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No.
They deserved awards for their fucking acting.
But god, I wanted to be someone’s Omega.
“Yourpack?” Angela gaped.
Hawk ignored the way she asked, like the idea of me having a pack was so beyond the pale it was ridiculous. “Yep. Over there.”
He nodded back toward the bar, where the other four congregated near the windows. Just like at the airport, they stood out. Mouthwatering eye candy. And since I was paying for the view, I would look at them.
“Well, Hawk,” Beau cleared his throat. “Since?—”
“It’s Elliot.”
Beau blinked. “I’m sorry?”
“My name. It’s Elliot.”
I smothered the laughter bubbling up in my chest. A clear line in the sand. His friends called him Hawk, and Beau wasnothis friend.
“Right.” Beau seemed unsure, and I savored the look of confusion on his face, bitchy as it might be. No one ever stood up to Beau Jefferson. He charmed his way through life andassumed everyone would fall in line. I barely knew anything about the men who were with me, but I already knew they weren’t the type to simply surrender.
“Well, like I was going to say, I’m sure we’ll see a lot of each other in the next couple of weeks, since I’m in the wedding party.”
“You will,” Hawk confirmed. “If you’ll excuse me, Isolde needs a new drink.”
He pulled me with him, walking me back across the party. Now that our backs were to Beau, I let my smile shine through. “That was hysterical.”
“I don’t like the way either of them looked at you.”
I shrugged. “Not unexpected. Just thankful for the rescue.”
Stopping before we reached the group, he turned me to him. “Any time, baby girl.”
My head tilted, disguising the same rolling chills moving over my skin. “Baby girl?”
“Too much?” Hawk’s eyes sparkled.
I didn’t have an answer for that. “Just curious.”
“About?”
My mouth opened and closed. None of the questions flashing in my mind were things I could say out loud in a crowded room, no matter how quietly I asked them.
Hawk leaned in again. “If you’re asking if I like to be calleddaddy, then the answer is no, not really. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like taking care of someone or giving them exactly what they need. No matter what that is.”
“I don’t need to be taken care of.”
The softest growl. “Don’t you?”
“No.” But my voice held no conviction.
Smiling into my skin, Hawk kissed below my ear. “I don’t believe you.”
“What about you?” I felt dizzy. Somehow I was clinging to the lapels of his jacket despite not remembering reaching for him. “What do you need? Is this somethingyoulike? Or just an act for your clients?”
“Mmm.” The low sound vibrated through me. “I don’t think you’re ready to talk about what I need, Isolde.”
