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“Then, what does it mean that we all felt a connection when we laid eyes on her? We all felt the same thing, Gus. We all knew, instinctively, what it meant.”
“You felt something, sure,” he says. “I don’t think it was anything fated, but you’ve mistaken it for that and now you can’t tell if it might have been something else.”
“Like what?” I ask, not understanding.
“Like the natural draw an Omega has over Alphas.”
“She’s not an Omega,” I remind him.
He smiles wryly. “You don’t see it, but you will.”
“She would have perfumed by now, Gus.”
“Not necessarily,” he says. “She could be on suppressants. They don’t always work against fated mates, but that depends on the dosage, and it depends on whether she feels the attraction as deeply as the Alpha or Alphas do.”
“I don’t know …” I start.
“You don’t have to know anything right now, Scout. You just need to keep her away from me when she arrives. I can’t promise I won’t ask if she’s an Omega if I happen to see her.”
“Stay up here,” I tell him. “Cat-sit for Rueben. I’ll bring you lunch when it’s time.”
He nods and lays back down next to the pen.
I really hope he stays there.
Chapter thirty-two
Sapphire
Switching places with my sister, day number two. I might be even more nervous than I was yesterday, and that’s completely because I know I like at least two of the guys who are head-over-heels for my sister. And, of course, today has the added pressure of being the day Scarlett becomes me and takes that flight to help secure my promotion at the magazine.
I send her a good luck message that she probably won’t get for a couple of hours, then I sit up in her bed and force myself to eat a nutbar, so I’ve at least had something to eat before I leave the house today. I take my suppressants afterwards, and then I get up to get ready for another day of cleaning a house that’s already sparkling.
I moisturise and put on foundation once I’m dressed in another old band T-shirt.
I skip the lipstick, opting for a little bit of balm instead.
It’s funny how much more I look like me without the bright lipstick.
I’m a nude girl when I need wear that stuff, maybe sometimes with a hint of sparkle.
I guess we’ll see if they look at me any differently today.
Scarlett could be right that they won’t notice.
I think sometimes men don’t when it comes to that stuff.
Ben always had an opinion when it came to my makeup, and my clothes, and basically anything that was a personal choice for me that he had no real right to voice an opinion about.
Just another red flag I ignored in the hopes that he might be mate-worthy material, one day.
That day never came, and it was never going to come. I wish I’d realized that sooner.
I wish I’d dug my head out of the sand before I had to see his stupid profile on Every Beta.
“Stop thinking about that idiot,” I mutter to my reflection in the mirror.
I finish brushing my hair, and then I leave the house.
