Page 211 of Knot What I Expected

I reach for my wallet.

“This is bullshit.”

“Five!”

“Goddammit.”

“Six!”

Gabby is laughing so hard she has tears in her eyes by the time I slap a hundred into Gia’s hand.

“There. Advance payment.”

Gabby looks down at the bill. Then up at me.

“You’re impossible.”

I hook an arm around Gabby’s waist.

“And yet.”

“And yet what?”

I pull her closer.

Her palms land against my chest. That heat moves through the matebond again.

“And yet you’re still here.”

Her smile softens.

The laughter in her eyes fades into something that makes my chest hurt.

“Yeah,” she whispers. “I am.”

Fuck.

The clearing disappears again.

All I see is her.

Just her.

My Honey Girl.

My Omega.

Her fingertips flex against my shirt.

I lower my head.

“Don’t kiss again!” Matteo shouts.

Gabby bursts out laughing.

I growl.

The pup is going to be the death of me.