"It's not my fault he's always late" Ivy glares at Ares before he rolls his eyes and grabs her wrist, she warns him with her eyes but he still pulls her onto his lap as I droop down on the couch sipping on my coffee way too loud.

Ares and Ivy called me and Sebastian to Ares's office for some 'important talk' and Sebastian is yet to show up, leaving me to third wheel.

We got our dresses two days ago and since then we've been planning the wedding, the dance practice got moved to tonight because Natalia had a family emergency. "Well, while we wait..." Ivy trails off and looks at me.

Ares hides his smirk by resting his chin on her shoulder, "how are you Abby?" Ivy asks and I raise an eyebrow. What is this woman up to now?

My eyes fall to Ares who looks at me with a look that I can't quite make out, but I know he's getting his revenge for something I did to annoy him three years ago. I did a lot of things to annoy him, like a lot, I threatened to stab him with a pen, that I'd poison his food if he hurt Ivy, that I'd kill him with my heels, basically me telling him ways I'd murder him when the whole Molly situation happened.

"I'm good?" I question more than answer Ivy's previous question.

She hums, nodding a bit, "so, you know the practice dinner tomorrow night?" she asks and I nod. We had to move that closer because well the wedding itself is in two fucking weeks.

"You need a date" Ares states

My eyes narrow, "Seb already has one" Ivy blurts before Ares glares at her and she gives him a 'sorry' look.

Wait, what?

I'm not saying I wanted to go with him, but who the hell is he going with? Something bubbles in my stomach as I take a sip of my coffee shrugging, so is it just me he's a rude bitch to?

"All the other mafia's Sebastian, Dominico and I have alliances with are going to be there so it's safer for you to be with someone we know better" Ares says, does that mean the asshole from the party a while ago is also going to be there?

I'm still on Sebastian's 'date' . Who the hell did this man find for a date with that attitude?

Everyone has a date, I was going to stall but fuck my life. Ivy told Akira she should go with Dominico but she went on for 30 minutes about how she'd stab every inch of him then bury him in a trash can so she ended up with Nico. Not even, I had to glare at him until he agreed to take one for the team but he said he hates lawyers, Dominico is bringing some random girl no one knows, obviously Ares and Ivy and Mason and D, then Sebastian and whoever he is bringing. And now, I have no idea who to take...

Before any of us could say anything the door swings open and he walks in, his eyes fall to me who's basically laying on the couch in an oversized Ohio state uni hoodie I stole from Mason with my hair out because I washed it a bit ago, deciding to let it air dry.

Jerk

Stop it, we're not together, he can do whatever he wants.

You two are breaking my non-existent heart

He sits beside me, the couch dipping a bit as he runs a hand through his hair. "You wanted to talk?" he asks Ares and Ivy and they both nod.

From the corner of my eyes I can see his eyes flicker to me a few times but I ignore it, "want me to beat around the bush like Ivy told me to?" Ares asks and Ivy sighs, shaking her head before pinching his forearm.

He smacks her wrist away, "no" me and Sebastian answer at the same time and Ivy mutters something about us being boring.

"We want you two as the godparents of our baby" Ares says, and for the first time in a long time I see assface smile as he leans closer to Ivy, my eyes find how his arms wrap around her waist allowing his hands to rest on her belly. The definition of couple goals.

The corners of my lips tilt up, "really?" I ask dumbfound and Ivy grins nodding and I can't help but copy her grin. Holy shit.

"So?" Ivy asks and I scoff getting up, placing my coffee on the coffee table before walking over to Ivy and pulling her off of Ares's lap and pulling her to me before squishing her in a hug, we both squeal at the same time before her arms wrap around me.

"Is that even a question?" Sebastian's voice asks from behind me and I have the urge to turn and look at him, he sounds like he has the biggest smile in the world on his lips.

Before anything could happen I feel his arms wrap around me and Ivy joining in on our hug, I freeze for a quick second when I feel his chin rest on the top of my head.

"Ares, join our hug" Ivy basically demands and he mutters something before getting up and wrapping his arms around us, my eyes find Ivy and she sees Seb's chin on my head before she smiles and gives me a light shrug.

I'm blushing. Why the fuck?

