“You're crazy.” She rolls her eyes.
“Nah. I’m determined,” I reply, then follow the goddess of an Omega outside.
I’d have to say, this is one hell of a good start to my new life. I’m stoked to see what else will come.
Chapter 4
Lexi
Five Years Later
“This summer heat is going to be the death of me,” I groan, throwing myself into the lawn chair dramatically. I toss my arm over my eyes to shield them from the bright sun.
“You’re kidding me, right?” Silva asks, raising a brow. The corner of her lip twitches with amusement. “Since when have summers in Widows Peak ever been this hot?”
“Shhh,” I move my arm and squint to look up at my sister. “If he thinks I’m overheated, I get more of that.” I turn my eyes to Emmett and smother a sigh.
That man is too pretty for his own good.
“You know, you could just tell the man how you feel rather than come up with stupid ways to get him to remove his shirt,” Silva snickers.
Emmett is shirtless, showing off his deliciously sculpted body. He’s tanned, his skin has been kissed by the sun, and his arms are covered in tattoos, which, by the way, look glorious every time he flexes as he lifts up a shovel full of dirt.
I’m not sure when my feelings for him changed, but one day we were the best of friends, and the next I found myself wanting to climb him like a tree and do every dirty thing to him.
When Emmett first moved to Widows Peak, I knew he had a crush on me right away. The man did not try hard to hide it. But he was always respectful, never pushed, and things weren’t ever awkward.
We became fast friends. He’s always been easy to talk to, makes me laugh, and apart from the girls and my sister, I never really had any friends.
As I got to know him, I found that we were not all that different. I became a lot more protective of him. The idea of him hurting again makes me a little feral.
At first, I kept the girls and guys away from him because I didn’t consider them good enough, and the last thing Emmett needed was someone using him for his pretty face.
As the years went by, the protectiveness became more intense. He never seemed to care, and always liked it when I was bothered by someone hitting on him.
But it wasn’t until last year, when Emmett was at the club having a few drinks while I was working, and a very pretty Alpha female approached him. My stomach twisted in knots when he smiled and flirted back.
I lost it, went to the back room, and told Silva that we were kicking Kadence, one of the nurses at the clinic, out of Widows Peak.
She seemed concerned and asked what Kadence did. When I told her, my sister laughed at me.
Laughed in my damn face!
I guess flirting with my best friend isn’t a reason to be kicked out. I still think that’s bullshit.
Ever since then, I find myself thinking of him nonstop.
I hate it because this is Emmett we’re talking about. He’s seven years younger than me. A hot, young twenty-four-year-old Omega, while I’m a thirty-one-year-old Omega who’s never been fucked.
“Are you crazy?” I hiss, sitting up. “I can’t tell him how I feel. It will ruin everything.”
“Yeah? How so?” Silva asks. “The kid is head over heels in love with you, Lex. He’s not going to turn you down.”
“That's just it. He’s a kid. He’s younger than me.”
She rolls her eyes. “He’s well past the legal age. And seven years isn’t that much.”
“I don’t know,” I mutter. “This is all so confusing,” I sigh, leaning back again.
