He had warned me. I liked the way he tasted.I wanted to make him explode just like Valiant had made me explode. But the self-doubts started to set in again. I was second-guessing every move I made. “Keep going, flower,” Elias urged softly. His hand slipped into my hair, not forcing my head down but just resting there. His other hand was rubbing my arm. Elias’s soft words chased away some of the doubts, but not all of them. They hovered at the back of my mind even though I tried to block them out. In the end, they won. I pulled away from him, fighting the tears and failing. Elias jerked upright and caught me before I could make a run for the bathroom. With his arm wrapped tightly around my waist, he pulled me against his chest. “It’s okay,” he said softly. I shook my head. “It’s not! I can’t even do something as simple as-”“Stop,” he growled. “Whatever you’re thinking, forget about it. Flower, you just gave me the most amazing head I have ever had.”“You’re lying,” I accused
“I want a list of all the tenants in the building,” I growled into the phone. “I don’t give a fuck about your privacy policy or the law. If you want me to keep making ‘generous donations’ you will do as I say.”I paused, listening to his stuttering for a few seconds. “I expect the list waiting in my email in two minutes, or else.”Ending the call, I leaned back in the chair and frowned at the door in front of me. My eyes darted to the clock and then dropped to my phone on the table. There were still ten more minutes to go before I needed to make my hour check-in. I picked up my phone and dialed Val’s number. It rang and rang until it went over to voicemail. Frowning, I redialed, but the same thing happened. My heartbeat increased as panic filled me. Had something happened? We talked earlier and he said everything was fine, but that was nearly two hours ago. I jerked to my feet, grabbed my jacket, and hurried out of my office. My phone stayed glued to my ear as I hurried across t
I watched him leave the room with a hundred different emotions running through me. Pushing Elias’s face away from between my legs, I struggled to my feet. My legs nearly gave way beneath me, but I forced myself to move forward. “Daisy?”Ignoring them, I hurried out of the room and after Alex. I found him at the kitchen island, going through the mail. Alex paused and slowly lowered the envelopes. The moment he turned around to face me, I threw myself at him. A grunt fell from his lips, but he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me to his chest. “I’m sorry,” I croaked against the crook of his neck. “Please don’t be mad at me.”“I’m not,” he said softly.Turning, he lowered me onto the island and leaned back to grip my chin and tilt my head back. His eyes darted over my face and lingered on my lips for a few seconds. “I’m not mad.”“I-I…” I swallowed. “I…You-”“Shh,” he muttered, rubbing his nose along mine. “You don’t have to explain anything. I understand.”Did he?How could he
It hurt.I squeezed my eyes closed but the tears still escaped. It was a struggle to get my lungs working again. But the low rumble coming from Alex was helping a little. It took me a few minutes to realize that he was purring. I had heard about the effect purring had on omegas, but I had never believed the things they said about it until I experienced it firsthand. “Breathe,” Alex instructed huskily. I sucked in a shaky breath, and once I managed that, it got easier and easier to fill my lungs with air again. Deep breaths, like he instructed while he continued to purr at me. Once I was sure that I could manage to utter a word without it sounding shaky, I opened my eyes and looked at him. “You bastard,” I growled. “You just fucking split me in half!”His reaction was not what I expected. Alex buried his face in the crook of my neck as he laughed. “It’s not funny!”He laughed harder. Letting out a frustrated growl, I dug my nails into his skin, hoping to hurt him like he had he
“This had to be the worst idea you’ve ever had.”I glanced at Elias. “We both know that it was the best idea. Don’t look at me like that, we both know that Daisy is ours and the only way to get her to stay is for Alex to accidentally bond her.”“Accidentally bond her?” Elias scoffed. “Alex doesn’t do anything by accident, Val. Your plan is not going to work.”I rolled my eyes, even though I knew that he was right. Alex always did things that he planned down to the finest details. He has been like that since we were little, but I didn’t really pay that much attention to his obsession.Until now.We need him to do something accidentally with Daisy so she has no choice but to stay. There was no chance of him knocking her up so I was hoping that her pre-heat would hit him so hard that he wouldn’t be able to resist her.One single drop of blood was all it would take to bond us all together.“He likes her,” I told Elias. “Alex never likes someone.”“So? She’s easy to like. It doesn’t mean t
AlexNone of the tenants had any criminal records. But then again most of them were rich bastards like us. Money talks. You pay enough and your past could disappear forever. Elias had installed the extra security but it didn’t do much to set any of us at ease. We were making plans to rearrange things so we could make a safe room for Daisy. Elias was always at home, but on the rare case when all three of us had to go out, we wanted her to have a place where she felt safe. We were still deciding on what room to change into a safe room.My eyes darted over to the window. Dark rain clouds were starting to roll in. In a few hours, it was going to start raining. I needed to stop by the office before that happened. When it rains, there’s always bad traffic. I closed the files on my computer and stood. Voices drifted towards me as I walked down the hall. Elias was busy baking something and Daisy sat at the counter, dipping her fingers into the bowls and tasting whatever was in it. Dai
One thing I hated about what happened to me, was the anxiety that filled me when something simple happened. For instance, the doorbell ringing. It was the third time someone had rung it. I knew that you needed a code to get up to the penthouse, so it was probably someone they knew, but the scared part of my mind filled with images of the faceless man who liked sending me messages. Elias was showering. I took a step back, trying to be as quiet as possible so whoever was outside didn’t hear me. The door handle twisted, making me freeze. I sucked in a sharp breath when the door slowly inched open. It snapped me into action. Spinning around, I ran down the hallway towards Elias's room. Closing the bedroom door softly, I turned the lock and then hurried into the bathroom. I climbed into the shower and gripped his slippery arm. “Daisy, what-” “S-someone’s in the apartment,” I hissed. “The door was open, they’re inside.” The expression on his face instantly changed. Gripping my arms,
The apartment smelled like a bakery. I sucked in another deep breath and let out a sigh. It was a scent I missed most before my Mother got married to John. She used to work at a bakery and I would always tag along because she didn’t have enough money to pay for a babysitter. Those were the only times I remembered her actually being happy. “Tell me, Daisy, do you have any siblings?”My eyes snapped over to Allister. “I have a stepsister.”“Are you close?” He tilted his head to the side as he waited for me to answer. “Not really.” I glanced at Elias. “She’s a good actor but in private she’s really mean.”“I’m sorry to hear that.”I smiled. “It’s okay. I prefer it that way.”“So you’re a bit of a loner like our Elias.” It was on the tip of my tongue to deny it, but I nodded instead. Hiding away in my room all day made me a loner, didn’t it? Except now things had changed because I spent most of my days with Elias and my nights with all of them whenever Alex and Valiant made it home.