“I’m his employee,” she says, her brow furrowing. “It’s supposed to be a job, and it’s become too messy.”
I should be a good alpha and give my omega space, but it’s too hard when I want ‘messy’ to mean she has feelings for him. I thought I was the only one pining after her while Timber was being stubborn, but to know she cares is enough to get me all worked up.
“Can I hug you?” I ask as I open my arms.
She glances up and down the corridor again before determination settles in her eyes.
The minute she steps into my arms, she lets out the biggest sigh.
“Fuck,” she breathes, and her whole body relaxes as I hum in agreement. Because I need to hold her so badly as well.
“I’ve been going crazy,” I murmur against her as I hug her even tighter. “Being able to scent you and not knowing where you are is torture.”
I feel her nod against my chest. “I’ve been so freaking turned on whenever I smell you on him, it’s mental.”
“I guess my evil plan worked.” I chuckle.
“You asshole,” she growls, and it’s the sweetest thing. I want Timber and Ollie pairing up to growl at me. It would be the ultimate KO.
“Well, it didn’t completely work. Why didn’t you just call me? I would have come to help, sweetness.”
She sighs against me, rubbing her face in my chest. “I don’t know you, Kane. I had to keep away in case you told Timber who I really am. Even now, I still don’t know if you’ll tell him.”
“I won’t,” I say hurriedly. “I swear I won’t.” I’ll just keep pushing him and dropping hints so he can reach the conclusion himself.
“Ollie?” She stiffens as I run my lips over the shell of her ear. “You know I can give you what you want. I can make all those precious parts of you happy.”
Her scent thickens, and she shudders and purrs.
“That’s it, sweetness. Just tell me you want me. I’m right here.”
She pulls away, tilting her head back, and looking at me with her gorgeous hazel eyes.
“It’s so hard not to kiss you,” she confesses, her tongue darting out across her lips. “Where’s a heat room when you need one?” she sighs.
Just one sentence and I’m already hard.
“I can make time for one,” I choke out, desperation instantly clawing at my throat. “I’ll give you forever if you want it.”
She shakes her head. “I’ve got things I need to do, and I have to get back to work.”
“Back to Timber?” I ask. I don’t like the jealousy that snakes through me as she nods. “How close to him are you for your scent to get on him like that? Is that why you were so horny the first time we met?”
I just need her to say she’s Timber’s match. If she’s scent matched with Timber as well, it means we’re a million miles ahead with my grand plan to be in a pack with him as long as he can accept an omega.
They have to open up to the idea of bonding, or I’ll wedge myself into their lives so I can be the thing that holds them together.
“I live with Timber for work. It’s not anything else. I don’t just cook for him; Luke and I are in charge of his diet, and everything he puts in his body.”
Her grin just makes me hornier. I can’t decide if I love or hate that Timber could be feasting on her without me. There’s no way I wouldn’t know. Timber is terrible at hiding his feelings, no matter how stony-faced he is. I suspect he’d wear a baffled expression for days if he ever got laid. Which is also why I want to fuck him so badly.
“What if I ask Timber to invite me over to watch you work?” I want to see how they are with each other as well. If Timber is as closed off and grumpy as he usually is with me, then I can be there to cushion his blows to make it easier for her as we all connect.
“From everything I know about you two, do you think Timber will just happen to invite you over to his house?” she asks.
“Hmm, very true. But I think there are ways I could convince him if you’d let me?”
“Not a chance. My heat is due next month when you’re at your away games, and I don’t need anything to trigger me before then. Which is another reason I’ve been avoiding you.”
