Proving Her Wrong

Chapter 9

"Alright, Beautiful, you are off the clock, where's my hug?" Marc chuckled as they stepped out of the building. Alina giggled and jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly. He wrapped his arms around her and swung her around, making her burst out laughing. "There's what I needed," he growled into her ear as he spun her around one more time.

"My turn," Raven demanded as he pulled her away from Marc. "Kitten," he growled as he hugged her tightly. "Too long."

"Not my fault you decide to go on long assignments," she laughed as she hugged him then stepped away to hug Corey.

"Hey Sweetie, missed you too," he said as she refused to pull away from him for a bit.

"Hey Babe," Brandon sighed as he kissed the top of her head.

"There's my Doll," Axel chuckled as he hugged her and she poked his side making him laugh.

"I'm not yours," She shook her head as she clung to his arm. "I'm just your little sister."

"You will always be my Doll," he chuckled at the forever on going debate. "Now, come on, let's get you fed and spoiled."

"Fed yes, spoiled no," she demanded as Marc opened the car door for her to get in.

"Yes to both," he chuckled as he looked up and spotted the Blackbourne men watching. This was certainly a surprise, and he had a feeling things were going to be very interesting but he was also glad that he knew Alina was in good hands while she was with them.

"So how are things going with the Blackbourne guys?" Marc asked after they told the waitress what they wanted to order.

Alina sat her glass of water down and shrugged, "Fine, you know I don't disclose information about my employers so I don't know why you are even bothering asking. If you know them then you already know everything and even more than me, so what is the point of this interrogation?"

The guys chuckled, "Just wanting to make sure they are taking good care of you, that's all, Beautiful."

"I can handle myself just fine, thank you," She smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. "Besides don't forget, Yevgeny made me do that freaking training with him. I am fine."

"Da," Raven nodded, "you great but still, they hurt you I kill them. I professional Russian."

She rolled her eyes and huffed in annoyance. "Don't get wound up, Yevgeny. Besides," she smirked mischievously, "if they ever laid a hand on me, I would show them exactly how I bested the professional Russian that one time."

Raven burst out laughing and nodded. "Anyway," Corey shook his head but she saw the proudness in all their eyes, "how long are you with the guys, Sweetie?"

She shrugged, "Til Mr. Morgan's tour is over or Miss Smith decides she can find a reason to get rid of me. I don't know what her deal is, but she despises me even though I have been nothing but professional."

"It's not you, Babe," Brandon shook his head as the waitress came over with some of their food. "Thank you very much," he said to her before taking Alina's plate and setting it in front of her. "Here, Babe," he said handing Alina the barbeque sauce. The waitress nodded and left to get the rest of their food. "Anyway, that Miss Smith just has a thing for Vic and sees you as a threat."

Alina chuckled and shook her head, "Well, she has nothing to worry about. All of those men are my employers and I have a very strict rule about dating."

"We know," Marc nodded. "No dating your employers or potential employers and only dating when you are not working."

"Exactly," She nodded when the waitress came back with the rest of the food. "Thank you very much."

"You are welcome," she mumbled then hurried off.

"She likes you twins," Alina smirked, "I think you burst her little bubble of hope with that ridiculous nickname, Brandon."

"Oh well," he shrugged as he finished putting the salt and pepper on her fries for her. "Not interested."

"Oh," she looked at him intrigued, "does this mean that Bam Bam is interested in someone? Oh, do you have someone?" She turned to look at all of them, "Do all of you finally have a girl for your group? Am I finally getting a sister?"

"Yeah, do you?" They looked up to see the Blackbourne group standing by them with Nathan holding Melisma and Victor smirking, "Come on tell us."

"Mr. Morgan," Alina cleared her throat and straightened her back.

"Relax Alina," Victor smiled softly, "you aren't working for me right now. Just spend time with your family. We're just getting lunch together as friends, as long as that is okay with all of you."

"Sure," Marc nodded and the Blackbourne group sat at the booths next to the Toma family.

"So do you have a special someone?" Alina asked looking at Marc, Raven, Corey, Brandon, and Axel.

"Nope," Marc shook his head while the rest of them shook their heads and she pouted. "Put that lip back right now." She stuck it out a little more and crossed her arms making him chuckle. "You know damn well how hard it is for us to find someone that will understand our lives. Now eat, Beautiful."

"Fine," she huffed and popped a fry in her mouth.

She went to pick up her burger and take a bite but Marc yanked it out of her hands, "Wait, Alina."

"What?" She asked confused.

"Excuse me," Marc said calling the waitress over. "We asked for no tomatoes and there are some on her. She is allergic to tomatoes."

"I'm so sorry," The waitress gasped and took the plate, "I'll go get that fixed right now. I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault," Axel nodded and she hurried to the back. "You didn't check, Doll? You are normally more cautious."

"Sorry," She mumbled as she looked down at her hands. "Guess it's just habit for me not to when I'm with you, Wolfy. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Sweetie," Corey patted her hand. "It's probably just because you know we always look out for you when we're together."

"Bite Kitten," Raven demanded as he held out his fork that had a piece of steak on it. She leaned over and took the bite and he smiled. "Good Kitten."

She finished chewing and rolled her eyes, "It's only because I don't want to get into an argument with you right now Yevgeny and I'm hungry."

"Da, I know," he nodded as he held out another bite.

"Everything okay?" Sean asked and Marc nodded.

"They put tomatoes on her burger and she's allergic," he explained. "It's getting fixed."

"Will you start spending time with us more now, Alina?" Victor asked. "Since we're friends with your family? Please?"