My boner is now officially the thing that wouldn’t die. Between the sights and sounds I woke up to and her scent all over the laundry I’m inundated with it.
Fuck me.
That’s ok. I can deal with this. Call and invite her over, ask what she might like to eat. Polite shit. None of that needs to involve me driving over to her house and just hanging out for the afternoon and keeping her from work.
Nope, none at all.
And yet, I find myself in the Jeep, with the keys, backing out of the driveway.
Gabe is gonna be super pissed…but fuck him, he actually got to knot our omega this morning,so he can suck it.
Hmmm…suck it.
Goddamn it!
And we’re driving, yes, good, focus on the road.
I should have left a note.
Oh well, they track me anyway…wait, did I pocket my phone. I could just stop in and tell them I was going there.
But then they’ll want me to go home to “give her space.”
I’ll just text Xan when I get there, and then we can go grocery shopping to get what she might like for dinner, and I can cook for her, and have snuggles.
I got a goddamned plan!
Kevin Bacon in Tremors is a classic.
Pulling the Jeep into her driveway, I give the side eye to the truck parked there when I know thathercar is in the shop. I quickly hop out and ring the doorbell. She’s smiling when she answers and I’m on high alert. I smell another alpha, and she seems happy to see him.
Curiouser and curiouser.
“Hi Jacks, come in, I was about to call and thank Xan again for calling Joseph to help with my locks. I didn’t know you knew him too.” She’s still smiling and seems relaxed, despite having a strange alpha in her house.
I know for a fact that Joseph is already packed up with his own omega. He’s a few years older than Gabe, but he’s lived in the area forever. He did our training when we signed up for the volunteer firefighting bit.
“Hey, man, how’s it going?” I say cheerfully, curling my arm around Candice and pulling her tight against me, just so he doesn't get any ideas.
Joseph turns towards us and his face falls when he sees me. “Jacks? Sorry, I expected Xan would show up…um, you feeling ok after last night?” He knows I have some…well, let's just say I have issues and leave it at that.
“I’m fine, Gabe’s fine too, since he is the one that had to go to the hospital, thanks for asking…all fine here. How goes the deadbolt install?” Not that I want to rush him out of my omega’s house, but I totally want him to get the fuck out before the whole house smells like him.
I walk over and pick up a throw pillow to scent mark it again.
Fucking Hell.
“So, you two know each other? How long’s that been going on? Does Brice know?”
Way to play it cool, jackass.
Candice comes up behind me and wraps her arms around my waist…rubbing her face on my back, and holding me close, both reassuring and marking me.
“Joseph lives next to my grandpa’s old place. He’s 10 years older than me, but I grew up next to him. I was even the flower girl for his pack mating with Brice.” She pushes her face around my waist, “How’s his jewelry making going? I still have those earrings he made me when I turned 16.”
Joseph's smile is more genuine now, “He’s good, actually. The business never took off as much as he wanted. But he lovesshiny things and just being able to create something, so he still does it as a hobby.”
Candice smiles back at him, and Joseph turns back to his work. She pulls on my shoulder to bring me down to her level. “Hey, sorry, I need to go save my work. I was right in the middle when he showed up. I’ll just need to go to the office for a minute, ok?” Taking her hand off my shoulder, I kiss the knuckles before gently pushing her towards her work room.
