Her eyebrows raise. “How much do you think I eat?”
My lips twitch at her incredulous tone. “You need to regain your energy. We still have three hours before we have to check out.”
Her teeth sink into her lower lip, and her perfume flares between us. My body reacts instantly. And her fingers trailingdown my chest only heightens it. “Why would we want to spend that on eating?”
The tips of her fingers dip into the top of my sweats, brushing my already swollen crown. A hiss parts my lips, and I capture her wrist. She releases a purr that has my balls tightening, but I slowly remove her fingers and place them in her lap, patting them twice for good measure.
“Only a short time will be eating,” I promise.
She gives me a fake pout before climbing off of my lap. I feel the loss of her immediately, and I want to pull her back. My fingers curl into my palms to stop myself. She threads her arms around Miles neck and places a soft kiss against his lips. He captures her around the waist and tugs her closer for a deeper kiss. His shoulders lose the tension almost immediately.
“Morning,” she whispers with a smile as she pulls back and turns to a waiting Rafe. He wraps her in his arms and buries his head in her neck, his whole body shuddering with awareness.
“You should eat,” he finally says, his words muffled. Then he forces himself to release her and pull out a chair.
She sinks into the seat, and he uncovers a few of the platters. One with pancakes and bacon, another with eggs, and the last full of fruit. “I’m positive that if I eat all of that, all I’ll be doing is laying around with a full stomach.”
Rafe picks up a fork and spears a cube of melon before lifting it to her lips. “Open up. I’m sure all of us are good with cuddling for a few hours.”
Her lips part, and she takes the offered fruit between them and chews slowly. He’s waiting with another when she swallows.
“What if I’m not good with cuddling?” she asks, earning a groan from Miles and Rafe in tandem. “And I know Elliott’s ready for more. If you are too tired?—”
Rafe drops the fork, his fingers tilting her chin up as he gazes down at her with a small smile playing on his lips. “I’ll never be too tired for you, sweetheart. But I also need to take care of you, and eating is part of that. So…” he releases her chin and picks up the fork. “Be a good girl and open up.”
CHAPTER 49
Lilah
The limo droppedme off over two hours ago, and every single part of my body’s reminded of exactly what we did. And the bond between us still feels bright. I went into last night thinking that was the end. Boy how wrong I was.
Ashlyn sticks her head into the living room, her gaze zeroing in on me. “You look happy?—”
I canfeelthe smile pull at my lips. I can’t shake the urge to smile even if I tried. “I am happy.”
“So you didn’t?—”
I shake my head. “They really want me as their omega. It’s not a game or an act. All of them.”
She snorts. “I told you that already. When are you going to start listening to your older sister?”
“You act like three years is a lot.”
“Sometimes I think it’s a lifetime.” She crosses the room and drops down on the sofa next to me, pulling her legs up beneath her and facing me. “Tell me everything.”
My face flushes.
She holds up her hand. “Okay maybe not everything. Tell me the love story bits.”
I tell her the whole thing, leaving out the night of mind blowing sex and the morning of slow love making. When I’m finished, she’s smiling as big as I am.
“I hope you know how lucky you are to have a pack that is completely head over heels in love with you,” she says.
The sadness in her voice catches me off guard, and I study her face. “Have you been crying?”
She presses her lips together and shakes her head. “It’s nothing. Let me just enjoy your happiness for a while.”
“Did Owen do something?”
