Trey shrugged. “True, but I do knowyouandyouare head over heels for Mitch, so why don’t you just tell him the truth instead of wrapping it up in thishelping a friendcrap?”
“Even if you were right and I’m not saying you are, what would a young, bright, handsome Omega in the prime of his life want with a broken-down Alpha twice his age?”
Trey rolled his eyes so hard he had to have seen his brain, what there was of it. “Really? That’s the best you can do? Poor me crap?”
It was my turn for eye-rolling. “There’s no poor me involved,” I objected, ignoring the fact that thebroken-down alphaline might have been too much. “He’s young and just starting his life. He’s going to want to raise a family and do all the crap I’ve already put behind me. What point would there be in messing with our dynamic?”
Trey snorted but held his tongue, apparently deciding he’d busted my balls enough.
“So, are you in or not?”
“Of course,” Trey said easily. “I’ll cover your classes at the youth center on Monday and Tuesday. Is that all you need?”
“Yeah. Other than that, I’ve got everything else covered. Thanks, man.”
Trey waved my thanks off. “Just think about what I said, okay? I think you’re selling both Mitch and your relationship with him short.”
I sighed. “I’ll think about it.”
Through the rest of our lunch, I filled Trey in on what my different classes at the youth center were working on and by the time we’d finished, we were both running behind. I tossed a few bills on the table to cover the meal despite Trey’s protests and parted ways with him in the parking lot.
Shelly’s heats were more defined than what a lot of younger Omegas experienced, so we knew it would be five days from the onset of the initial symptoms to the fever fully dissipating, but we always planned for a day on each end to be sure that nothing snuck up on us.
And like I’d told Trey, I’d already gone the relationship route and my failed marriage had taught me what most Omegas hoped for during those days. Shelly may not have been spending his heat with me out of anything other than a physiological need, but I wanted to leave him feeling safe and satisfied, with good memories of each one so I still had a lot of ground to cover. Poor me bullshit or not, the gimpy leg meant it would take more time than less to get it all done.
Still, with proper planning and a little bit of effort, everything was in place Saturday morning when Shelly woke me from a sound sleep by crawling beneath the covers and snuggling against me. I opened my arms and dragged him closer, the warmth of his naked body making my beast purr with delight.
“It’s time?” I muttered, my voice thick with sleep.
“Soon,” he mumbled back, burying his face in my armpit and sighing happily. “I just need you close.”
“I’m here,” I assured him, drawing in a deep breath of the exotic scent that was all Shelly. “Anything you need.”
“Just sleep for now,” Shelly said through a yawn, burrowing even closer.
Smiling, I closed my eyes and faded back to sleep, my bear grumbling with satisfaction at having our Omega back where he belonged, even if it was only for a short time.
The next time I woke up, it was from a deliciously dirty dream that, remarkably, still wasn’t as erotic as reality.
The blankets were shoved away despite the chill in the air, a clear sign that Shelly was entering his time. My sweet Omega had insinuated himself between my thighs and had my cock in his mouth, suckling on the hard flesh as though using it to soothe himself rather than trying to arouse or please me. Hot take, it accomplished all of those at one time.
I stroked Shelly’s soft hair back from his sweat-damp forehead, tugging lightly and smirking when his entire body shuddered.
“You ready for me, baby?”
Shelly shook his head before releasing me with a long slurp and gazing up at me with soft eyes. “Please, Alpha, can I just suck you for a little longer?”
I may be a lot of things but I’m not an idiot, so I tightened my grip on his hair and brought his mouth back to my cock, sighing when he sank his warm, wet mouth over the head and began to nurse me again with a happy sigh.
“Of course, baby, for as long as you need.”
ChapterFive
Mitchel
Waking up in my own bed after a week plastered to Dane’s delicious Alpha body was always a letdown. Don’t get me wrong, he was always quick to tell me I didn’t need to rush off when the symptoms faded, but I wouldn’t take advantage of his sweet nature when it wasn’t strictly necessary.
No matter how selfishly I wanted to.
