CEO's Runaway Mate and Her Cubs

How unexpected.

Scarlet was sitting at the table, her hands wrapped at the edge and her eyes fixed on Renato, her new uncle. She was trying to look cute and, likely, to get some food earlier.

«Does it work on your mommy?» Renato asked, sincerely curious.

«Yes, it does,» Scarlet confessed. «Most of the time.»

«Oh, don't tell me... Does your father do that as well?»

«What?»

«Show his ears to get some attention.»

«My dad isn't this smart,» Scarlet said. «He doesn't know how to show his ears to my mommy to get food. But he does it sometimes to get a hug.»

The girl pursed her lips, utterly displeased.

«And he succeeds, right?»

«Yes,» she complained.

Renato chuckled, turning back to the stove and removing the fried meat from the pan. He left it on the table to cool but moved it soon enough when Scarlet tried reaching out to it and burned her fingers.

That pup had no patience! She reminded him of someone.

He sat in front of Scarlet while waiting for the meat to cool down, his expression crooked by a wild grin.

So, Alpha Nate was that kind of person. It was weird to imagine someone like Nathaniel Woods running behind his mate, ears out and cute expression, all to get some attention and maybe a kiss.

Still, it was believable. If he had something in common with his cousin, he must have been so smitten with his mate.

«Alpha Nate, wagging his tail,» he laughed, «all because his mate smiled or looke

Imagining a grown man doing it was so funny. When it happened to Samantha, though, it would be cute and appealing. It was a great challenge to resist the temptation to use her weakness in his favour.

«Doesn't he ask for food? Are you sure?»

«No, my daddy isn't very smart. But, for some reason, my mommy likes him all the same.»

Samantha had warned Renato about the pups' nature. For that reason, he didn't even start a fight to get his mate back. They would return to their home sooner or later, and he would have her all to himself.

Still, it wasn't so easy to stay calm when a little blonde pup claimed all of Samantha's attention while another growled at him but then accepted to eat his food.

However, his mate had never mentioned how the pups could be heatless. Especially when it regarded their father.

Alpha's pups must be special, he thought. And they were doing better than before, listening to what Samantha would say... Oh, but what did that even mean? If they were worse in the past... All he could imagine worse than talking like that about an Alpha was killing him.

Hitting Nate's pride like that would hurt more than a thousand bullets.

«Don't you like your daddy?» he asked.

Since the girl didn't answer, he offered her the meat, now cooled.

«I love my mommy more,» Scarlet said before taking the first piece of meat.

She would hold it in one hand and open her mouth wide before nibbling. Then, at the delicious taste, she would moan and take another bite.

Renato cut the vegetables, intending to prepare dinner for all of them. The meat had been just an appetiser for that hungry pup.

Scarlet did resemble Samantha a little. She would act cute to get food and then forget about it all of a sudden. With her mouth and hands full, she didn't put any effort into her image anymore. Also, her ears were very expressive, even more than her face and big, blue eyes.

«My aunty is so beautiful, right?» he heard from her.

A thrill crossed his spine at those words. Somehow, it looked familiar. Was that kid going to over-praise Samantha while stepping on his pride with no mercy?

If she was so savage with her own father, he couldn't imagine what she could do to him.

«It's good that you know how to cook,» she added. «You can make delicious dishes for my aunty and she can continue being pretty. If she becomes ugly, I'll be very very angry with you.»

«Your aunt isn't just pretty,» he said. «She's also so strong, and she loves to play.»

«That's true!» Scarlet nodded.

Her aunt did love to play, and she would do so every time they spent some time together.

«And she is so beautiful when she thinks hard about something,» Renato added. «It makes me want to... Ehm, kiss her? Hug her tightly?»

Was he allowed to say the word kiss in front of a kid? Oh, but she must have known what that meant! He was referring to innocent kisses, pecks on the cheek or forehead... Nothing too lewd.

Even though his real intentions might have been a little more... extreme.

«My daddy wants to hug my mommy all the time, as well,» she said. «Have I told you he's the CEO? He takes decisions and wears suits. My mommy used to help him in the office, but now she's in another place because my daddy doesn't really do much work. She's very good at her job and she's learning new things at the uni-severity.»

«University, you mean?» Renato replied.

«Yes, I said that!» Scarlet pouted.

«Oh, yes. Sure. What about your mommy?»

«She's learning new things, so we can do our homework together.»

«That's nice. Don't you like when your mommy does new things?»

«I don't know,» Scarlet said. «Secretary Jack says that my mommy will have a better job after going to the uni-severity. But what if she finds a better job somewhere else and leaves us to daddy?»

«That would be bad,» Renato sighed, dramatically shaking his head.

«I don't want to be combed by daddy every day! Even if he is a little better, my mommy is still the best.»Nôv(el)B\\jnn

«I know, right?» was the diplomatic reply.

Renato was having the time of his life. That little brown pup was roasting Nathaniel Woods alive. If she did that with a stranger, he could only imagine how savage she could be with Woods directly.

Oh, the Alpha's life must have been difficult.