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“I could go,” Zaven said, but Maximo cut him off.
“No. I need you to drive me today. I have a delicate matter to handle.”
“Okay.” Zaven dragged out the word before he turned his stoic gaze on me. “You? Alessandro might not be able to rein in the flirting, and we don’t want to scare her away.”
“First,” Alessandro gasped, “I take offense to that. Second, you might be right.”
When I’d said we needed to handle this, I wasn’t expecting for them to turn it around onme.Well, fuck, I guess that’s what I get for opening my fucking mouth.I might not be a flirt like Alessandro or a stubborn alpha like Maximo, but that didn’t mean I was the person for this job either. I let out a tired sigh when I saw all the expectant expressions staring back at me.
“Fine, I’ll talk to her. When’s her next shift?”
“Fuck that.” Valentina clapped her hands together. “I’m getting ready, and we are going to talk to her. Right now.”
“What?” I started, but Aunt V was already up and out of the room, telling me to wait for her in the foyer.
“Have fun with that, brother!” Alessandro clapped a hand on my shoulder as if to reassure me.
“Tell us how it goes,” Sutton ordered before spinning on his heel and leaving.
“We need to go too,” Maximo said, gesturing at Zaven to join him. “If you need us, let us know.”
Maximo stalked off, Zaven not far behind him. That left me sitting beside my brother, completely at a loss as to how I’d ended up here.
“What the hell just happened?”
“You get to figure out what the hell is going on with our omega,” Alessandro stated possessively, his dark eyes full of lust and stubbornness.
“That will be interesting to do with an audience,” I joked, but my twin looked thoughtful.
“Aunt V might be just the person you need with you.”
“What do you mean?” I asked, more than a little confused.
“If you all are making her nervous,” Aunt V cut in, “then another omega might be exactly who she needs to talk to.” She was standing by the entrance of the sitting room, full face of makeup, hair braided, totally ready to go.
I nodded slowly, standing up at the same time my brother did. “That’s true.”
“Another reason why Maximo and Sutton couldn’t go,” Valentina said with a huff. “Look, I know where she lives. I’ll drive.”
“Works for me since Alessandro drove me here.”
I followed Aunt V out, wondering if I was doing the right thing. Having another omega to talk to made sense, but would I be able to reassure her of our intentions with Aunt V there? I guessed I was about to find out.
I pickedat the label of the beer bottle, grimacing at the state of my nails.I really need to make time to get them done soon.
“Oh, you’ve got it bad,” Eliza chuckled as she approached, wiping her hands off with a bar towel. “You can always call them, Hazel. You wouldn’t still be thinking of them if you weren’t interested insomething.”
“If I call, they’ll want more than just a one-night stand,” I pointed out to my best friend, ignoring the judgmental gasp from the patron next to me. “Something I’m not interested in doing.”
“You don’t know that,” Eliza replied before sighing. “Look, you come home from work and just sit, sulking around the apartment… You’re miserable! Just. Call them. Or someone!”
I snorted, amused despite myself. “You’ve always hated my one-night stands.”
“But I like you being happy more,” she told me gently, putting a chilled beer in front of me. “So drink up and dance.” She took the empty beer bottle out of my hands, and I grabbed the cold one.
Live a little. Be happy.So fucking easy for them to say and so damn hard to do. Nothing was ever that easy, but over the past week, I’d been thinking my friends might be right. I needed to take some risks and really live. If I held back at every turn, was that letting them win? Because my past didn’t need any more power over me, that was for sure.
Chugging back half the beer for some liquid courage, I placed it on the bar counter and stood up, making my way onto the dance floor at Neon Nights.
