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Gran takes a slow sip from her mug, thoughtfully eyeing me over the rim. She makes a satisfied sound when she swallows her coffee, staring at me for a long few seconds as she considers.
Eventually, it makes me squirm. She only gives me this look when she is about to scold me. “What?”
“I’m just wondering how much longer I have to pretend that I don’t know you’ve been trying to pull one over on me.”
My mouth falls open in surprise. “Wha—What do you mean?”
“Mackenzie,” Gran says, not looking upset but instead almost amused. “Have you forgotten that I raised you through the teen years? I might as well have a PhD in reading your lying face.”
I feel at a loss; there’s no way I could have prepared myself to be cornered by five-foot-three Moira Carter. In fact, I had been so certain that we were getting away with it, the possibility of telling her the truth hadn’t even crossed my mind.
“How long have you known?”
“Since you brought him over,” she says matter-of-factly.
I feel myself reeling. “How could you tell?”
“Honey,” she laughs. “The man didn’t even know you were an omega. His eyes got as big as saucers when I mentioned it.”
“I... Shit. Why have you let us go on like we have?”
Gran chuckles. “Because I could tell you liked each other. Even if you didn’t know it yet.”
“You could?”
“The both of you were sneaking glances every other second like you couldn’t help it. Seemed like the two of you were so deep in your lie you couldn’t even make out the truth of it.”
I consider that. Sure, at that point there had been attraction between us; I practically begged him up to my apartment that night, after all, but I can’t imagine that there had been anything deeper than that so early on in our ruse, right?
“I don’t know,” I sigh. “It’s still probably way too early to read much into it. We’ve been ononereal date.”
“Well, youdidspend your heat together.”
I almost spit up the sip of coffee I’ve just taken. “How in the hell do you know that?”
“Oh, Parker told me,” she says casually.
I close my eyes, pressing my lips together. “I’m going to kill him.”
“Oh, hush. He was worried about you. You were so off schedule!”
I rub my temples, having a hard time looking at her now that I know she’s aware I spent a three-day sexcation with Noah only a couple of weeks ago. “It was... definitely a surprise.”
“It just means you’re compatible,” Gran says.
I do look at her then. “What do you mean?”
“When two shifters have a high compatibility, it can throw off your heat cycle. The pheromones just affect you a little more.” She scoffs. “Honestly, Mackenzie. You’re a doctor. You should know this.”
“I don’t exactly have shifter compatibility very high on my list of priorities,” I deadpan.
“Well, if you gave anyone a chance,” she chides. “You find something wrong with every person you go on a date with.”
“They weren’t exactly great dates,” I grumble.
“Oh, you just wanted something to be wrong with them.”
“Model train fanatics, Gran!”
