I mimicked showering and he nodded tightly. He pushed to his feet slowly. Reaching down, he adjusted his cock through his pants.
I swallowed hard and forced my attention away, I was positive I was fire-red in the face.
“Follow me,” he said tightly, jaw twitching.
I scampered after him as we went down the hall. The place was one story, but it was long. The hallway seemed never-ending. We passed a door and the kitchen entrance before reaching the last room on the hall, the russet bedding was familiar. It was the same bathroom from earlier.
Striding inside, I slammed the door and locked it. Pressing my palm to the surface, I winced and squeezed my eyes closed.
My lack of control shouldn’t have surprised me. Mates were an automatic aphrodisiac. It was normal I wanted to fuck my mates’ brains out.
That truth didn’t make facing it any easier, though.
Kit
I’d bepatient with her. I could tell something bothered her, but it was taking everything in me not to force her to stop saying she was leaving. She wasn’t allowed to leave. Did I say that to her? No.
And I wouldn’t. She was scared. The shifting eyes, the rubbing of her arms, all pointed toward her leeriness, which meant I had to restrain myself. The only way I managed it was by telling myself it was for her. My wolf had normally felt calm and positive, but as soon as she walked into my life, grappling with him was harder than ever.
I sighed, squeezing the clothing in my grip.
She’d wasted almost an hour and a half in the restroom. She was avoiding me.
I’d stood here the entire time and would continue to, though it was difficult not breaking the door down, it was easier to convince my instincts with the memory of her riding my thigh fresh on my brain. That softened, vulnerable look on her face fucked with me.
I slid my palm down my cock. No, I wouldn’t come until I was buried deep in my mate.
Rowan chuffed and I flashed him a glare. His attention was still on the door. I hadn’t resolved my complicated emotions around the fact that we had the same mate—an Omega. It was strange and I wanted to drop him every time he was near her, but oddly enough, as long as she was touching me, I didn’t give a fuck who else was around.
She’d already addicted me.
I straightened when the shower cut off and grabbed what I gathered for her. A moment later, the doorknob twisted.
She had her mask back on. That look on her face. Careful and stiff.
Her stare dropped to my hands where the slippers rested. She plucked them from me and slid her feet into them. Tugging the towel off her, she tossed it toward Rowan. It fell over his face, draping over his body.
I didn’t spare the wolf another thought with my attention on the swell of her breasts. My mouth watered at the sight of her brown nipples, ready and waiting for my mouth.
I swayed forward and her eyes snapped to mine with a glare. I cleared my throat and quickly shook my head, handing her a fresh shirt.
Fuck, she riveted me.
The long t-shirt loosely fell to her knees, the forest green material falling over her pert nipples. My cock pulsated. She looked fucking amazing in my clothing.
Her honey scent had me groaning as she passed me. I snapped myself out of the thrall and followed as she returned to the living room. She marched to the notebook lying on the ground, hugged it to her chest, and made her way toward the door.
Curiosity kept me silent as I padded after her, Rowan beside me. She stepped onto the patch of cement outside the door and swept her gaze across the landscape.
She turned to me and pointed at my old truck.
I shook my head. She frowned, eyebrows furrowed.
The downturn of her lips shouted her dismay. It was honestly cute the way her features became pinched. Her expressions were animated when she wasn’t trying to hide her thoughts.
She looked me straight in the eyes, then yanked the pen out of the rings. She slammed the tip of the pen into the paper and dragged it across the sheet with jerky movements. Lifting the pad, she held it toward me.“I don’t want this.”
My lungs tightened. The visual of her leaving... not being by my side, struck me like a blow and my heart constricted.
