“How did she die?”
“Never recovered from the heartache of being tossed aside. Drank herself into an early grave.”
“Shit.” Alric holds me too tightly, as if he’s trying to shove my broken parts back together through sheer desperation. “I’m so fucking sorry, Madeline. You deserved to be raised with loveand kindness. They were fucking pathetic for treating you like that and that’s their own failing, not yours. I hope that pack is miserable. Do they live in our city?”
“Yeah, they own Carnell Banking and Investments. I heard the company wasn’t doing too great a while ago, a string of bad investments, but I don’t bother to keep up anything related to them. I hope they all end up broke.”
I kiss his chest over and over again, moving up towards his lips. His face softens when I meet his mouth with mine. Our kiss is slow, each touch an apology for our past pain, wishing each other never had to go through a moment of darkness, but I’m thankful for his light now.
He makes no move to leave. Rule number four, I try to remind myself.No sleepovers.
All this emotion has worn me out, though, so I slide off him and curl into a ball, dragging his arm over me to let him know I want to be the little spoon, ignoring my rule. He happily obliges, tucking me into him, one last soft kiss on my head before I fall asleep.
Maybe just one night won’t hurt.
Some time later, my phone’s social media app notifies me of a new message. Dragging my mind from sleep, I grab my phone and open it up, hoping it’s Harper.
I have a new request from an account that followed me today. I click the profile to find an absolutely stunning omega with my city in her bio. The words “Sugar baby” and “19” are surrounded by cute emojis. Her photos are mostly portraits, glossy blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, and as a photographer, I can see it’s been edited to an almost unrealistic look, but the alphas in the comments love it. She clearly does modeling,and with that almost otherworldly beauty, I would, too. The account is new, but that’s not unheard of in this field. New accounts are made all the time, especially if the sugar baby is looking for new alphas.
Harper is really the only other omega I spend much time with, but I’m interested in what she has to say.
OmegaaahAbby:
Hey girl!! My name is Abby, I’m so sorry to bother you but I had a quick question about someone you might know. I’m starting to see a new alpha, Marc Jensen? He mentioned he dated the owner of this account and I wanted to see if you would recommend him as a donor or client?
ShutterLife00:
No, absolutely not. There are so many better alphas out there. Run away.
OmegaaahAbby:
Omg thank you!
OmegaaahAbby:
Darn it! They are always so nice in the beginning. It’s so hard to know who is genuine. I only just started this sugar baby thing. Lots to learn.
I know exactly how she feels. I had no one when I first became one, I had to learn the hard way at every single turn, and I want to spare her that.
ShutterLife00
I’m in Santorini right now but when I return we can grab dinner or drinks. I’m Madeline and I will be happy to answer any of your questions and give you all my advice and rules that keep me safe and paid. Block him!
OmegaaahAbby:
Really? That would be amazing! I have so many questions!
ShutterLife00:
Absolutely, anytime. Be safe out there. <3
The screen goes dark when I click it off and snuggle closer to Alric.
I might need a new friend after this.
Chapter 19
Hunter
