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Making a beeline for the freezer, she tugged it open. It was one of those deep chest freezers. We had it alongside our combination fridge freezer because we liked to stock up, as four alphas ate a hell of a lot.

Bending over, she reached into the freezer, and my heart fucking stopped. Her already short nightdress rose up, exposing the globes of her ass.

And what a fucking perfect ass it was.

Was she even wearing underwear?

My thought was answered a second later when she reached even deeper into the freezer, a pair of tiny matching underwear flashing into view.

Jesus fucking christ.

She’d just moved in, and I was unable to pry my eyes away from her ass. Fuck me, I wanted to bite it.

It’d been too long since I had fucked, and I was starting to think that would be a problem. All I could imagine doing was striding over there and pressing my rapidly hardening cock against that ass. Her current angle would have made it so easy to slip my cock into her from behind.

No, you need to stop this.

I cleared my throat.

Summer scrambled up, her head making a thudding sound as it hit the lid of the chest freezer.

“Fuck,” I muttered, getting up and crossing the kitchen in three long strides to where the omega was looking at me with wide, panicked eyes.

“I-I didn’t…”

“Are you okay?” I asked softly, reaching out to touch the back of her head where she’d been holding it. Up close, I was treated to an explosion of that sweet tea scent I was quickly becoming obsessed with. Instinctively, I leaned in, wanting more of it.

“I’m fine,” she insisted, shaking her head.

“I didn’t mean to startle you,” I told her regretfully. I’d simply wanted her to know I was there instead of creeping on her fucking amazing ass.

“I was… I was just…” Her face flushed bright red as she tried to get the words out.

Even flustered, she was damn adorable.

“Breathe, Summer. I was doing some work at the table and didn’t realize how late it had gotten. I didn’t want to startle you, so I thought I would warn you I was there. I clearly failed. Sorry about that.”

She took a few deep, shuddering breaths, her eyes coming up to meet mine.

Her features were so delicate; she seemed far too fragile to be with a bunch of alphas, but that softness was exactly what we needed. Those bright blue eyes looked up at me, her teeth nibbling on her bottom lip.

How would she react if I pulled that lip from her teeth myself?

“It’s my own fault,” she said softly. “I just wanted to put Milo’s teething ring in the freezer. He’s been fussy tonight, so once he fell asleep, I thought I would…”

Glancing down, I noticed the bright teething ring in her hands.

Ah, so she was looking after the baby. I hadn’t heard a peep from them since she had scampered into her room earlier in the night, so I’d assumed they were sleeping well.

“Here.” I gently took the teething ring out of her hand.

“I was trying to put it in deep to help it get cold fast, so if he woke up again…”

“That explains the deep dive,” I commented, eyes traveling down before I yanked them back up.

Her eyes snapped to me, going wide as she put it together, her whole face flushing red. “Oh, my god. H-how much did you see?” she asked in a panicked squeak.

I chuckled. “Enough,” I said, bending and easily placing the teething ring in the freezer.