“That was really pretty,” Megan says. “And I think I managed to get a decent photo of it.”
“That typically means they’re going to be gone for a while,” the woman from before says, approaching us from the sliding glass doors. “It means they’re diving.”
The four of us turn nearly in-sync.
She smiles. “I have dinner prepared for you if you’re ready,” she offers. “I reset the table in the back.”
“Thank you, Kayla,” Cole says, remembering the name Frank had thrown out with ease. “We’ll be there in just a minute.”
She disappears with another smile. The girls quickly increase their pace, giving us a few feet of space.
As we make our way across the boat, I ask, “Do you want to come to the rental with us after this?”
Cole tucks his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
“I’d like that,” he says in studied casualness.
“Great,” I murmur.
By the time we make it to the reset table, the girls have taken one side. As I sit, Cole’s arm brushes my own, and my dick jumps. God, this cruise needs to finish so I can finally—hopefully—feel him under me again.
Eighteen
COLE
The rental is small but cozy, done in a coastal style that feels a bit too on-the-nose for the Seattle tourist scene. I drop onto the white sofa that sits in the front room, arranged perfectly to see the ocean view out the front window, while Megan eases off her shoes and Charlotte sets her purse on the long entry table.
“That was fun,” she says as she joins me, sitting close enough that our legs press together. “Thank you so much for making it happen.”
Desire lights through me again, stronger than on the boat, and it takes all my control to keep the groan buried in my throat.
You promised you wouldn’t look desperate, Fallon, I chide myself. Every minute in the presence of these Alphas, though, has me wanting to throw that entire choice out the window.
My voice is dry as ash when I say, “You’re welcome.”
Another door deeper in the rental closes, and then Marcus is standing in the entryway, leaning against the wall, his hands tucked in the pockets of his chinos, his watch just barely visible.God, that heat doubles in strength. It should be illegal to look that good, honestly.
“You want something to drink?” he asks, taking in me and Charlotte in one comprehensive look.
When I shake my head, his gaze shifts to where Megan must be behind me. An entire conversation passes between them without uttering a single word, the way I’ve seen my dads communicate. Megan runs her hand down my shoulder as she brushes by me, heading deeper into the house, already looking at her phone.
Charlotte presses a soft kiss to my cheek before standing, a small, knowing smile curving her lips.
“We’ll see you in the morning,” she says.
Marcus flashes a quick smile as she passes him, and she kisses his cheek, too, stretching onto her tiptoes to reach him.
“How about a movie, Megs?” she asks as she disappears down the hall.
A door clicks shut, cutting off Megan’s reply.
All at once, my focus is narrowed to the Alpha in front of me. Every single ounce of desire I’ve shoved down the last day comes roaring to the surface, so strong it steals my breath. The last several hours of being so damn close to him, smelling him on that boat, has my body humming with need entirely unique. Nevermind that Charlotte spent most of the time in my lap, marking me with her scent at every possible moment, or that Megan never let more than a few minutes go by without touching me. This need rising in me right now? It’s all because ofhim.
God, I need his scent on me, too. Maybe I should just show my desperation, let him know how much Ineedhim right now. Alphas are already hardwired to want to satisfy Omegas. And him? With his bond scar on my collarbone?
No one will want to bend me over more than him, right?
I swallow the unholy need before I can make an idiot of myself. He’s been so distant the entire weekend, always a step away, his hands in those damn pockets, a bored expression fixed on his face like he’s wishing he could be anywhere else. Whatever I’m feeling, it certainly appears one-sided right now. Best to approach this entire situation like he’s just another Alpha in this pack, another person for me to meet and get to know.
