my kind of crazy book two of fighting the mate bond mafia series

the talk 4

Chapter 4

Josh's POV

When I was heading to see Polly, I couldn't stay away from my mate anymore. I was done with all this, with her avoiding me and only seeing each other on the battleground when we were training. I was getting a little tired of it. I knew they were from a very powerful mafia family, but damn, it's not going to change my mind. On my way there, Nicole stopped me and told me she tried to talk to Polly, even threatened to make her leave. She didn't like arguing with her sister, so from now on, she was going to stay out of it. However, she warned me that Polly was bull-headed. She will stick by her word, and if I push too much, I will push her away. So, I took her advice, walking toward Polly's door. I knocked, and my wolf was whimpering, wanting to spend time with his mate as well.

Josh, I can't do anything about it until she comes around. I know you two need to bond. It's the reason why I'm here," I knocked a few more times. Eventually, I heard footsteps walking toward the door. She finally let me inside her room. I sat in a chair while she sat on the edge of her bed. I said what I needed to say, and so did she. She gave me a way out, but I didn't want a way out. Do you realize how old I am? I might look young, I might look like I'm twenty-two, but I'm actually a lot older than that. I have looked for my mate for the longest time, and now that I have found her, she is part of the most powerful mafia family, for crying out loud. She gave me a few days to think about rejecting her or staying with her.

"Yeah, I am a warrior and a guard. I do have days off. We have over four hundred people in this pack. Yeah, we are one of the largest packs here. I have two days of guard duty, and I am always a warrior, always on my guard about rogues, and I get paid very well," I told her.

"Polly, I'm not going to change my mind about you. So you might as well get used to seeing me around. I will take those few days, but I will be back to take what is mine, and that is you." What I wanted to do is grab her, hold her, make her see I wanted her. Instead, I walked away because that is what she wanted me to do. Once I am back, there is no way she will make me leave her. This girl is beautiful. Her hair is long and dark. Come to think of it, all the family members have dark hair, but their eyes are different. The only way you can see the difference in Polly and Nicole is their eye color; everything else is the same. When Nicole's eyes are brown, I'm not sure what the color is when she is fighting, but I have seen Polly's. Polly's eyes are dark green; when she is fighting, they turn a dark blue—it's when her wolf is about to come out. Her wolf is very beautiful. She is dark brown, almost black, and she has dark blue eyes.

I had to go train to get my anger out. I had to do something before I walked back in there, kicking her door down; then, she would be really pissed at me. I went to the gym. I didn't bother to put on the boxing gloves. I went over to the punching bag and started to work out. I didn't think anyone would be in the room. I really thought I was the only one here. When I was done with the bag, I started with the treadmill. I put it up, going uphill running, so that's what I was doing. By another hour, my legs were burning.

“You know, you look cute trying to get things out of your head. Let me guess. It's the She Wolf you're trying to impress, am I right?” Oh, s**t, it was Nacey. Yeah, I had a crush on her many years ago until I found out she slept with several men already. So, I moved that out of my head really fast, and now that I have a mate, there is no way I'm going to screw that up.

“Nacey, why are you here? I'm working out because I want to work out, not because I'm trying to get someone out of my head or something. If you don't mind, there's the door right here; you can leave.” I was done with the treadmill; I went back to punching the bag. She was standing a few inches away from me now. I felt her hand move over my back to my shoulder. I turned, jerking away from her.

“Nacey, Honey, I don't know what you're trying to pull here, but I'm the wrong guy to mess with. You know there are rules about messing with people's mates.”

“I don't see a mark on your marking spot, Josh. I'm not even sure you even mated with her. Come on, she won't even know. You haven't marked her, have you? If you haven't, we can have all the fun we can have before you do.” She was reaching to touch me, and trust me, I was tempted. I really was. I wanted to feel wanted, to feel a woman's touch. I let her fingertips touch me, then moved out of the way.

“It's not going to happen. Maybe you can go to one of your boy toys and play with them for a while.” I heard her huff, and for the first time since she was here, I saw what she was wearing. She was wearing shorts that showed off her ass; the top she was wearing showed off her cleavage. Her hair was in a high ponytail. She looked like a streetwalker or something. I rolled my eyes and then said to her,

"You need to leave. If you were trying to impress me, don't wear slutty clothes next time. That does not turn me on,” she screamed, calling me a jerk, then stomped off, slamming the gym door behind her. Shaking my head, I heard someone laughing. It was Alpha Paul, my best friend.

“Dude, I have been standing by the lockers hoping she would leave, or you could make her leave. She got tired of me a few months back. I was tempted just like you, but I'd rather not catch anything. Oh, I do have some good news. You're going into beta training for a few weeks. You're stepping up from guard and warrior. We grew up together, man. Now that I have a mate, I can pick a beta, and I pick you.” Laughing, I slapped him on the back.

“Alright, so when is the training going to happen? Polly gave me a few days to think about rejecting her. She's trying to give me a way out,” Paul was laughing so hard that he had to grab one of the lockers to keep from falling.

“Dude, Nicole did the same thing to me. She gave me a few days to think about it. There was no way I wanted time to think. I loved her the day I saw her in the woods running in wolf form. I spent a whole twenty minutes when I found her again. I pulled her into my arms and told her I didn't need to think. I think you need to go to her and tell her you have already known what you wanted all along. If you don't, dude, then I think it would be too late for you.” That's all I needed to know, a push from my best friend. I ran out the door toward the pack house to my mate. I'm not about to let her go, not now, not ever.