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Chapter 8

"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?"
"Anee."
"Anee,who?"
"Anee one you like!"

Josephine laughed while Paul pouted and scowled at Seth who had been telling jokes and entertaining Josie for over an hour now. They got talking over dinner and since nobody could resist sweet Seth's charm, Josie was taken in as well. Paul was scowling and growling but Seth pretended not to notice. He liked Josie. Her laugh sounded good too.

Paul was grateful for Josie to have had the good sense to put a hoodie on her or rather Paul's t-shirt. So at least now Seth couldn't gawk at her perky tips. Paul wished for Seth to just vanish now. He was tired after a day of work and patrol and wanted nothing more than to snuggle up with Josie. But here he was watching the two of them bond. Paul didn't approve of it but at least she was happy.

"It's getting late, Seth. You should go home now." Paul said not so subtly asking him to leave them alone. He was newly imprinted and wanted to spend as much time as he could with her. He had thought that the imprinted guys were whipped. Always thinking about their imprints and wanting to be with them all the time but now he got it. He didn't want to share Josie with anyone. He wanted her to laugh at his jokes, for them to laugh together and be all silly and stuff. But here was Seth, making her laugh…grrrrr. Paul literally felt like a dog who was being forced to share his toys and treats.

"Yeah…I…" Seth stopped mid sentence and grinned. He could hear two more people heading over here.

Paul could too and he groaned and growled internally. Why would they pick today to come over? They usually never did!

Josie felt a little confused. They were nice and she felt unusually comfortable around them but sometimes they behaved strangely. Like right now. What was Seth grinning about and why did Paul look upset?

"Hey guys!" Jared said as he came in without knocking, Kim in tow.

Jared grinned when he saw Josie and pissed off Paul. He knew about them already.

"Hey Paul, whose your friend?" Kim asked smiling softly at him.

Paul groaned. Kim knew who she was, he had no doubt. There was no way, Jared wouldn't have spilled the beans about his imprinting but Kim who had been shy during her school days and a loner, was now rather enthusiastic about making new friends. And with only Emily and Claire being the only imprints, she didn't get a chance to befriend many people. It was difficult to be friends with outsiders when you had secrets to protect.

"Guys, this is Josie, Rosie's granddaughter and my girlfriend. Josie, this is Jared, he was the one who drove us home last night and this is Kim, his wife." Paul told a stunned Jo.

She realized her jaw had fell open and closed it before smiling and saying," nice to meet you two. Thanks for last night, Jared."

Jared grinned," No problem!" but frowned when Kim left his side to sit with Josie who smiled, glad to have a girl to talk to.

Paul frowned though. Kim sat between him and Josie.

The girls chatted about idle things while the guys looked a little unsure of what to do. Paul and Jared were still a little put off due to the lack of touch from their mates, while Seth grinned at them. When two tall, buff men sat pouting, it was amusing as hell.

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"I think I should head home now." Josie said after Kim and the boys left. They had chatted and had a good time. The guys had eventually had to get over their girls chatting together and not sitting close to them. They got along well. But it was 3 a.m. now and they were both tired.

"Just sleep here and head out in the morning, Jo." Paul said as he stood up and stretched.

Josie gawked at his abs v line when his t-shirt rode up. She gulped. Paul smirked.

"No. I should go. Have to be up and running by 5 again." She said as she focused her attention to wall clock.

"It's late. Just come and take a nap and then we'll do as you as say." Paul said unwilling to let her go.

"Can, I ask you something?" Jo asked hesitantly

"Sure" Paul said moving closer to her. She was nervous but why?

"Why did you introduce me as your girlfriend? We haven't known each other for that long? And I thought you guys didn't do relationships?" Jo said fiddling with her fingers. She didn't know what to make of this.

Paul closed the distance between them and placed his hands around her waist while she placed hers on his chest.

"I introduced you as my girlfriend because that's how I see you, as my girlfriend. I know we haven't known each other for long at all but when you know, you know. And we don't do relationships until we feel a strong connection to someone and for me that someone is you." Paul said honestly while holding her close. As barbaric as it may sound, he wanted to lay his claim on her before someone else did. She was more than girlfriend material and he knew other guys would see that and her relationship status wouldn't remain single for long. But he wanted to be the one she was in a relationship with.

Josie looked into his eyes to see any sign of deceit but couldn't find any. He looked her squarely in the eye and his gaze did not waver.

"So, what do you say?" Paul asked and Jo noticed he was extremely close to her now and his lips were closer to hers.

"hmm?" Jo asked dazed. The wolves had that effect on their mates.

"Let's role play, girlfriend! I'll be Fred, you be Wilma and together we'll make the bed rock!"

AN: Hey guys! I hope you like the story so far if not let me know please. There will be drama eventually but this is them building on their relationship. Let me know what you think.

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