Page 74 of Knot Their Starlet

“I’ll go get us some coffee and breakfast,” Eli says with a yawn. “Be right back.”

My attention is drawn away from his broad retreating back by my phone buzzing in my hand again.

Andi

Okay

I don’t think I’ll make a good teacher, but I’ll help

There’s no way I can contain my excitement. Or properly express how I’m feeling with words. So I settle on sending her a GIF with a happy dancing cat.

“You like her, huh?” Leo asks.

My gaze jerks up from my phone screen. He’s watching me intently. Too intently for me to be comfortable. What is it with my friends and staring into my soul? They seriously need to give me some privacy. I sure as hell don’t get a lot of it when my scent betrays nearly every emotion I have.

“No!” I bite out, but even I can tell how false it sounds coming from my mouth.

Leo just raises his brow expectantly.

“Fine,” I wince. “But how can I not?”

Leo sighs, leaning back into the plush cushions of the couch he’s sitting on.

“You’re right about that.”

His words are so sincere that they shock me.

“Do you like her too?”

Leo flashes me a grin.

“How can I not?” he says, throwing my own words right back at me.

The two of us stare at each other, marinating in our joint confessions before I burst out laughing. He’s quick to join me. I’d like to blame it on the sleep deprivation, but I sure as hell know there’s more to this situation than that.

When I finally catch my breath, I scrub a hand down my face.

“So much for that contract,” I huff, flopping back onto the couch.

That giddy feeling of finally putting to words the feelings that have been brewing inside my head ever since she first collapsed into my arms, instantly starts twisting into something darker.

How in the world will a relationship with two omegas work? Especially since I still need an alpha because no one’s developed a completely effective suppressant for male omegas. Plus, female omegas shouldn’t be on suppressants forever. It’s not good for their hormones.

Even if she adds Leo into the mix, that won’t completely fix our dilemma, considering he’s a beta.

“You know, I’m pretty neutral about my designation most of the time,” Leo hums, seeming to follow my unspoken train of thought. “Now isn’t one of those times.”

“Ditto. Well, except I’m definitely not neutral about my designation,” I huff, propping myself up on an elbow.

“It’s stupid,” Leo says with a shake of his head. “We’re all tied up in knots, and we don’t even know how she feels about us.”

My mouth opens and closes. I want to protest, but deep down, I know he’s right.

CHAPTER 16

Everett

“Hey, June bug,” I say, smiling down at my phone as the video call connects.