Smiling, I nod my head. “Yeah, I’d like that.”
Tucker cups my cheek and leans down, kissing me softly. I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him deeper, my whole body lighting up like a Christmas tree.
“Thank you.” he pants against my lips when we pull apart.
“For what?”
“For sharing your pack with me. I’ve always wanted one.”
“I’m more than happy to have you in mine.”
Chapter 26
Tucker
I head back to the station at the end of my shift, but all I want to do is go home, eat and sleep. Tomorrow is my day off, and I know how I want to spend it. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to go as well as I’d like it to.
It’s been a week since everything happened with Nick and I feel like I’m going crazy.
All I want to do is be near him. I want his touch, his smell, to listen to his voice. And he wants nothing to do with me.
It hurts, I won’t lie, but at least he’s not trying to kill me anymore.
I’ve spent all of my free time over at his place hanging out with Nova. Sometimes Nick is there, sometimes he’s not. I’m not there just to see him, though, I love spending time with Nova.
She’s quickly becoming my favorite person. We’ve done a few video calls to my parents, who adore her, and I’m really starting to feel like I’m a part of this pack.
Ian and Will have been accepting, we get along fine. It’s just Nick who doesn’t seem to want to accept me as a new part of his life.
I can’t exactly blame him. It’s a big life change, to not only find out that he’s mates with a second Omega, who’s a cop when he himself is a criminal. But also to find out he’s scent matched to a man, when his whole life he thought he was straight. It’s a big pill to swallow.
I’m trying to be respectful, to give him space, but it really doesn’t help that I find him staring at me, the heat in his eyes makes me squirm and I have to excuse myself from the roombefore I start to perfume and show everyone that I’m very much turned on by this man simply breathing.
“Hey.” Chris greets me as I head into the station.
“How’s it going?” I give him a head nod as I head towards the staff changing room.
“Officer Wells and Officer McDolly were asking if they need to book any time off work.”
My brows furrow as I push the door open to the changing room and look at Chris over my shoulder. “Why would they need to ask me that?”
Chris raises a brow. “Because your heat should be any day now.”
I blink, doing the math in my head. Fuck, it should have actually started yesterday, or today. But since finding out about Nick, I’ve taken some temporary heat blockers. They’re not meant to work long term, only to push my heat back by a few weeks, or hold it off until next month.
The idea of having anyone who isn’t Nick or Nova help me through my heat made me uneasy. And I didn’t want to risk being put in the position that I’d have to take whatever help I could get.
There’s always the option of doing it alone with toys, but I’ve never spent a heat on my own and I don’t plan on starting.
“Ah, let them know I’m good.” I turn away. “I’ve decided do this one solo.”
“Why?” Chris asks and annoyance fills me. I know he’s my friend, but he doesn’t need to know the personal details of my life. I’ve been a private person for the most part. No one but my parents and old co-workers know about the details of my past.
“Just feel like it.”
“Why would you want to do it alone when they’ve been helping you for months? Sounds like a nightmare.” Chris chuckles.
“Toys are fun too.” I tell him, changing out of my uniform and into my regular clothes.
