After a bit of coaxing, Chloe finally mumbled "This makes no sense, " as her gaze stayed fixated on the shoe box in her hand.
Which part of it makes no sense, Babe. Tell me? I prodded, taking the shoe box from her hand and leading her back up stairs to finish our packing .
I set the shoe box on the nightstand and Chloe took a seat on the bed and fiddled with a the pages in her little clothes book. Finally saying. " None of what DeAnna said."
" Babe, like I said before. The guy you went out with probably got cold feet? He might of had plans to take you to a club like mine and changed his mind "I suggested , talking a seat beside her and grabbing my little clothes book to put my tiny clothes back inside.
" But that's just part of it." She sighed and glanced up at me for a moment before saying , " First off, I didn't know anyone in Paris and I was only late once the whole time we were there . I was always the first model in the gym because Karly would bring me breakfast if I got there before the other girls."
What do you mean, you didn't know anyone? And who is Karly?" I questioned, to make certain that I got all the details of her story straight.
" Damien's older sister, the one that owns the modeling agency I worked for." She explained. Which I already knew Damien had two sisters his younger sister is now Luna Harley Ward married to Alpha Kaden Ward of the Emerald Bay pack.
But I couldn't quite place the other ones name at the moment. Hell, I thought her name was Luisa for some reason.But whatever, so I nodded in understanding. And prompted her to continue.
"Okay , go on, babe . I said, urging her to continue "Tell me what you can remember about the morning you had to be woke up."
She sighed, gripping the little clothes book with both hands as she began to elucidate what took place that morning. "There was a man in my room that morning." She confirmed, that at least that part of what DeAnna said was right.
" Well, there you go, Babe. Case solved, he probably brought the speculum with him and didn't know how to ask if you would be interested in a little role-play. Not everyone is as bold as I am." I said, cheekily leaning in to steal kiss.
But she rolled her eyes at my cheekiness, and murmured , Not a date kinda man."batting me in the chest with the little clothes book.
I couldn't help but laugh. " What other type of man is there,Babe? You said you didn't know him so I thought perhaps one of the other girls set you up with him. Or he was just a hookup, so what's the story ? Did you kidnap him off the street and plan to just keep him for a sex slave? " I ask ,teasingly. But I don't think she thought it was funny.
Because she rolled her eyes muttering a few curses under her breath something about an
" immature asshole"that I didn't quite catch. Then brought her voice back up to an audible level. " No, the man in my room was Damien. But I know for a fact that DeAnna never saw him. And he certainly didn't run past her when she poked her head in and yelled at me to get up. Because he was passed out in the floor on the other side of the bed. It was the morning after we drank to much and I had to kick him in the side to wake him up after DeAnna left ."
After listening to her story a few things became a lot clearer and being someone who's no stranger to the party scene. It wasn't hard to come up with a few possibilities to what happened.
But after I had already teased her I thought that I should pick my words carefully, asking in a serious way." Okay, babe. Was that the morning after you and Damien got drunk on champagne and can't remember anything that happened?"
" Yes" She confirmed,so I continued " Well, is it possible that you and Damien met up with some more people and partied with them after you left the restaurant? Then when DeAnna knocked on the door it woke them up and they realized that they had over slept. And left in a hurry before you ever seen them.. I mean,like that's actually happened to Zack and I a lot of times. It happens to everyone when you party to much the night before and DeAnna did call the guys your friends. And someone had to have opened the door from the inside hotel room.Hotel doors automatically lock when they're closed. Perhaps she seen them with Damien before " I subtly reminded her ,and I even used Zack and I as an example.
Which isn't something that shouts model citizens or dedicated business men,but shit happens. And I'm sure Zack and I aren't the only two in the world to dash out of a hotel room the next morning after a wild drunken night.
"Maybe you're right,but it's just freaky to think that someone was in my room and I can't remember who they are or what they did. Especially when they had that thing with them"
She said, jotting her chin towards the shoe box on the nightstand.
Which made me want to laugh again, but I couldn't. Not right now, at least. So I chose to try a more comforting approach instead. Pulling her into my arms and rubbing her shoulders in calming little circles.
While I tried to ease her anxiety with my words."Babe, you shouldn't let it bother you, who knows. He could have been on his way to a club like mine, or headed to his girlfriends house.But then he bumped into you and Damien and decided to party with the two of you instead." I suggested,as I pulled away and handed her the ziplock bag that held our carefully packed clothes.
"Ready?"I ask
Chloe sighed, giving the room a quick glance before responding. " Yes." But I just wish I knew who they were, and what they did in my room all night?" She said, haphazardly tossing the ziplock into her purse.
