I want to, but part of it feels like a betrayal to stay in Alexi’s room while Piper is here. Like we’re leaving her out. I look away, and Alexi sighs.
“At least stay in the guest bedroom.”
“Okay,” I agree, and Alexi smiles.
“Let’s get you cleaned up first.” He tucks his cock back into his boxers and stands before holding out a hand to me and tugging me up to my feet. “Do you want to talk about why you came over?” I grab my sweatpants and tug them on and grab my boxers, holding them in my fist.
“I think the hand job suffices.” He smacks my ass, and I glare at him. “I really had to choose the two most emotionally stunted people to be in my pack.”
“That sounds like a you problem.”
He shakes his head like he realizes he has a type—hot and emotionally unavailable. Then he grabs me a bottle of water and walks me down the hall to the guest bedroom.
“Bathroom is down the hall, and my room is upstairs if you need anything. Like if you decide you want to talk about what's really bothering you.”
I look down, needing to get it off my chest. It blurts out of me like word vomit. “My brother… he plays for the Sharks. I don’t know if he’s going to out me or not.”
He looks at me like all the pieces click together for him. “Max Connery is your brother?”
I nod, and he runs his hands in his messy dark hair. “We’re not close. I haven’t spoken to him much in the last couple of years. I don’t know how he’s going to react.”
“You really think he would out you to the NHL?”
“I’m not sure,” I shrug.
“I’ve got your back no matter what.”
That small reassurance helps my nerves, but the anxiety of coming face-to-face with Max on the ice is still daunting. Not that we’ll really interact, but just seeing him there is going to send me into a spiral.
Alexi steps into my space. “I won’t let him take this dream away from you.”
“I’m not sure how long I can keep this up, Alexi.”
He rubs the back of my neck. “I know,so´lnyshka.I’ll sort it all out.”
I’m still one wrong move away from completely breaking down, but I can’t help but trust in Alexi, and it’s nice to have someone who has my back.
“I made the right choice coming here tonight.”
He smiles and leans in, placing a soft kiss on my lips.
“Goodnight. Come to my room if you change your mind.”
I nod my head, and he places a tender kiss at my temple before leaving.
It takes every ounce of me, but I stay in the guest room all night. Though deep down, all I want to do is grab Piper and take her into Alexi’s bed with me.
What in the Omega fuckery is happening to me?
* * *
I wake up feeling like absolute shit. My head is throbbing, my body aches, and I have to take a serious piss. When I look at my phone and see that it’s not even five in the morning, I groan, but I get up and drag my feet down the hall to the bathroom.
I’m already considering climbing into Alexi’s bed after the bathroom. I swing the door open and find Piper standing in front of the mirror wearing only a bra and panties as she puts her hair into a high ponytail.
“Shit, sorry.”
“You stayed the night?” she asks with a furrowed brow.
