They did. Mello threw a little tantrum when he found out, Linden shut him down, then fell for the brat's sulking and gave him a time and a place to take what he wanted.

[Anger rises in his words, he may not have any sympathy for Linden, but Mello clearly infuriates him all the same.]

He set up the meeting. They were both piss drunk. Linden cooperated with him, submitted to him, told him what he wanted to hear. And when that wasn't enough and Mello got violent, he finally started chasing his own pleasure just as eagerly.