Because I’m not ready to flash poor Amy my ass, cock, and balls, even if she probably got more than an eyeful of all four of us last week.
Pushing back to my feet, I shove my sweats to my feet and kick them toward the lounge chairs, then tug my shirt off by the back collar.
Then I dive in.
This is exactly what I needed. The weightless feeling and the silence of being underwater does something to calm my racing thoughts, even if only while I’m submerged.
Once I emerge, I switch to my back and float, staring up at the coffered ceilings, the beautifully crafted crown molding, and the obviously expensive light fixtures hanging overhead.
I think if I’d built this room, I would have made sure the ceilings were glass like the walls. That way, it would still have the appearance of being outside.
Ooooh. Especially at night. I can’t help but imagine floating just like this and staring up at the stars.
Guess I’ll have to wait until summer returns.
After a while, I decide it’s time to leave the pool before I turn into a raisin.
I just…it kind of sucks spending all day in this big house alone.
I don’t have to stay here all day. But the alphas did ask that I take a guard with me, to let them drive me at least until they’ve secured a safer car.
But even then, they prefer I have someone watching over me.
As I dry off with a fluffy towel among a stack of them, then pull on my clothes, I rack my brain as to where I can go and what I can do for the day to ease the loneliness.
It wasn’t more than an hour ago I was fondly thinking about my friends. Really, though, the more I think about it, Ella is the only friend who has never expected anything but my friendship. Every single person in my life makes comments and teases me about being with an omega, offering to help with my heats, even begging me to scent mark their clothing or skin to lure an alpha.
Do I really only have one true friend?
My shoulders feel as though someone tossed weights onto them as they sag. For the first time in my life, I feel truly alone.
Sure, I can feel the alphas through the bond, Mason more so than the other two, but as I take a peek, they feel distracted as they work on whatever case or deal with whatever legal battles for the day.
Yep. Alone. Even the woman hired to be here is too busy to give me her time.
Now more than ever, I pray the blood test comes back positive. At least then, I’ll have someone who carries my DNA who might actually love me unconditionally.
CHAPTER 24
Alex
In three days, it’ll officially be two weeks since Hudson’s heat. Which means we can finally take him to the doctor for a blood test.
There are two problems with this scenario:
One – we’ve barely seen him since we returned to work. I swear the workload doubled in our absence.
And two – we’re not sure whether we can even take the day off to take him in or if we’ll have to ask one of the guards to escort him.
“What about Amy?” I blurt out.
Mason and Des turn their eyes from whatever they’re studying on their computers and frown at me.
“What about her?” Mason asks.
“They seem to get along. And Amy definitely likes him. We could ask her to take him to the doctor for the blood test.”
“I already asked a guard to escort him in the event we’re unable to be there on time,” Mason says with a frown.
