Wyatts POV
After watching my little mate give a show on the dance floor, I felt like I needed a break. Restraining myself from killing any of the other men in the bar was a new way of testing myself as they all obviously stared at her almost exposed ass. Finally, I watch as Allie rushes Molly off the dance floor and thank the Goddess that I can finally breathe. But of course, that relief was short lived when I saw she was being introduced to some tall, dark and handsome brother that Allie brought along. I begin taking deep breaths and keeping my eyes on Molly, hoping that she can resist whatever charm this man is going to try. Oh s**t, she’s looking at me now. Molly looks at me and all I can do is smile. Even though I see her every day through Benson’s eyes, the mate bond feels even stronger seeing her like this. The bar smells of alcohol, smoke and body odor, but the smell of lavender and honey overpowers it all and…Oh my goddess, I can smell her desire. She immediately averts her eyes back to Tim, but I already know that it’s not him that she wants. “Benson, I think our time has finally come”. I mind link to him. “Then what are you waiting for? Go get her!” I feel Benson prancing impatiently in my head now. As I stand up, our mate immediately bolts to the restroom. “I think our mate wants to continue playing hard to get” I chuckled. Benson is not amused, “I’m done playing” he growls.
After what feels like forever, our mate comes out refreshed and avoids looking our way. I don’t like how overly confident she’s being as she starts to take a few more shots of tequila back-to-back. She then grabs Jill and makes her way back to the dance floor. I see other guys begin to turn their stools around, like they are preparing for another show from my mate. I immediately stand and begin to roam around the dance floor, keeping my eyes on my Molly. My god, I try to hide my hard-on, as it continues to ache watching another round of sexy dancing from my mate. I imagine being behind her and rubbing my d**k up and down her ass. I’m going to need a cold shower after this. I close my eyes for a moment and think of something that will help relax my d**k. It doesn’t take long because Allie’s brother decides to start putting his hand on my mate on the dance floor. I immediately deflate from below the belt and I take a few breaths and pray to the goddess for this night to be over with soon. Lucky me, the goddess was answering my prayers. But what happens next is not what I wanted. I hear my mate begin to breath heavily and the way her body language was responding to Allie’s brother’s touch was making her look panicky. “His hands are too close for comfort now” my wolf growls. I use my wolf speed to get to Molly, her heartbeat sounding like she was having an anxiety attack. During the summer before she started college, she would have these same symptoms and sometimes even faint. I see her begin to fall, and using all I’ve got, I reach out and catch her just in time. I’m caught by surprise as my panic and worry disappear immediately after finally holding my mate in my arms. As Benson, I can feel the tingles from the mate bond every day, but as myself, my feelings are twice as strong and I don’t want to let her go. I am not sure of what exactly happened. I can only assume it was a moment of PTSD from her trauma with Shawn. I hear her call out for Benson and my wolf is jumping up and down with glee. Her amazing lavender and honey smell has intensified from her alcohol intake and I can’t help but take one more sniff “I think you have had enough little mate”, I roughly whisper. Tim is still standing there unsure of what he should do, I don’t even acknowledge him. I don’t want him anywhere near our mate. Molly suddenly seems more alert now and looks up at me “I’m so sorry, thank you so much for helping me” she tries to sit up so I can put her down, but I’m not ready to let her go, so I hug her to my chest and head towards her table of friends. They all take notice of their friend in my arms and then look at me. I smile to show I’m friendly and not some pervert trying to run off with their friend. I’m met with total silence, so I decide to start the conversation “excuse me ladies, but I think your friend here has had enough to drink. Would someone be able to escort her home?” They all continued to be silent. Molly begins to speak, “I’m good guys, don’t worry about me…”and out of nowhere, Jill decides to become my wingman. “Why don’t you take her home for us?” She sends me a friendly smile as if she approves of me being next to her best friend. Jill will always be my favorite friend of Molly’s now. I can’t help but smile and be hopeful that Molly will agree to this. I don’t sense her responding poorly to the idea, so just maybe…. “Jill, I don’t know this man!” Molly blurts out, “How do you not recognize him? Jill surprises me again. Does she know who I am? What I am? “He is on all those commercials for the Half Moon Bay golf course. He owns the place”, Jill finishes responding, me realizing that Drew’s stupid commercial ideas just saved me tonight. I look back at my mate who c***s her head to the side, looking adorable as always, “Wyatt?” she asks, and it makes me feel over the moon. She said my f*****g name and it sounded amazing! She remembers me! I haven’t felt this happy in a long time. “I think I’ve waited long enough; do you think I can get your number now? I continue to smile as I watch her process what I just said and watch her face begin to show recognition. She remembers everything. “I…umm…will…can you walk me back to my apartment please?” her voice sounded so tiny and far away. I can’t get enough of how cute she is, especially being so shy like this. I can’t help myself “I think I can do that; I am a gentleman after all.” Wondering if my nickname would give her any clues, she just looks at me questioningly, I figured she wouldn’t catch on to it, but I really hope when all of this is over and figured out that we can laugh about it later. “Sorry my dear, that was an inside joke. I think you will get it after you get to know me a bit more.” She looks at me like she wants to protest “And what makes you think I want to get to know you?” I can’t help but continue to laugh. “HA, I think you are going to have to come up with some better excuses to push me away this time Molly Mello” immediately the smell of Molly’s arousal engulfs me to the edge of ecstasy. If I could flip her over this table and take her, I would. But I am finally getting my foot in the door and don’t need to freak her out yet with my wolf fetish ways. It’s mainly Benson I have to fight off. “Well, if you can prove to get me home safely then I may be able to return the favor with a lunch date” I feel like an i***t because I can’t seem to stop smiling. My little mate is finally coming out of her shell and is ready to play. “Challenge accepted my dear”.