Free Wolf's Captive by Selena Cross Page A

give you the money to start your own firm.”
    “How did you know about Brian?” she asked, giving him a suspicious look.
    “I know some people,” he admitted. “I called them and they did some quick investigating to give me details about your life.”
    He watched the anger fill her eyes, but he knew if he wanted her to trust him, he had to be honest.
    “You had no right to do that,” she accused. “I didn’t ask for this.”
    “I know,” Josh tried to keep his voice calm and passive. “If there was another way for us to have met and gotten to know each other, I would have loved it. I would have welcomed being able to take things slow with you and introducing you into my world slowly. However, that just isn’t the case, and now we have to make the best of it.”
    She still glared at him, but didn’t say anything in response, so he continued.
    “Just give me one month, and if I haven’t convinced you that you are my true mate and this is where you belong, you can leave and I won’t stop you.” His body shook from how nervous he was. He hoped he would be able to convince her because, if she turned around and said she wanted to leave after a month, he would probably die.
    “Fine,” she said after long agonizing moments. “One month and then you let me go.”
    Josh didn’t feel any relief from her accepting the deal. If anything, he felt more tense and nervous. Now was when the real work began and he would have to do everything in his power to make her happy enough that she would want to stay with him.
     
     

Chapter Five
     
    It had been two weeks since Sidney had accepted Josh's deal for one month. Since that time, Josh had allowed her free reign of the village.
    The day after she had arrived in the village, Josh took her on a tour. Everywhere she looked the villagers would stop whatever they were doing to come and greet Josh. They all seemed to love him and the children wouldn’t leave him alone. They would climb all over him, begging him to play.
    At one point, they stopped at Tricia’s house, and Josh relented to the children to play catch with them, while Tricia talked Sidney’s ear off. She met Emily, the cook, while she visited with Tricia, and couldn’t have been more surprised by her appearance.
    Emily wasn’t a large girl by any means, but she was certainly a lot curvier and fuller than the other women Sidney had seen so far. She was Sidney’s height, with long, auburn hair, and bright aquamarine eyes. She was absolutely stunning to Sidney.
    She acted really shy at first, not even meeting Sidney’s eyes to talk to her. But Tricia soon had her opening up and talking about all the great things about the village, and especially Josh, right along with her.
    Josh had come in after a while and rescued her from the women. It wasn’t that Sidney didn’t like the women, they were really fun and Sidney could see them all becoming fast friends. They just talked so much and asked so many questions, she felt like her head was swimming.
    Josh took her back to his home, where he left her to take a bath and a short nap before dinner. Then that night when she went to bed Josh followed her, climbing in beside her, but making sure not to touch her in any way.
    As the days went by, Sidney began touring the village by herself while Josh did work. She would sometimes find herself playing with the kids, or just sitting and chatting with Emily and Tricia. She and Josh would always have dinner together, and he would ask about her day. At first she only answered saying it had been a nice day, but as time went by, she began to elaborate.
    She found herself opening up to Josh more, and he to her. They would spend most of their dinner talking about their days, their lives, and anything else that came to mind. Sidney was beginning to enjoy Josh’s company.
    He even asked her to help him with the accounting side of running the Pack, which gave Sidney plenty to do. He told her for some reason the books weren’t