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When he saw I was just like everyone else, he’d lose interest in me and I’d be able to get on with the case without him constantly trying to interfere.
If he stopped looking at me, maybe I’d finally be able to convince myself I didn’t want him to – that if he kept his distance, it wouldn’t bother me. That’s definitely what I wanted. Not whatever this sick fascination was.
But my legs felt shaky when his pheromones didn’t try to dominate me. He wasn’t angry or trying to protect either. It was actually soothing to be surrounded by whatever his intention was and it lulled me into a false sense of security.
Liam pulled me closer and it never once occurred to me to resist. It actually felt natural and I slid my hands off his neck to wrap my arms around his waist. It was physically impossible not to press my body against his so I could feel more of that soothing warmth.
Closing my eyes was dangerous and stupid, but Liam’s pheromones got heavier and heavier until I felt like I’d been covered by a weighted blanket. My eyes opened when I realized what he was doing but I still couldn’t force myself to release him.
This legacy alpha wanted to make me feel safe and he wanted other alphas to stay the fuck away from me. His pheromones were too potent for anything else and the way they clung to my hair and skin promised that any alpha would think twice before trying to get within a five-foot radius of me, even if they thought I was nothing more than a beta.
This was such a bad fucking idea, because now I wanted to press my face to his chest. Curling up in his arms was the only thing I could think about and pulling him into bed for a nap was my highest priority.
What the fuck was I supposed to do about this?
It was physically painful to force my arms to drop to my sides and that agony kept me from putting any distance between us despite bitching myself out every second I stood there with my tits pressed against his chest.
He had to feel how hard my nipples were – maybe the metal barbells going through each one too. If nothing else, he had to feel the soft flesh and tempting him any more than I already was didn’t seem like a good idea when I couldn’t figure out how to rein in my pheromones.
I looked up to see him staring down at me with an intensity that was honestly a little bit terrifying.
“Can you take more?” he asked, sliding his thumbs along my jaw.
Liam blinked slowly. Most would say he looked sleepy but to me, he looked dangerously patient. It wouldn’t take much to push him to want to do more than mark me with his scent.
“I don’t feel anything other than cozy,” I admitted, hating to give him even that much information, but he would need to know before he’d agree to put out more in this enclosed room. “I also feel like I could take a nap.”
Suddenly, all I could smell were oranges and the weight of pheromones increased, but I didn’t want to fall to my knees or beg. I just wanted to get closer to his warmth and fall asleep in his arms.
It was my turn to blink slowly, and the way he smiled down at me was almost gentle. “You’re doing so well, Lucy.”
His praise was fucking me up. Every reason I was using to keep my hands off him faded away, but I managed to pull one of his hands off my neck and lace my fingers through his instead of jumping into his arms.
“Even just this would be difficult for most everyone to withstand,” Liam admitted. “It doesn’t matter that I’m just giving you a safe space. Alphas, betas, and omegas have all overdosed on my pheromones when they’re this potent in such a small space with very little air flow. Do you feel like you’re getting a headache or feeling any nausea?”
I didn’t feel a single negative symptom and I was trying not to freak out about that.
“No headaches or nausea.” I stared down at my hand in his, wondering why he was allowing this. I was just some random omega working for him after all. “There’s nothing really. I just feel sleepy.”
The weight of his pheromones increased then and my legs gave out as my eyes fluttered. Liam caught me before I hit the floor and lifted me up until I was cradled against his chest just like I’d been fantasizing about.
“If you’re so sleepy, you should try to nap.” He carried me across the room to the bed like a knight in shining armor. “Your work isn’t going anywhere.”
Why couldn’t I tell him to put me down? Or at the very least, cuss him out for touching me like this without asking, but I was seconds away from passing out and my instincts were in control, not me.
I grabbed his hand after he tucked me in, forcing my eyelids to stay open for just a little bit longer. “Don’t go.”
He didn’t smirk like I expected him to. “The pheromones aren’t going anywhere, Lucy. You can sleep here with them for a bit without having to worry.”
“Stay.” This was so fucking embarrassing, but I had no control over what I was doing or saying. My mind was mush – like I was super high on the best weed.
“I can stay if that’s what you want.” He pulled his phone out from his pocket and went to sit in the chair by the bed, but I couldn’t let go of him.
Liam looked at me in surprise and I scooted toward the middle of the bed to give him room before lifting up the blanket he’d just tucked me under.
His eyebrow lifted in shock, but it was also a question. “Are you sure?”
I almost bit my tongue off trying to keep from saying the one word I’d promised myself I wouldn’t say to him, but it was no use. My stupid omega brain was convinced this alpha was going to be mine and he would do whatever I asked if I just gave him what he wanted.
