“No one ever guesses right.”
Hailey shrugs. “Rod Stewart was so specific, and I saw the scar on your knee that night at the hotel,” she says.
We all blink at her, and she points at Nate. “Your turn.”
Nate clears his throat. “I’ve never been to the East Coast. I don’t have much feeling left in these two fingers.” He holds up his pinky and ring finger in the air, and then there’s a long pause. “And I’m allergic to peanut butter.”
“You’re not allergic to peanut butter,” Hailey says without a doubt.
“I’m that easy to read?” Nate asks.
“You’re just not a good liar. That’s a good thing. Okay, you next,” she says, pointing at me.
“I became a firefighter because my grandpa was one. I hold two rockfish champion fishing titles and I’ve never been with an Omega.”
Hailey searches my face. “Your grandpa wasn’t a firefighter?” she asks.
“Grandpa Moses was an incredible firefighter,” I reply and she swallows thickly.
“You don’t hold a fishing title?”
“I don’t,” I reply, as she realizes the last thing I said was my last truth.
“You’ve never been with an Omega?” I shake my head, confirming I’ve never been with an Omega and she licks her lips.
“Oh hey, Nate. Remember that thing. That thing we needed to do before bed tonight?” Hayes says, clearly not being discreet at all.
“Huh?” Nate replies to Hayes, and he stares at him. Hayes moves, shifts his head toward the cabin.
“The thing,” Hayes says and Nate finally catches on.
“That’s right. You two enjoy the hot tub while we get the…um…thing together.”
They slosh around the water of the hot tub as they get out.
“That wasn’t very fucking subtle,” Hayes grumbles, and I know Hailey can hear it as she tries to hide a smile.
“Did you ask them to come up with an excuse so you could have some alone time with me?” she asks.
“I did.”
She scoots over closer, my arms are spread out over the lip of the tub, and now my fingertips can lightly touch the warm skin of her shoulder.
“You’ve really never been with an Omega?”
I shake my head. “I grew up in pack life. A good pack life. My dads taught me how to be a good man, a strong Alpha, but my mom also taught me how to treat a partner right and how an Omega deserves to be treated. I knew the foundation of the pack had to be strong before I was ready for an Omega in my life, where I could give her everything.”
Hailey’s eyes glisten, and she blinks away tears.
“Hey. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
“It’s just…does it bother you that I’ve been with other Alphas?”
“No, not at all.”
“But you waited,” she whispers, and I shake my head.
“Come here,” I tell her, grabbing her arm, easily gliding her through the water as she straddles my lap.
