92 Parker Whit was completely right about Belladonna ; she was completely clueless about his attentions .
During the days or even coming to this dinner tonight .
Not many wouldnt read into a private dinner between an Alpha of a pack and a she wolf .
And yes , it was a full family dinner , but that was because it wasnt just Belladonna he was trying to get to know or want .
It was all of them as a family , her as his Mate and both Whit and Milly as his children , for all of them to be a family .
Shed not even really looked at the way he was dressed , or thought about that he had picked her up in his car , from her house where they were all staying .
Not the fact that hed already had a car seat set up in the back seat for Milly ; set up in the Alpha to the packs car.
Shed just smiled at him and stated Thank you , that saves me moving mine .
But that had been it .
Whit had snorted as hed gone around to the other side of the car and looked right at him .
I told you so .
hed half laughed at him .
His own son thought it was very funny , and had told him just yesterday , Dad , if youre not blunt , she wont get it , doesnt understand what youre doing .
Parker had frowned at Whit , all women read into things men did for them or around them .
Clearly not Belladonna , hed dropped pretty much everything he was doing and had Kane or one of his unit do it , if she walked into a room where he was , she pretty much had his undivided attention .
Over the past six months , hed smiled at her all the time , was polite and asked her about herself , lots of questions to get to know her , and he listened and learned about her , answered any questions she had of him .
Though there werent many .
Tonight he was actively putting all hed learned on display for her to see , that he had gotten to know her .
Whit thought it was very funny , snorted soda out of his nose at one point , which had little Milly laughing in her chair and made him blink .
Hed not seen that coming , but as hed looked at Belladonna she was staring at Whit with a very confused expression .
Parker realised as he looked back to his boy that he was tormenting his own mother in some way , likely with how blind she was to what he was doing .
What was going on in this very room .
He had asked her directly to have dinner with him , as a family .
And thought that had been self explanatory , but clearly not .
1/4 92 +8 Points It seemed he was going to have to ask her out without the children there for her to realise what he wanted .
Belladonnas eyes moved to him , and he smiled at her , as they narrowed on him now , like they had done on Whitney .
What are you doing ? she asked him .
Having dinner with you and the children , He answered her and saw her nod As a family .
He added as an afterthought , just to see what her reaction to those words were .
I thought it would be nice , just the four of us , He commented .
He had seen several of his pack members stare at them as hed pulled his car up out the front of the packhouse , at the base of the stairs , and theyd all gotten out .
Shed not waited on him to open the door for her , which had made him frown .
But hed let it go .
His pack was seeing him all dressed up , he was wearing a light grey suit and a light blue dress shirt , they had watched him walk with her and the children like a family up the stairs ; both children between them .
Just three days of her and the children being here inside the pack and all eyes were on him and her , they were he knew watching their own Alphas actions where Belladonna was concerned .
They werent so dumb , knew just by watching him what he wanted .
Belladonna not so much .
Parker knew right now that he was going to have to ask her out properly and just the two of them .
It was a possibility that she just put everything down to him wanting to spend time with Whitney , even this family dinner ; his boy was right .
As they ate , he wondered if her disconnection to everything made her completely unaware of what was going on around her , or if she simply just didnt date , and therefore didnt pick up on signals at all .
This dinner was tailored to her food preferences , even the flowers she liked, Ranunculus in a variety of colours that sat in vases in the corner of the room .
The soft music playing was violin and piano , because that was something she liked.
He was going to have to be very direct , he now realised because Belladonna didnt see this as anything more than a simple dinner, even though he was dressed to the nines and looking his best .
Dessert came , and she frowned at the platter that was laid on the table .
It had a dozen different varieties of mini cakes and tartlets ; from chocolate cakes, to fruit tarts , gourmet macaroons and tiny cheesecakes .
2/4 +8 Points 92 That hed done on his own , because hed seen her at times eat desserts and found out what she liked himself ; she preferred to eat mini desserts of many flavours instead of having just a slice of cake or pie .
So hed had it all prepared , all the things hed ever seen her eat over the course of their mate bond .
That shared tray held 50 tiny desserts , and he had every intention of having what wasnt eaten , packed up so they could take them back to her house , so the three of them could have lots of sweet treats in their fridge to eat whenever they wanted too .
Everything had been baked fresh today .
She looked at him after looking at the dessert and Parker smiled at her .
I recall .
He stated What type of dessert you like to eat .
I also think mini desserts are a good size for Milly to eat .
He told her and then turned and looked at Milly , sitting between him and Belladonna .
Milly looked up at him , and he smiled down at her .
Anything you want .
He picked up one of the pairs of tongs off the platter .
Ill get it for you , he told her , and Milly pointed to a fancy macaroon and a strawberry tartlet .
He put both on the plate in front of her , and she smiled up at him , and he knew that slowly , but surely he was going to be able to win the little girl over .
She was just terribly shy .
Though she was starting to come out of her shell around him .
She no longer shied away from him when he tried to hand her something or smiled at her .
Though trying to pick her up or hold her hand was still a no go , she wouldnt allow anyone here to do that , not even Shannon .
She had trust issues ingrained into her , but he would never hurt her , and she would learn that over time .
So , he didnt push with her , just offered his hand if she was walking without holding Whit or Belladonnas , and if she said nothing or turned away , he left it alone .
There was no need to force things , but small gestures towards her would show her that he wasnt just going to be all about her big brother and ignore her , that she didnt matter .
He actually thought she was cute and adorable , could see the bond between her and Whit , and it was as close as any sibling bond .
Milly ran to Whit with a happy , loving smile and his son never turned her away or ignored her , often just held his hand out to her or picked her up to walk off with her .
She was only tiny .
Belladonnas blood bonding had created a scent of Alpha for the little girl .
Belladonna had told him shed scented of warrior to her when theyd first met her .
Which most wolves did if they werent born into ranked members bloodlines , or omega born , but what her parents lineage actually was ? No one knew .
She was pretty as a picture and 3/4 92 likely looked just like her birth mother , whoever she was .