"At least you're rich" Akira shrugs, placing her legs in my lap and her head in Ivy's, we're all sitting in my bed right now talking about random shit and how I have no date for dinner.

"I mean you could take a guard?" Ivy suggests before her and Akira both snort at the idea, I give them the middle finger before grabbing Ivy's sour patch kids.

I just want to know who the hell Sebastian is taking as his date, and why he has to be so rude to me but treating other people fine?

"What if I blackmail Dominico to dump his date and take me instead?" I ask and Ivy shrugs, Akira rolls her eyes. I have no idea why she hates him so fucking much, like yeah he's crazy and annoying but what did he say to her?

My eyes widen as I think of the perfect person, I throw Akira's legs off of me and get out of bed before grabbing my phone. "I have an idea" I mutter, sliding on my cow slippers and running out of the room.

Where could this person be right now?

Think Abby, think.

A lightbulb basically lights up on top of my head as I run down stairs and into the basement, cringing when it smells like ass and blood down here. Fucking nasty.

I walk down the stairs as guards give me weird looks, stare at my legs and check out my ass. Men are weird.

Almost gagging when I walk past a cell with dead bodies laying on top of each other, I think I might throw up...

I pull down the sleeves of my hoodie as I walk through the hallway, "I will not hesitate to skin you" I hear her threaten and my head snaps to where I see Athena standing in a cell with a blade in her hand that has blood dripping from the end.

A guard sees me and whispers something in her ears before she looks over her shoulder raising an eyebrow when she sees me down here, there is no way this woman is 51. She was only 18 when she had Dominico and then 19 when she had Ares, and now...Well she doesn't look any older than her own sons.

She looks like she's in her early thirties...

She looks back to the man hanging from the ceiling, "saved, I'll come back tomorrow and if I don't have answers just know I'll throw you in the forest for the animals" she warns and my face scrunches up.

She turns before looking over her shoulder and throwing the dagger that was in her hands and I gag again when I watch as the dagger flies into his thigh and he grunts and screams.

"Abby" she gives me a smile, my eyes fall to the blood on her and her clothes and swallow hard. "Hey..."

"Want to go upstairs?" she asks, a small smirk on her lips when I nod way too fast, she orders some men to lock up the basement for tonight as I follow her upstairs.

That was nasty.

I keep following her as she walks upstairs towards her room, "I was wondering if you had a date for the dinner" I mutter, sheepishly rubbing the back of my neck as she holds the door of her room open for me to walk in.

"Are you asking me out?" she asks, my eyes fall to the picture of her and Gabriel when they were in university framed on the wall above her bed and I smile. They were like a version of Ivy and Ares, adorable.

She walks into the bathroom as I sit on her bed, "I mean like, as friends of course" I add as I hear the tap running from inside the bathroom.

Swinging my legs back and forth as I waited for her to come out of the washroom, I heard her let out a small laugh.

About a minute later I hear the door open, my eyes find her in nothing but a matching set of black lace underwear as she grabs a towel. "Of course I'll be your date" she says walking into her closet and my mouth drops.

Her tattoo covered body coming in sight again and she rolls her eyes when she sees me staring at her, "what about Sebastian?" she asks and I have to physically shake my head to stop myself from staring anymore.

"He has a date"

Her eyebrows shoot up and she crosses her arms, unintentionally pushing up her god damn tits and I clear my throat. If I was a guy, I'd have boners 27/4, like you'd look at me and see my dick poking out of my pants...Lucky I'm not though...

"You're lying" she gasps and I shake my head, there is no way she's 51, I can't believe it, I won't.

I shake my head again, "Ivy told me" I murmur and she sighs, shaking her head as she tosses the towel into the bathroom.

"I'm taking a shower, wanna join?" she asks, looking over her shoulder as she walks in and heat rises to my cheeks before I clear my throat, she smirks at me when she sees my red face.

Woah

"I was joking, Madden, I'll meet you downstairs" she sings walking off into the bathroom, leaving the door wide slightly open as I hear the water start running, I'm going to fucking die.

"O-Okay" I stutter, she has me fucking stuttering what the hell. I ran out of her room, basically bolting out of there, there is no way that is a whole ass mother...

At least you have a hottie date.