The tips of his ears and his cheeks darken further. “It wasn’t only sugar daddies. There were packs and individuals who would pay to be with an omega. It’s a whole thing, a fetish. Then there are packs who pay to be with me during my heat.”
“I thought this was the first time you’ve utilized the service,” I say, a slight frown pulling my brows together.
“First time utilizing the omega center to vet the packs. I have a few…you know what? You probably don’t need to hear all the gory details.”
“I don’t mind. Not like the three of us are virgins.” Although we haven’t been with anyone except each other in over a decade. “We’ll have someone drive you to pick up the rest of your things.”
A smile quirks up one side of his ridiculously soft and pillowy lips and I’m so tempted to lean in and nibble at his fuller bottom lip.
“I don’t think I need to bring any furniture, but there are a few blankets and pillows I’d like for the nest.”
“Perfect,” I say. “We’ll have someone take you tomorrow.” But when disappointment flickers across his face, my chest tightens. He deserves better than a house full of ghosts and workaholic alphas.
“There are staff and guards here twenty-four/seven, so if there’s anything you need, any of them can help you. Oh, and I’m sure Mason will want your input on a new vehicle.”
“You really don’t need to buy me a new car,” he insists.
“Let us,” I counter. “Something safe, comfortable, full of airbags.”
He laughs, shaking his head, and I fall a little harder.
Hudson sets his mug on the coffee table and wipes both palms along his slacks as he shakes his head again. “This is a lot,” he mutters.
Shit. Am I totally overwhelming him? I’m just too fucking excited.
“Am I allowed to have company while you’re out?” he asks.
My instincts bristle. “What kind of company?”Toomuchgrowlinmyvoice.
He grins. “My best friend. She’s an omega.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.Oh.”
“Invite her anytime,” I say quickly. “Just warn me if she’s trouble.”
“She doesn’t know I’ve agreed to your offer, so I’m sure she’llreallybe unhappy when I call her.”
“Eh. I’ll win her over,” I say, putting on my most charming smile as I go back to resting against the couch cushions and reach over with the arm stretched across the back of the couch to toy with his hair.
It’s so soft, even still damp. I bet it’s silky soft when it’s dry.
When an image of tangling my fingers in his hair as he bobs his mouth on my length makes my knot throb and my dick harden, I shift and do everything in my power to change subjects before I make a fool of myself.
Or make the omega uncomfortable by spreading him out on the coffee table and fucking him hard and deep.
CHAPTER 12
Hudson
My first night here, I slept alone in that enormous pack bed. They carried me in, tucked me under the duvet, then left me surrounded by space that smelled like them. Alex brought me breakfast this morning.
The four of us spent the day sprawled in front of the TV, just talking – families, childhoods, bits of the past we don’t tell many people.
I found out all three came from varying size pack families, that Mason had a fairly strict – and extremely unaffectionate – childhood while Alex and Des were super close to their big families.
When they asked about my family, I changed the subject. They don’t need to know why I learned early not to expect alphas to stick around.
