“All right. I think I’m just too worn-out still because it’s just not making sense to me.”
Maxwell ran his hand down my arm and kissed my forehead. “The pack is larger than the den and has a lot more omegas. There is also a council neighborhood down past Timber Valley that is full of fairly newly mated couples, so there are a lot of omegas there as well.”
“Okay. That makes sense.” I sighed and closed my eyes. “How long do we have before we need to go to work? As terrible as it may sound, I’m not really in a hurry to go, despite the fact that I just arrived and haven’t really started yet.”
“There are no worries about that. We have at least two weeks, but the council knows they can call on me if it’s an absolute emergency.”
I looked up at Maxwell. “Us. They can call on us,” I said in agreement. “I’ve heard about the bond time from Alpha Osmund. But if we’re working together and at the clinic at the same time, shouldn’t we be able to go back to work after a few more days? I would go today, but I’m not sure I can stand for more than a few minutes.”
“I’ll take care of that,” Maxwell said. “What would you like for food? Are you hungry?” I felt water pour over my head and realized that Maxwell suddenly had a cup from somewhere.
“I am hungry, yes. I’d love anything as long as it’s enough for two people,” I told him.
“I can handle that.” More water trickled over my head, and I leaned my head back and just enjoyed the attention. The water was warm and felt amazing on my scalp. I was slow to realize it, but by the time Maxwell had my hair thoroughly wet, my headache had lessened to a dull ache.
“I’m seriously in love with whatever is in that oil that is in the water,” I said. “My head has been throbbing painfully since I got out of bed, but now that you’ve poured water all over my head, it’s only an ache.”
“You should have told me,” Maxwell said. “I could have made you a tea that would help.”
“There’s tea that helps? Where do we get this? That sounds lovely.”
Maxwell chuckled and then held out a steaming mug of tea in front of me. “You get it here,” he said. “You sip on your tea, and I’ll wash your hair.”
“Oh, that sounds lovely. I’ve never had someone wash my hair before.” I thought about that for a moment. “Well, not since I was a young child.” Then, it was simply something that neededto be done. Once I was older, it was an intimate thing, and one that I’d not experienced with anyone before Maxwell.
“I’ve washed it with magic a few times in the past several days, but I’m very much looking forward to pampering you in all of the ways. We’ll start with tea, a bath that relaxes and soothes, and then a meal of steak and chicken. I seem to remember seeing something about those being your favorites?”
I moaned. He must have seen them in my memories when I was in heat.
“You sure know how to romance an omega,” I said quietly.
“Not any omega. Just you,” Maxwell responded. I felt those fingers rubbing through my hair and start massaging my scalp, and any other thought left my mind. That felt absolutely wonderful, and I was going to enjoy the pampering.
Chapter 9
Maxwell
“What about here?” I asked Camden as I moved a bookshelf to the other side of the room.
“Oh, that looks nice there. Do you think we should put a sofa in here? Somewhere that both of us could sit? I’m not trying to take over your room, but what if I want to come in and just be with you when you’re in there working?” Camden sighed. “Yeah, I won’t do that. You’re working.”
It took a bit of effort for me to not roll my eyes at my One. He was absolutely adorable, which I found endearing. And I understood that we had only been mated for ten days, but still. He should understand that I wanted him in all of the spaces. I didn’t have my space any longer. It wasours.
“There,” I said, as I added a second bookshelf on the opposite wall and then a corner one. “How about that? Does that give you enough space?” I asked just before I added a leather sofa and love seat. Camden jumped a little at their sudden appearance.
“Oh, wow. Umm…did you want two? Is there room?”
I chuckled and added a matching desk opposite mine and an oversized plush chair. “Well, they all fit, so I’d say that yes, there is room.”
Camden spun in a slow circle. “Yes, but it’s…full. Is it not?”
I nodded slowly. “Is that a problem? I can make the room bigger. This is an outside wall. I can extend the wall of the house.”
“Wait, you can do that?”
I chuckled. “I can. If you think it’s too crowded in here, I can certainly make the room bigger, or I can take some things out.” I removed the love seat because the sofa made more sense. Sure, we would both fit on the love seat, but it didn’t offer much extra room for anything else, and I had plenty of ideas for other things we could get up to in the office. It didn’t have to be only for work. In fact, I didn’t do a whole lot of work at home. I wasn’t that busy, and I didn’t need to bring work home with me.
“Oh, it’s better without the love seat.” Camden went directly to the sofa and sat on one end. He sighed, and I smiled.