" Well we're staying the night at Damien's house anyway to spend time with Xavier. Maybe Damien can at least remember bumping into someone he was familiar with that night. And if he does then the mystery of who the guys was is solved." I reasoned ,
pulling out my phone and placing the call to Damien .
Who answered on the second ring. [ Hey, if you're ready tell Chloe that we're in the family room watching Elio. She'll bring you straight to us.] He said, right away.
[ Got it] I confirmed, immediately relaying the message to Chloe " They're in the family room, babe."
[ See you in a minute.] I said to Damien, shoving my phone back into my pocket just as that sudden rush of wind blew across my face.
That makes me close my eyes instinctively.
So I have no idea what happened in the brief period of time that it took to land next to a plush taupe colored soft and hear a little boy yell "mommy"
Xavier then scrambled out of Damien's lap and barreled towards us with tiny little werewolf speed. Just to be scooped up into Chloe's arms and smothered in kisses on his pudgy little cheeks. Before she pulled back and ask.
" Did you miss me?"
Which he responded with a big nod and started tattling right away. " Paw-paw said bad word. Nana go boom in his belly" He jabbered, making an elbowing motion with his little arm.
" He did?" Chloe ask ,with a exaggerated shocked expression on her face.
Xavier gave a deep nod of his head dipping his chin into his little chest as he responded " Uh hu"
" Well shame on paw-paw. Why would he do that, he knows better." Chloe murmured, with mock disappointment.
Which made Addie cackle like a hen answering instead of Xavier. " Well let's just say he wasn't pleased to see me and Damien together. Until he was elbowed in the side by Damien's mother that called his attention to our scent. Before that though,he had some pretty colorful things he said to Damien. He even said, and I quote" She murmured,holding her hands spread apart out in front of her as she wiggling her fingers indicating quotation marks." Stop using your di*k for brains, boy. By the looks of this one, she don't need your a** to provide sh*t for her either. And before you know it I'll have another weekend grand baby."
Both girls cackled like chickens but Damien covered his eyes with his hand just shaking head as he struggled not to laugh too.
Then abruptly changing the subject, " Have a seat," he murmured, politely jotting his chin towards the sofa behind us. "you want a drink or anything we still have a little while before Colette has lunch ready."
" Colette? Chloe questioned "what happened to Bianca?" She ask, settling down on the sofa with Xavier in her lap.
Damien frowned "I gave her a vacation package at LakeTahoe as a bonus and she found her mate in Kaden's pack. She's now working in his casino as a pastry chef." He grumbled, over Xavier's insistence of having his stuffed bear.
Which Chloe levitate across the coffee table while she scolded Damien. "Don't be such a crab, that's wonderful for Bianca and I'm sure Colette is doing a fabulous job."
" Oh she is, but I miss those giant cinnamon rolls Bianca made every Sunday morning.She always made a dozen and they would last me all week.Not to mention those delicious salted caramel eclairs she made that was better than the ones we got in Paris.Now she's making all those delicious treats for a bunch of drunk gamblers."Damien complained.
Which must have reminded Chloe of the shoe box DeAnna gave her this morning because she didn't hesitate to ask Damien." Do you remember if anyone came back to the room with us the night that I got pregnant?"
Damien spluttered a laugh " Goddess , I hope not, I'm sure it wasn't much of a performance."
Chloe's brows pinch together in confusion and honesty I was a bit more curious to find out what they could both remember about that night.
"Well there was definitely someone in there with us. " Chloe said,bluntly. Not bothering to tip- toeing around the issue.
Actually digging around in her purse and bringing out the shoe box. She had shrunk down to the size of a match box and I didn't even know she had with her.
She then laid it on the coffee table in front of Damien,snapped her fingers making it larger and demanded " Look inside, but don't touch it. DeAnna brought it to me this morning and said a man dropped it when he ran out of my room that morning."
Damien cautiously lifted the lid and peeked inside the box only for a look of confusion to cross his face. "What is it?" He ask, making it obvious that he's never played a kinky doctor in the bedroom before.
But before Chloe had to explain Addie who had also peek inside the box leaned over and whispered in his ear " It's a medical device used by a gynecologist to look inside a woman. But some people use them to play adult games in the bedroom. Like desperate housewife's vist to the sexy gynecologist."
" Oh! Damien exclamed finally getting it and snapping the lid shut like it was going to escape.Before his brows pulled together and he questioned Chloe like an Alpha investigating a crime against one of his pack members." What do you think he did? Did DeAnna know him or say what he looked like or what he was wearing ?"
Seeing Chloe just staring at him like he was an idiot I threw my hand up to stop his rambling " Slow down, Alpha Sherlock. We were hoping that you could remember who he was." I, murmured, immediately starting my own investigation.