“Are you the type to watch, Aspen?” I husked, pushing more.
“Not until now,” she breathed, “but I think I could be persuaded.”
I couldn’t stop myself from moving closer, watching her reaction, gauging if she’d let me kiss her.
She moved first. Aspen lunged forward, pressing her lips to mine with a soft moan.
“I can taste him on you,” she groaned before deepening the kiss, her tongue sweeping in greedily to taste our beta.
Before it could go any further, I broke the kiss, stepping back as I tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
“I got things straight with Cole,” I told her. “We’re working on fixing our relationship, and I’m going to get things handled with North so all of our attention can be on you.”
She wrinkled her nose adorably. She hated that idea.
“I don’t want all the attention on me. I mean, maybesometimes, I’m an omega after all, but you deserve your relationships too.”
Cole gave me anI told you solook, and I ignored it.
“I’m taking her out today,” Cole said. “You and North enjoy yourselves.”
“We will,” I promised, winking at her. “I can’t wait till tomorrow. Then the real courting begins.”
“Why do I feel like I should be scared?” she asked.
“Oh, you should be,” Cole teased, holding his hand out for her.
She gave me one last grin before letting him pull her out of the room.
The way she lit up with him, the way she lit up withbothof us, made my chest tight in the best way. I wasn’t missing out on this pack.
I put their abandoned mugs in the sink before turning to leave, only to freeze when I saw North standing there.
His hair was damp, like he’d just showered, and his chest was heaving as if he’d run here.
“North?” I asked.
Suddenly, I felt like prey.
He didn’t say a word. He stalked toward me. There was uncertainty in his eyes, but determination, too.
Enough that he closed the distance between us without hesitation.
“I took the rest of the day off,” he said, breathless. “I can’t wait for you. Ineedyou, Alpha. Now.”
Fuck.
“I’m yours,” I promised. I had been for a long time, I was just too stubborn to admit it to myself. Too afraid. I’d wasted years I could’ve had him.
That changednow.
I lunged forward, capturing his lips with mine and backing him toward the doorway. I broke the kiss only long enough to grab his hand and lead him toward my room.
It felt frantic, like we were teenagers again, but there was no way I could go another day without having him in some capacity.
North didn’t say anything as I led him to my room. But the moment the door closed, he was dropping to his knees, his fingers fumbling with my belt and the button of my jeans. He didn’t hesitate to yank my pants down.
My beta was desperate for me.
