Page 29 of Arrested By My Mate

With that, Tucker ends the call, looking pissed off.

We’re both silent as we stand there, staring at each other and trying to digest everything that just happened. Part of me is still terrified about what my uncle might try to do. He seems like the vindictive type, after all, but as I stare up at Tucker, I can’t find it in me to be scared. I know that he will always protect me.

“I think…that I dodged a bullet when you arrested me,” I say finally, and Tucker lets out a bark of laughter.

“So… you’re welcome?” He jokes, and I giggle.

“I don’t know if I would go that far.”

He wraps his arms around me, and I snuggle against him.

“What now?” I ask, and he holds me tighter.

“I’m going to go grab your things from the station. I’ll call Ryker and Griffin on the way and see if they’ve heard anythingabout your uncle or the pack up north. Then I’ll be back here, and we can get you all settled in.”

I nod, and he kisses the top of my head.

“I love you, mate. And I’ll never let anything bad happen to you,” he promises me, and I smile.

“I know. And I love you too.”

He kisses me, and then he leaves me in my new home office and jogs back downstairs. I try to get back into the excitement of having the stuff to make my own podcast, but my mind is racing with thoughts of Uncle Jim and our phone call.

I sit there in a daze until my stomach growls and then decide to get started on breakfast for us. When I head downstairs and see the time, I amend that to lunch.

I’m just finishing the minestrone soup when Tucker comes back in with my bags.

“Smells good in here,” he compliments, and I smile.

“Are you hungry?”

“Starved.”

I start to ask him about what he heard from the Alphas and then stop. I don’t think that I really want to know. Not right now, anyway. I just want to enjoy my life, with my man and my new house for a bit longer before I have to deal with any problems.

We sit down to eat, and he asks me about anything else that I might need to be comfortable here.

“I don’t need anything else. I have everything that I need. Well…” I tell him, giving him a meaningful look. “There is one thing that I could use right now.”

“What’s that, mate?” He asks, his voice low and filled with heat.

I grin as I stand and make my way around the small kitchen table to his chair, and then I straddle him.

“You.”

He smirks and leans forward, his lips sealing over mine. He wastes no time in slipping his tongue into my mouth to tangle with mine, and I moan and rock against him.

“You know, you never showed me the bedroom on that tour,” I remind him, and he moans, his hands gripping my ass as he lifts me into his arms and starts to carry me upstairs.

“Let me rectify that.”

I grin as I kiss his neck and lick the shell of his ear as he carries me into our bedroom. His scent is strong here, and I inhale deeply, my body heating as I feel the hard planes of his body against mine.

He sets me down on the bed, and I reach for his pants, undoing the button and pulling down the zipper.

“I want to taste you,” I tell him, and he groans.

“Fuck, mate. You can do whatever you want.”

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