That’s enough. Maybe it shouldn’t be, but it is. Enough to make my chest feel too full, enough to make the last two days of bliss crack open into something brighter.
“Where are you?” I ask.
“At Rourke.”
“Are you alone?”
“Yes.”
“Good.” I grab my coat from the hook by the back door.
Kade’s voice sharpens. “Rys.”
“I’m coming to you. My shift is basically over, and Priya is standing behind me making a very aggressive supportive face.”
“I am being graceful,” Priya calls from the prep table.
Kade makes a low sound that might be a laugh if he were not trying so hard to worry. “Rys, just wait and I’ll swing by—”
“I’m calling a rideshare,” I say, suddenly needing to see him, to be around him. The need has been growing since he saved me and only made worse with the fact that he’s been in my nest for the past few days.
Kade goes quiet as I start rummaging around for twenty bucks and request a ride in the rideshare app. There’s a car two minutes away, my heart nearly beating out of my chest. Kade’s chuckle comes through the earpiece. “Sweetheart, stay on the phone with me the entire ride, okay?”
I mumble a yes as I zoom past Priya, apologizing about leaving early. She doesn’t seem to mind as the rideshare pulls up to the curb and I slip inside, keeping Kade in my ear while the city moves past the window in blurred lights and wet pavement. He talks low the whole time, asking if I ate, if Priya is letting me leave without threatening the driver, if Clarence behaved today. I tell him Clarence asked whether my glow was vitamins and was banned from commenting on my face until further notice, and Kade’s quiet laugh goes straight through me.
The closer I get, the harder it is to sit still. My fingers twist in the strap of my bag. My knees press together and then apart. Kade hears the change in my breathing, his purr rattling through his chest. “Almost here?” he asks.
“Two minutes.”
“I’ll meet you downstairs.”
My body vibrates with anticipation and when the cab pulls up, Kade is already there pulling my door open, one hand already reaching as I shove money at the driver and scramble out. I barely make it a step before Kade catches me against his chest.
The impact knocks a breath out of me. His arms close around me, cedar and whiskey wrapping around me until my kneesforget they have responsibilities. I bury my face in his coat and hold on.
I pull back enough to look at him, and whatever he sees on my face changes his. His hand comes to my cheek, his thumb careful near the last shadow of bruising, and then he bends to kiss me in front of the building.
“Upstairs,” he mumbles against my lips.
I nod, Kade guiding me to the elevator. “Where is everyone else?”
“Not here. I gave them the day off so I could work through some things.” His voice has gone husky and the moment the elevator doors close, he’s back on me, his tongue slipping between my lips as he presses himself against me.
The full length of his cock presses into my stomach, heat pooling there as I try to keep myself present. A whimper pulls from my lips as slick starts to slip into my underwear, Kade only pulling back when the doors open.
My legs feel like jello as we make it to the office, Kade pushing me against the wall, the moment the doors closed. Kade turns the lock, then turns back to me. For a second, he only looks. His gaze moves over my face, my mouth, my hands gripping the strap of my bag, and the want in him is so clear my breath catches. Then he slips the strap off my shoulder, his lips connecting with mine a third time.
I can’t breathe but I don’t really want to as his hand slides to my waist, the other braced beside my head, and when his body settles against mine, I feel myself go slick so fast it scares me. Slick fills my underwear, my scent sweetening brighter than it usually does, stronger than I know how to hide.
I turn my face away, embarrassed and breathing hard. “I’ve… this doesn’t usually happen.” No other Alpha has ever made mewant.
Kade’s laugh is low and warm against my cheek. “Do you want me to stop?”
“No.” The answer comes too fast, and his mouth curves against my skin. My face burns hotter. “But this is your office. What if someone sees?”
Kade leans over without moving away from me and presses a button on the wall. The glass turns frosted.
I stare at it for a second, then look back at him. “That is extremely convenient.”
