Marilyn didn’t pick them for me. She picked them for Claire.
They were chosen for Claire.
Not me.
I wasn’t the omega they were supposed to meet. I’d just spent one of the best weeks of my life with two guys I wasn’t supposed to be with.
Two guys who had absolutely no idea they’d fulfilled their bet with the wrong person, because Claire, for some reason, decided to perform a switcheroo.
Why had she done that? If she was an up-and-coming musician why would she even risk that? What had been going through her head?
I opened my messages and saw Claire had sent me a message, and a picture of her and Jackson up in the box.
I dmed her.
Me
At halftime can we talk?
Her reply was almost immediate.
Claire
It’s intermission, but sure. What’s up?
Me
Iknow the truth.
Before she could answer I exited the app and shoved my phone into the pocket of my jeans.
A sob ripped from my throat.
The guys made a mistake. I was the wrong person. I wasn’t supposed to meet them. I wasn’t supposed to have an amazing week with them.
I wasn’t supposed to fall for them.
Because I was the wrong omega.
And they weren’t meant for me.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Kai
The first period of the game was fast and furious. I really didn’t understand what was going on, despite their lessons, but it was fun to watch.
Steven hadn’t been kidding about the fights. Some guy made one of his teammates fall, and he threw the guy up against the wall and shoved him hard. But he didn’t get a time out, the referee just yelled at him.
Right now, the other team had one point, ours, zero.
Auntie Kiki also kept giving me long looks, the kind that meant she was worried.
I wasn’t the omega they were supposed to meet.
Claire set me up.
What I felt for Steven and Ashton was real. If I was at a different point in my life, I think I’d want to be with them for always.
