yes, I most definitely wanted to go on a date with him still.  I wasn’t sure about Louis, did he consider our previous times getting coffee and hanging out as dates?

I had thought we were just friends, but the way he had held me earlier and declared that I was theirs.  It had me thinking differently about his playful flirting.  Was it really playful flirting or had he been serious and I had missed it?

No, he hadn’t acted on it before it couldn’t have just been me missing the signs.  Was that how Louis and Marcus operated?

Louis befriends me and then Marcus tells me we have a date?  

I frowned and bit my lower lip. Maybe I was overthinking it.  I shook my head and started getting back to work with the little time I had left, this paperwork wasn’t going to scan itself.

“Amelia, come to my office.”  Marcus’ voice came from the intercom on my desk. What could he want?

I pushed away from my desk and stood up, smoothing out my skirt before heading into his office.  I felt the flutter of my heart beating faster at the thought of seeing both Marcus and Louis.

How would this work?  Being theirs, I had never dated two men at once.  Were we dating?  I growled to myself in frustration at so many unanswered questions floating through me mind.

I brought my hand up and tapped on Marcus’ door and then rolled my eyes and walked inside before he could tell me to come in.

“Sir?”  I asked walking into his office and towards Marcus’ desk where he sat talking with Louis.  The other man was leaning against the desk, his arms crossed across his chest as he looked down at Marcus, his back to me.  

“Amelia, Louis would like to take you shopping for our date this evening.”  Marcus said his eyes pinning me in place.  I pressed my lips together unsure of how I should respond.

“Okay?”  I asked, shrugging my shoulders before looking at Louis.  

That answered at least one of my earlier questions. We still had a date.  I guess now Louis and I had a date too.  

“You’re free for the afternoon,” his lips twitched in a brief smile, “I look forward to tonight.”  He added before turning away from me and back to his computer.

Louis pushed off of the desk and walked around to face me, his eyes violet twinkling with a familiar mischief and I wondered what he had planned.  

“We’ll see you later Marcus,” Louis tossed over his shoulder as he grabbed my hand pulling me from the office. He stopped by my desk and I grabbed my purse before we headed towards the elevators.  

“Louis, what’s going on?”  I asked that strange other-world feeling settling over me again, making me wonder if today was real or just a very vivid hallucination.  

“You and I are having a small shopping date before your big date tonight.”  He said pressing the chrome button to call the elevator to us.

“I really don’t know how to process this.”  I frowned looking at the floor.  The elevator dinged and he pulled me in.

“Try not to think too hard about it and just let us take care of you.”  He said with a shrug as he turned me to face him.

“You guys are dragons.”  I bit my lower lip, not looking up at him.

“And you’re a redhead with brown eyes,” he said bring his finger up under my chin, tilting my head up so he could look into my eyes.  

“That doesn’t make sense.”  I said with a sigh.

“It does to me, you’re perfect the way you are.”  He said with a smirk.

“I didn’t say I wasn’t perfect.” 

“There my girl is.”  He teased, although I guess it wasn’t teasing anymore and never really had been from his point of view.  The elevator chimed as the doors opened.

“I didn’t agree to be yours.”  I said with a smirk leaving him behind.