An hour later, I curl up in the nest, pulling one of the blankets that smells like Grant around me and burrowing deep. The conversation ended well, and they’re so excited to meet the guys, but having to admit how Sax was, in fact, lying on the internet like they warned me he was as a teenager, and cautioning them against watching the show because of the things they’d see, I’m exhausted.
A pleasant weight meets my back, and Ivan’s rich scent wraps around me.
“You okay, sweetie?”
I roll over and nuzzle into his chest. When he holds me against him like this, all the tension drains out of me. “Just tired, really. My parents are excited to meet you guys.”
“You told them about us? You made sure that I’m the favorite, right?”
I laugh and scratch his beard. He leans into me like a cat. “How could I make sure of that?”
“Telling them how handsome I am. How well I take care of you. How I’m not the one who decided to lie to you. That kind of thing.”
“You’re going to throw Derrick under the bus, aren’t you?”
He hums and looks anywhere but at me. “I would never do such a thing to my packmate, but if I did, it’d be okay, because all is fair in love and war.” He pushes me onto my back and hovers above me. “Though Grant will be a tough one to beat.”
His weight above me, so close to my heat finishing, leaves me panting. How am I going to live a normal life when everything these guys do has me slick and desperate? I wrap my leg around his thigh and try to pull him against me, but he doesn’t budge.
“Why, Omega. Are you trying to take advantage of me?”
“Is it working?”
He dips and ghosts his lips across mine. “Oh yeah. But I wanted to talk to you first. It’s kind of important.”
I drop my leg and prop myself up on my elbows. Anxiety twists my gut. “What’s going on?”
“It’s nothing bad!” He can tell by the look on my face that I don’t believe him. He drops beside me and rolls onto his back, looking at the string lights decorating my nest.
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing is going on. I told you, it’s nothing bad.” My Alpha weaves our fingers together and pulls my hand to his mouth. “My grandmother wants to meet you. On my Pa’s side. She knows we’re bonded, but there is an exchange of rings that happens in my family. The oldest person in thefamily is the one who puts them on us, and she’s eager to be the one to do it.”
It takes a minute for his words to hit me. “Ivan. Are you proposing?”
“It’s an engagement, but we don’t have to get married. We’re bonded. That’s bigger than marriage. But Nene wants you to have her ring, and she’s so excited…” His words trail off, and if he didn’t have a beard, I’m sure his cheeks would be bright red. “It’s not a big deal.”
“I’d love to, Ivan.”
His eyes light up, and he rolls onto his side, resting his face on his fist. “Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
When I press my lips to his, my Alpha melts into me. Ivan is soft in all the right places. He’s comfortable and cozy, and I always feel safe in his arms. But one part of him is certainlynotsoft. I palm his cock, and he grinds into my hand.
“This is not why I came in here, you know?”
I wiggle my body down his and grab the waistband of his sweats. “Are you going to tell me to stop?”
“Absolutely not.”
I pull his shorts down and take him into my mouth, the weight of his head on my tongue causing arousal to pool between my legs. My Alpha weaves his fingers through my hair and holds me still. When I look at him through my lashes, he rubs the apple of my cheek with one hand.
“You look beautiful when you suck my dick, Omega.”A wicked smile stretches his face, and I clench my thighs. “But I want you to sit on my face while you do it.”
He doesn’t have to ask me twice.
I scramble to get my pants off and perch above him. He grabs my hips with one hand and slams me onto histongue while his other pushes on my back to get me to lean down and taste him again.
