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“Reassuring,” I say drily. It’s not. Hisbosshas already backed me into a corner. I am positive he gets what he wants, when he wants it.
“Here, let me show you how to set this so you’ll feel better.”
I shift my arms, hugging myself tighter. My emotions are so raw I want to cry again. I am just glad he’s a beta and has no clue I don’t have my scent under control. When I step next to him, he goes through the settings and gives me his back as I set my code. It makes me feel marginally better, so I smile as he turns back around cautiously.
“All set?”
I tuck a stray curl behind my ear and nod. Then I slide my backpack off of my shoulders and set it on the floor next to the wall before tugging the sleeves of my hoodie over my fingers. I guess I am really doing this.
“Want some food? I’m not much of a cook like Saint, but I can make a mean grilled cheese and tomato soup.” He winks before leading the way back into the kitchen. He gets to work pulling the ingredients out, intent on making me something even if I refuse.
I lean against the marble island and finger the string on my hoodie. He might not be a chef, but he moves like he cooks more than a little.
“Where are the other two?” I ask, my curiosity getting the better of me.
“Working.” He sets a pan on a flat burner, flipping it on to warm the metal. “They work late some nights.”
He doesn’t seem bothered by being left alone, and it’s probably normal for him. The omega in me would hate it. If this was real, at least.
“So, are you just the designated tour guide?”
He grins, flashing straight white teeth my way. “Guess I’m just lucky that way.”
In that moment, the reminder of what Dean said earlier crashes into me. Felix told him he thought I was beautiful. My cheeks heat as a blush spreads over them, and I duck my head, hit with a wave of nervousness. Even my stomach joins in as it flips over.
When I manage to lift my eyes from the swirling gray and white marble, I find him staring openly at me.
“You’re stunning when you blush.” The compliment is almost more than I can handle, and I drop my gaze again.
It is nice to realize I can still react to flirting without running away screaming. Not that I am completely myself, or who I used to be, at least. For a while, I was sure the damage ran too deep and I would never respond to a man again. But there is a softness to the beta before me, almost like he knows what it is like to be damaged. A kindred soul.
“Thank you.”
“No need to thank me for telling the truth. But you should be prepared to blush more, because I’m certain I’m going to become addicted.” His green eyes twinkle as he sucks his lip ring between his teeth. And I find that maybe I might be looking forward to his flirting and that his lip ring is giving me bad, bad ideas.
CHAPTER10
Austin
I’mbone tired and ready for a nightcap as I ride the lift to our penthouse. It’s after eleven, and I’m sure everyone else will be asleep.
So when I unlock the door and find Felix and Audrey laughing together on the floor in front of the sofa, a game of Scrabble spread out on the glass coffee table, I think I’m hallucinating. I stroll into the living area, making my presence known because neither of them even glance over when I come in.
Felix looks up first, a grin on his face that is so happy it is hard not to return, even though I’m not sure exactly how all of this came to be. It is the last thing I expected, and I almost forgot the omega would be here at all. But even if I couldn’t see her, her scent is infused in the very air.
“I didn’t expect you to be up still,” I say. Did the words come out a little accusing? I’m not sure. But Felix’s brow creases, and he flicks his gaze at Audrey before bringing his brilliant green orbs back to me.
“We both have a love of Scrabble, and you two are sore losers, so I talked Audrey into playing a game. But we are running out of letters and board. I’m not entirely sure who is winning.”
“I’m winning,” Audrey says confidently, and Felix laughs, giving her his full attention. Theysmileat each other like they are falling in love or some shit.
I don’t like it. And I’m not even sure what I don’t like. But jealousy is a beast, and it has a grip on me right now.
“Where’s Saint?”
Felix rolls his eyebrow ring between his fingers as if he can sense my emotions. I know the omega can because she has gone tense. Maybe it is my scent. It has turned sour since I entered to find them so cozy together. “He was wiped out when he returned and just went to bed.”
“We have an early morning, you two should go to bed too.”
