Captive Mate BL
Chapter 399: - - 399-

Chapter 399: -Chapter 399-

They did get to spend the rest of their day in bed, Davian tried to sneak out to cook, and each time Lake stopped him. As greedy as he was for the Alpha’s cooking, he really couldn’t handle Davian being more than a few feet from him.

After a hearty lunch, Lake got a call, it was from Caspian. The Omega sounded perfectly fine, if anything, he sounded even more upbeat than usual.

Lake had been worried about his friend, he had been waiting for a call from Jael to let him know what was going on. He could imagine that the mansion was still a mess from all that had happened the day before.

He didn’t expect Caspian to be the one to call him, his friend had completely recovered from his induced heat and after making sure Lake was okay, plunged into his plans for camping.

Caspian wanted them to go this weekend, they would only be spending a single night and then the next day they could be home free.

Lake still had more questions about everything that had happened, but he could get that information from Asher, and help out in any way he could, but right now, he was going camping.

"Rosie wants to bring a plus one," Davian said quietly, watching Lake intently while he made his call.

Lake’s eyes brightened, "She’s bringing a plus one? Cas? Is that fine with you... Yeah... my secretary? She wants to bring someone along."

Caspian response was as expected, the Omega was excited to have more people tag along. "We can fish at the river, and tell stories by the campfire..."

Lake had no idea where Caspian had gotten all his energy from, he had spent all morning and most of the afternoon in bed, and he still wasn’t eager to get out of bed.

He hung up with the reassurance that they would all come to the mansion on Saturday so they could go camping.

Lake dropped his phone on a side table and then snuggled back into Davian’s arms. "I didn’t know Rosie had a partner." He hummed contentedly.

Davian grimaced, "She doesn’t."

Rosie had given him a full detailed report on how her meeting with Nikolai had gone down, and the Mafia King moved quickly because, by the morning of the next day, Blackburn had already declared bankruptcy.

Lake lifted his head from Davian’s bare chest, the Alpha had brushed out his hair meticulously but it was back to being messy again. "She doesn’t?"

"Nikolai is the one coming," He divulged, "I had Rosie ask him for a favor..."

Lake had a look of concern on his face, one that didn’t improve when Davian went into detail. "I’m not giving him my secretary," He scowled, "If he wants one, he’s welcome to hire."

Davian soothed him with a warm hand on his back, "I wasn’t planning on accepting his demands."

Lake didn’t mind that Davian had kept this from him, it wasn’t like him knowing would have changed anything, plus Bella Blackburn was completely out of the picture and he still had his secretary, he would call it a win.

-+-

On Saturday, Davian drove to pick Rosie up at the company before going off to pick up Nikolai.

Rosie immediately zeroed in on the reddish mating mark on her Mafia King’s neck as soon as she got into the car with her overnight bag. "Congratulations, my goodness." She beamed.

In her own quiet way, she had been rooting for them ever since Lake took over the Mafia House. They were so good for each other.

Lake was lost for a moment but Davian beamed like he had won a medal. He had willingly worn a dress shirt that morning, just so he could leave a couple of buttons undone and show off his mating mark.

Thank you," Lake said softly. It was strange to be congratulated, it made their mating all the more real and reminded Lake that he had a lot of people around him who cared enough to notice the little things.

"So are we throwing a party?" The secretary went right on, almost as happy as Davian.

"Lake’s taking me on a trip," Davian boasted, his focus on the road.

"Ooh," Rosie brought the perfect amount of energy. "Does this mean I get time off, boss?" She turned to Lake, all smiles.

"No, you’ll hold down the fort while we’re gone." Lake said dryly, he knew his secretary meant well but he was not used to being the center of attention.

"But it’s your honeymoon," Rosie protested, putting on her best impression of puppy eyes.

"And we already all took this week off," Lake reminded her. They had several companies and a Mafia House to run.

Rosie grimaced at the reminder, they were pulling up into Nikolai’s casino then. Sharon was still sick so she had to focus on getting a replacement as the secretary would probably be off work for a month or more.

"I’ll get him," Davian said gravely after they parked, he wasn’t eager to send Rosie into the casino again if he could help it.

Lake and Rosie waited behind in the car, Lake giving the secretary a brief rundown on how their week had gone. He had spent two days lazying around in bed with Davian, the only reason he had gotten out of bed today was because he had promised to go camping.

With Davian missing out on most of the conference, it meant that he had a lot of meeting minutes to go through. The new week was sure to be a busy one.

"I’ll handle that and send concise reports to your mail." Rosie was quick to say.

Lake made mental notes to give the secretary enough paid time off when things settled down enough.

-+-

Davian wasn’t confronted by Nikolai’s men because the other Mafia King came out shortly after he walked up.

Nikolai had a scowl on his face, a cigar between his lips. "You’re not Rosie."

"You didn’t think I’d let her go anywhere with you unsupervised, did you?" Davian said calmly. The Alpha was in a contagiously good mood.

Nikolai’s expression soured further, it was really hard to miss, not with the Alpha in front of him craning his neck around like a bird. The sight of Davian’s new mating mark made him feel like he was filling up with smoke, he didn’t like the feeling.

"I’m not going camping with you," Nikolai gritted out.

"Don’t worry, Asher and his mate will tag along." Davian was quick to add, like that was supposed to be good news for Nikolai.

Nikolai trailed his gaze over to the car Davian had driven in, although the windows were blacked out, he knew that Rosie was in there.

He wasn’t that down bad for a date, he didn’t like how shitty he felt whenever he was around the other Mafia Kings and their mates.

"Caspian has already made all the arrangements, he’s expecting you." Davian went right on at Nikolai’s stony silence.

Nikolai felt like he was being backed into a corner, he didn’t want to go camping anymore, he didn’t even care for the secretary, he never really had.

Davian clamped a hand on Nikolai’s shoulder when the Alpha was about to turn around and hotfoot it into the casino. "Yeah no, I’m not letting you stand Rosie up."

Nikolai gritted his teeth, fighting the urge to eat a bullet to spare himself the trouble.

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