“The no knotting in the pool rule stands,” she said with a snort. “But I guess some outside locations are acceptable.”
“Noted,” Ben said with a grin, lying down on her other side.
I glanced at him, wondering if he was feeling left out or impatient. But he met my gaze with a soft, blissed-out smile as he ran a gentle hand down our mate’s back. I caught his hand in mine and squeezed it.
Cam came over with two glasses of water, which Josie and I awkwardly drank in our attached position. Cam lay down on my other side and leaned in to kiss Josie on the cheek. She held out her hand proudly, showing it off to the two of them. I quickly captured it and pressed the bond mark to my mouth, licking and sucking it. I wanted to make sure it healed well.
Josie licked the bite on my collarbone as she fully relaxed on top of me.
“Let me know if I get too heavy,” she murmured sleepily.
I just grabbed her ass and squeezed tightly in response. Everything about our bonding had been perfect, and it finally clicked for me that our relationship wasn’t about me being able to craft the perfect plan with the perfect items. It just mattered that we were together. Once Ben and Josie bonded, we would complete as a pack.
ChapterFifty
Ben
Iwoke up from my nap to my naked mate straddling me. I grinned sleepily, and my hands went to her hips, digging my fingers into her soft curves.
“This is the best way to wake up,” I said. I glanced over, seeing Cam and Theo sound asleep next to us.
Josie gifted me the sweetest smile as she leaned over, resting her forearms on the bed, her breasts pillowed against my chest.
“I can let you go back to sleep if you want to…” she said, raising her eyebrows.
“What’s my other option?” I asked, hitching her leg to open her up to me even more. She tugged my sweatpants down and rocked slightly back and forth, her slick coating my cock.
“The other option is you fuck me and bond me,” she whispered, her lips trailing down the side of my face.
I growled, twisting her hair in my hand to bare the side of her throat. I grazed my teeth down her soft skin and she shivered.
“Door number two, sweetness,” I said, gripping her ass tightly.
Watching her with my brothers had been ridiculously hot. I was proud of myself for being patient and waiting my turn. But now, insecurity wormed its way into my chest. Was she just bonding me because she felt obligated after bonding the others?
As if she could sense my thoughts, she cupped my face and looked deep into my eyes.
“I waited to bond you because these other two needed more reassurance that I was ready. You’ve always been so sure about us. I’ve never questioned that you wanted me. You’ve been so steady. I knew you could handle waiting,” she said, torturing me with another shift of her hips against my cock.
I blinked at her words, amazed at how she saw me. I’d always thought of myself as flaky and… inadequate. But I wasn’t those things with Josie. She brought out the best in me.
“I love you,” I murmured. “My omega, my mate, my forever.”
Josie snuggled into me, scent marking my throat.
“Now,” I said, smacking her ass. “Ride my face.”
Josie shot up. “What?” she sputtered.
I chuckled at her stunned expression, as if I hadn’t been fantasizing about her riding my face for ages.
“Come on, precious, up you get.” I tugged on her thighs, but she stubbornly stayed where she was.
“I can’t do that,” she hissed, looking at Theo and Cam’s sleeping forms.
“They’re not going to save you. Come on, you’ll love it.”
“I’ll suffocate you!” she said. “I fought so hard to get you back, and now I’m going to murder you.”
