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His desire swallows me whole, pulsing over my body and sinking deep.
The mop’s handle slides out of my fingers, hitting the tiled floor with a clatter.
It takes a second for that sound to penetrate and remind me I’m not supposed to be standing here staring at an Alpha until I can feel what he’s feeling so deeply that I can barely move.
“Scarlett, are you okay?” Rueben asks, moving toward me slowly with concern in his eyes, and worry in his voice.
The desire I just absorbed from him drifts away slowly as his emotions change.
I blink slowly as I come out of the weird daze I went into that’s left my body in a seriously needy state of arousal. For a second, I’m afraid I might have perfumed. I take in a breath and let it out in relief. Thank God! My suppressants are still working.
Of course they are. It would be really messed up if they stopped working under these circumstances.
“I’m fine,” I manage to murmur.
He wasn’t thinking about me, even if it felt like he was.
He wants Scarlett. She’s the one he’s having those feelings for.
That desire wasn’t meant for me at all.
Rueben frowns as he stops in front of me. “I don’t think you’re okay.”
“Don’t tell me you’re an Omega?” I joke, trying to hide how much it hurts that he can’t be mine.
“What’s going on?” he asks, taking my hands in his and keeping his gaze steady on my face.
Should I tell him?
He’s sweet enough that I know he would listen to the whole crazy story before he inevitably released me from my sister’s debt, and I’d get to go home to my city apartment feeling awful and knowing I’ll never be good enough for these guys I’ve been starting to fall for.
I know that’s how it would play out. I’ve been lying to them for days, and they’ve been nothing but nice to me.
I don’t think I could stand to have him look at me with disappointment in his eyes.
As much as it hurts my heart, I can’t tell him who I really am.
“Too much caffeine this morning, I guess,” I murmur. “I’m starting to get a migraine.”
“Then you should be resting,” he tells me. “I’ve been warned not to take you upstairs, but the lounge is closer anyway.”
“I’ll be fine in a minute. It’ll pass.”
“I’m not having you passing out on me. Now, either you let me walk you to one of the couches in the lounge, or I pick you up and carry you like you’re someone I need to drag out of a burning building.”
He’s completely serious, and I can’t go back on the lie I just used to cover up the bigger one.
I nod slowly. “I’m letting you walk me.”
Letting him pick me up wouldn’t be smart.
He puts an arm around me instead, keeping me close as he leads me into the other room.
I try not to think about how good he smells, or how sweet he’s being looking after me like this.
It’s impossible. He smells incredible, and everything inside of me is leaning toward him like a flower under the sun. This week was supposed to be helping me heal a broken heart, yet I already know it’s going to wreck me when I have to walk away from these Alphas.
Ben might have hurt me, but I know I’ll get over him.
