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It’s kind of hard not to put a bit of a sexy spin on everything around an attractive guy.
Scout starts to look and feel disappointed.
He pushes out a vaguely wry smile. “He’s a great guy.”
“I know,” I admit, wondering what I did to make him feel bad.
The urge to ask comes and goes quickly.
I’m used to ignoring it.
I might out myself as an Omega if I wasn’t practiced at ignoring those impulses.
That doesn’t make it suck any less. The instinct to do something to make him feel better is so damn strong that I pick up the furniture polish and duster before I can be tempted to touch him.
“I should be cleaning,” I mutter, avoiding his pale blue eyes.
“I’ll get out of your way,” he says, friendly tone covering up hurt feelings.
He leaves the room and I let out a soft sigh as my shoulders sag.
“Once this day is over,” I murmur, as I start to reclean what’s already clean, “There are only five more days to go.”
What could happen in five more days?
It’s not a lifetime. I can get through this.
Chapter thirty-five
Scout
I take my empty coffee mug upstairs with me, intending to clean it in my bathroom sink and leave it there so Scarlett doesn’t have to do anything with it. I don’t know what I expected when Bishop made this the wager for his bet with her, but hearing her talk like she’s as into Rueben as he is to her …
I don’t know why that stung, but it still smarts.
Three years of stone cold nothing.
One day around my most reckless, impulsive and over-the-top pack brother and it sounds like she’s ready to dive right into bed with him.
I should be happy for Rueben, and I think I am.
It’s just that I’m starting to realize my worst fear.
Ever since I became apart of Pack Bishop, everything’s been so good.
Discovering Scarlett as our true mate was a shock to all of us, but we’ve been working through what it means together, and honestly, it feels like it’s been making us stronger as a pack.
Gus is holding out, sure, but Bishop’s certain that having Scarlett here is the thing that’s going to make him crack. Whatever’s been holding him back, whatever his issues are, he’s going to have to let them go to accept her as our mate.
I believe that he will.
But what if she decides that not all of us are her true mates?
My stomach churns when I think about that.
I’m not good at keeping conversations interesting like Rueben.
I’m not a great cook like Bishop.
