CHAPTER 32
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Waking up to Cobb thismorning had been the best feeling in the world. After our talk last night, we’d been too tired to do much more than crawl into bed together and immediately fall asleep. I even woke up before him just so that I could watch him sleep like an absolute creep, but I didn’t care. I was too damn happy about the fact that, somehow, our worlds had finally aligned and Cobb was a part of my life,anda part of my pack. It had taken five years and an obscene amount of heartbreak, but we’d made it. It was all thanks to the omega who, despite the less than ideal circumstances, had brought us all together.
Now, as I stood in the dark kitchen, quietly sipping my coffee, I continued to reflect on the events that had brought the wayward beta back into my orbit.
“Good morning.” A voice came from upstairs as a sleepy looking Aria came down the stairs dressed in a sleek purple pantsuit. She had a pair of nude heels hooked onto one finger and her leather briefcase hanging loosely in her other hand as she padded barefoot into the kitchen.
When she passed by me she stood on her tiptoes for a kiss which I willingly gave. In the weeks since Tibby had arrived, Aria had spent most nights with the omega, comforting her whenever her night terrors tried to bubble to the surface.
I missed her, of course, but I also knew that Aria was not the kind of person to be able to leave someone on their own when they needed her. Especially the sweet-smelling omega whose entire being practically screamed ‘take care of me!’ in big neon letters. Despite the fact that I had initially told myself that I would keep Tibby at arm's length, I felt my resistance fading away quickly every day that she stayed with us.
Even now, as Aria brushed her lips across mine in greeting, Tibby’s strawberries and cream scent wafted off of her and filled my lungs with the smell of pure want and desire. I wanted to bury my face in between Aria’s breasts where Tibby’s scent lingered the strongest and hold my nose up against her skin until the scent embedded itself permanently into my psyche.
I must have made some sort of strange expression, because Aria’s amber eyes danced with delight as she grinned up at me, her sleepiness suddenly gone. “She smells like heaven, doesn’t she?”
I sighed, “Yes... but that doesn’t mean that I am changing my position, Aria.” That was a lie, I was 100% percent starting to change my position on the omega asleep upstairs, but Aria didn’t need to know that.
Of course, that worked for all of two seconds. Aria was the most observant member of our pack and was sensitive to even the slightest change in my scent or expression, so it didn’t surprise me at all when she scoffed up at me, her face telling me that she had called my bullshit excuse right away.
“Sure, sure.” She dropped her heels and bag on the floor, before sliding her hands up my chest and around my neck. Suddenly things changed from a casual conversation, to the beginnings of something else, and my cock, which was already half-erect from Tibby’s scent, was trapped between our bodies.
Amber eyes glanced down before meeting mine again as the alpha woman grinned up at me cheekily, one of her hands sliding down my chest and inching their way closer to the tent that I was currently sporting in my pajama pants.
“Do you have time for this?” I asked, my breath hitching as her fingers ran along the waistband of my pants and began to dip inside. “Don’t you have to be at the Prosecutor's office today?”
Aria drew me towards her, backing us up until her ass hit the edge of the granite counter. “I told them I’d be in atsomepoint this morning. NotwhenI’d be in.” With that she unbuttoned her wide-legged slacks and let them slide down her slender hips before she kicked them away from her ankles and revealed the black lace thong that was underneath. The scent of roses, strawberries, and cream made my cock feel stiffer than a baseball bat as I finally gave in and crushed my mouth into hers.
Our tongues danced together as Aria fought me for control over the kiss, our teeth gnashing together as I slid my right hand into her hair and gripped it roughly in my fist.
When I finally came up for air, I pressed panting kisses to her jaw. Lifting my head, I met her eyes, which had darkened with lust and now resembled molten lava, as she stared up at me, her chest heaving.
“I fucking missed you, Ria,” I growled and dove back in, nipping along her jaw and neck.
“I didn’t go very far, Theo,” Aria reminded me as she shrugged out of the purple blazer and silk chemise tank top. Both of those joined her pants on the floor until she stood before me in her matching black lace bra and panties.
“I know, I just need a little more time to get over my shit.” Gripping her hips on either side, I lifted her easily up onto the counter and stepped between her spread legs.
“Well,” Aria growled as she aggressively tugged my shirt over my head. “You should get over it faster. I want to play with Tibby while you watch...or vice versa. She likes to watch.”
I didn’t think that my cock could stiffen further than it already had, but her words nearly made me come in my pants as I imagined Tibby kneeling in her nest while Aria’s hands smoothed over her skin and between her legs...an involuntary growl rumbled out of my chest at the thought, and Aria looked pleased as hell with herself.
“And add Matteo and Cobb into the mix? We’d never leave the nest.” The minx continued, her fingers hooking under the waistband of my pants and she shoved them down, exposing my cock to the cool kitchen air. It was angry, red, and dripping with pre-cum and Aria licked her lips like a person who was about to dig into the most delicious meal of her life.
“What mix am I being added into?” An amused voice came from the other side of the room, and Aria and I whipped around to see Matteo standing at the foot of the stairs, a grin already forming on his face as he took one look at the scene in the kitchen and began to strip out of his pajamas.
