“I’m not getting involved in this one!” she called out.
“I’m serious!” I said, laughing as Ryder dragged me along. “He’s going to destroy me!”
Ryder leaned closer, his voice dropping into a teasing whisper.
“I will destroy you only in the sweetest way possible.”
“RYDER!” I gasped, my face heating up.
Behind us, Julius cleared his throat loudly.
“Alpha, please,” he said dramatically. “At least warn the poor bed. It has done nothing to deserve this.”
Ryder shot him a look. “Mind your business, Julius.”
“Oh, I am minding it,” Julius replied with a grin. “I’m just worried about the structural integrity of the room.”
Mom laughed harder, grabbing Julius’s arm.
“Come on,” she said, dragging him away. “Let’s leave them before we hear something we shouldn’t.”
Julius didn’t move immediate
