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well with others.” He fitted her closer to him, savoring her slight curves. “Instead I merely wanted to have you to myself. I don’t like to share.”
    Her beautiful face flushed a delicate pink. “I don’t either.” She gazed up at him, her lips parted in a clear invitation.
    An invitation he’d happily accept. Adar bent his head, intent on his prize.
    A glove-clad hand swatted his arm. “Enough of that.” Violet, Nikhil Baagh’s mate, grinned at him, the purple strand in her platinum hair draped over her right eye. “You can’t hog your mate.” Her gaze shifted to Jeanine. “You must be our latest member, Jeanine.”
    “Member?” Jeanine squeaked as she was pulled into the voluptuous woman’s enthusiastic embrace. She looked at Adar, her brilliant green eyes wide.
    Adar shrugged, having no idea what the hacker was talking about. Violet thrived on creating chaos wherever she went.
    “Member.” Violet laughed and hugged Jeanine again, almost bouncing with energy, her big breasts threatening to burst from her purple dress. “We’re the Big Cat Mates, you and me and Starr. We bagged ourselves some big game, and now we have to protect them.”
    “Prepare to be thoroughly investigated, Adar,” Nikhil advised dryly, the exotic technology billionaire’s doting smile belying his emotionless tone.
    “I investigated Adar months ago.” Violet waved her hand dismissively. “I know where all of his dead bodies are buried, and, in Adar’s case, I mean both literally and figuratively. He’s been a bad, bad cat.”
    Is she threatening me ? Adar’s body temperature rose, anger heating his skin, awakening his cat. “Violet,” he growled, his claws pricking at his skin.
    “You won’t hurt him.” Jeanine stepped in front of him as though trying to protect him, her action distracting Adar, diffusing his anger. “Because you’d be surprised at what a receptionist hears.” She glanced pointedly at Nikhil.
    Adar stared at his mate, his cock hard and his cat howling his claim, yearning to be free, her defense of him so damn stimulating.
    Violet laughed. “I love you already.” She gave Jeanine another squeeze. “We’ll cause chaos together, you and I, but first we should talk to Starr. I have news .” Her smile wavered, and Adar stiffened, sensing danger.
    “You don’t need me.” Jeanine glanced longingly at the Leone pride. Tanner sat at a table facing them, his laughter reaching them from across the room. Females watched the young lion, sexual hunger reflected in their expressions.
    Jeanine still wants that cub’s approval . Adar sucked back his jealousy, willing to do whatever he had to make his mate happy. “I need you.” He wrapped one of his arms around Jeanine’s waist and pushed her forward, her lack of sexual interest in his rival the only thing keeping him sane. “And I should hear this.”
    “Yes, you should hear this.” Violet hooked her arm in Nikhil’s. “The Big Cat Mates Club has only one rule.” Nikhil snorted. Violet was not known for following any rules, and Violet smacked his shoulder. “No secrets. What we know, our mates know. Plus this threat extends to Jeanine also.”
    Threat . Adar slid his gaze to Nikhil. The CEO appeared grave.
    Royce, his mate Starr, and his two brothers stood as they approached. “Adar, Jeanine, Baagh, Violet.” Royce, the alpha lion, nodded.
    “Forget this formality.” Violet hugged Starr, and the two women laughed. Jeanine hung back. “You know Jeanine, of course.”
    “Of course.” Starr smiled. “Though we haven’t had an opportunity to talk since my interview.”
    Adar frowned. Starr had been hired months ago.
    “The interview Jeanine called me cruel to arrange,” Tanner added, a grin on his unblemished face. “She thought I was raising your hopes unnecessarily.” The lion shifter laughed, and Jeanine stiffened in Adar’s arms.
    “If Starr hadn’t been your brother’s mate, Jeanine would have been right.” Adar edged his