open the door 3
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Chapter 3
Polly's POV
When he knocked on my door, he was implying that we needed to talk. What did he want to talk about? I'm not giving up my family or fighting for anyone, so if that is what he wanted me to do, he can forget about it. I won't give up the things that matter to me the most. All my life, I have been by my family's side, fighting alongside them, going on jobs with them. It's what brings us closer. I know we are a big family, and we just keep getting bigger.
"I think we need to talk, Polly. May I come inside? I promise I won't try anything, I just want to talk." A part of me just wants to shut the door in his face. The other part of me wants to listen to what he has to say. Opening the door wider, I stepped to the side so he could come into my room. I didn't feel uncomfortable, well, a little bit I did, but not a whole lot. I sat on the edge of my bed while he grabbed a chair by my desk, where I used to get on to my computer. I have a laptop and a tablet. I leave the laptop on my desk and my tablet on the nightstand, so no matter what, I have something I can use to do whatever I want to do. My room is all baby blue, which is my favorite color, but the walls are white, and the trim is blue. It looks really nice. My bed is a queen-size bed with a large quilt and six pillows. What can I say, I love my pillows. The color of the pillowcases and the cover is, of course, blue. My dressers are all white with blue trim. The walk-in closet is just one color since no one can see inside of it unless I let them. The bathroom is just a bathroom, nothing fancy unless you count the large bathtub that looks like it could fit five people inside. I also have a shower that sprays in the front and back of you, I love it. My nightstands are white as well, but the top and trim are blue. Nicole made sure I had a room that I would love, and trust me, I love it.
"Let me start by saying, I am grateful that the Moon Goddess gave me such beauty for a mate." Okay, he's a suck-up. I am not beautiful at all. I know I'm just okay, but not beautiful, no matter what my mom, dad, and my twin sister say. I had to stop my thinking so I could hear him. I saw his mouth moving, but I couldn't hear anything he was saying because I was too busy thinking.
"Polly, are you listening to anything I am saying?" Yep, I'm busted. I let out a sheepish grin and then told the truth.
“Josh, I'm sorry. I was so deep in my thoughts that I didn't hear a thing you were saying. Can you please repeat what you were saying to me? By the way he was looking at me, I was a little embarrassed. I again told him I was sorry and asked him to please go on. He sighed, then rolled his eyes.
“Your sister did say you would do that. I should have known she was right. Okay, so he's been talking with my sister. I'm going to need to have a chat with her about that.
“Okay, whatever, so go on. What were you saying?
“I was saying what your sister had told me and what she was scared of, and what you are scared of. You are scared because you think I will stop you from training and doing the things you love like fighting and spending time with your family and going out with them when they call you. I won't stop you from doing any of that. Do you think I want your family coming after me because I'm stopping you from going to them? I don't think so. I know how Isiah and Mercury are, and your family. You and your whole family are protective of each other. I also know that I will be going on one of the collections to see how I do. When it comes to you, I am willing to do anything, just so you know I want to be with you.” Was this man serious? Is this what Paul had said to Nicole, or was it something different that made her change her mind about mates? Tilted my head, I knew my wolf was going crazy, wanting to come out and speak with him. I wondered what my mother had to say to him and what she said about me; who knows? I watched him for a little bit. I think he was about to get up when I decided to talk.
“Listen, I know we are mates, but just give me some time. Nicole and I had always said we didn’t want mates because they would stop us from doing what we love most, which is fighting, hunting, spending time with our family, and being together with them, going on collections, and doing what we want. It's hard to be with us when we are always doing these things because we could be gone for two to three days doing one of these collections.”
“And I could go with you.”
“But you are a warrior and a guard. How will you come with me on one of these things when you are working as well? And don't say you will quit one of your jobs because I won't let you. You see, it's going to sometimes be a problem. I like you, Josh. I want to be with you. But I think you need to have a few days and think about this. Can you handle me being part of a mafia family? Because I am. I am part of the strongest and most powerful mafia family out there. So just give it a few days, think on this, and when you decide what you want to do, then come back and talk to me. Whatever you decide, Josh, I will be okay with it. It will be hard, but I will be alright. I'm not trying to chase you away. I am just giving you a way out, a way out, so you won’t have to wait on your mate for three to four days to come home dead or alive. Just think about it, okay, at least for a few days.” I got up from my bed, opening my bedroom door.
“I will see you in a few days. Until then, I will be training and hanging out with my sister.” It took all I had to let him out of the room. My wolf was howling, telling me I was crazy to let him out of that bedroom. She wanted to spend more time with his wolf. She was yelling at me, telling me to grab him and mark him as ours, but I wouldn't. He needed to think long and hard about what I had just told him before I accepted him as my mate. He got up with his head held high. Before he left, he looked me right in the eyes and then said, “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.” He left. I hurried to shut the door and went down onto the floor with my back against the door. I just hope he makes the right decision and doesn't make the wrong one
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