By the time the bag was full, I was practically punching my clothes into it.
I caught Nathan’s grin out of the corner of my eye. “What?”
“I’m glad to see a little fire in you.”
My cheeks warmed.
“Let’s send Leo to Ava’s with all of this, and you and I can grab the sentimental stuff.”
“I heard my name.” Leo popped into the room, a very full bag over his shoulder. “I grabbed you some of the nice towels, figured it would make wherever you end up staying feel more like home.”
I bounced onto my toes to kiss his cheek. “Thank you.”
Nathan passed him the other bag. “See you at my sister’s.”
Leo nodded dutifully and set off, leaving me alone with Nathan and two more bags to fill.
When we were alone, Nathan pulled me into a hug and let me cling to him. “You good to keep going?”
“Not much choice, is there? If I don’t get stuff out now I may never have another chance.”
“Pretty much,” he agreed. “You know what’s most important to you here. We’ll take as much as we can and unfortunately, you probably have to say goodbye to anything else.”
“Poppy and Pepper are what matter most. I can live without the rest.”
“But you don’t have to. Let’s start gathering.”
While I collected a few sentimental items—books, photos, cat toys—Nathan collected remotes for anything he could find and chucked them into the bag.
“I thought you were only taking the batteries?”
“I was going to, but this will be way more annoying. Batteries are easily replaced. Getting new remotes will take longer and will fuck him up each time he realizes a new one is gone. Asshole has probably forgotten how many things he has that need remotes here.”
He wasn’t wrong. Tyler loved all sorts of fancy tech, lighting, and appliances, and every single thing came with a new remote.
When I gathered all I could think to take, I stood staring at the bed I had shared with Tyler.
Nathan slid up next to me, hands on his hips, and a cheeky grin on his face. “My offer to piss on it still stands. Only thing that would make him more furious is if you fuck someone else on it.”
Heat slid down my spine over the last part of that statement. Tyler had always been obsessively possessive. I wasn’t even allowed to hug his alpha friends. Nathan was right that getting my scent all over those sheets coupled with someone else’s would probably throw Tyler into a rage.
In a fit of boldness, I sat down on the edge and looked up at Nathan. “What if I voted for option number two?”
He stared at me, slack-jawed. “Wait, are you serious?”
“I might not be ready for the full scope of what that entails, but it wouldn’t take much to get my scent going.” I watched him battle with himself, a myriad of emotions crossing his features. “It’s okay if you don’t want our first kiss to be on the bed I shared with him.”
Nathan let out an incredulous laugh. “Our first kiss could be in a fucking dumpster and it wouldn’t take away from the fact that it’syouI’m kissing.”
“Come over here and prove that, then.”
I barely had a second to blink before he was on his knees in front of me, dragging me closer so my thighs spread around him, his mouth meeting mine. Fresh balsam and blueberries filled my nose. Between his scent and the greedy sweep of his lips on mine, my stomach was clenching, and slick pooled in an invitation I didn’t dare alert him to.
My hands moved of their own volition, tugging at his shirt until he raised his arms for me to pull it off. I was definitely getting ahead of myself, but the high of how illicit this all was made my brain fuzzy. Nathan kissed like a man starved, and I had never felt like such a treasured feast. Feast, yes, but not treasured.
Outside of my heats, I had never craved drowning in Tyler. One kiss from Nathan and I was ready to descend into the abyss. I wanted little more in this exact moment than to sprawl and let Nathan have me however he pleased. Rocking my hips against him didn’t help my brain stay in control one bit.
I lifted my hips so he could remove my panties, both anxious and deliciously excited when his eyes met mine and he lifted the bottom of my dress. Breathless with anticipation, I let out a whimper and Nathan bent to plant a kiss on my inner thigh. Melting back, I spread my thighs.
