{ Olivia } I wait nervously as I hear the phone ring and when a woman's voice answers, I stop breathing. I need to convince her or I don't know what the hell I'm going to do. This is literally my only and last resort. If I can't make it happen, I'll have to run away from here again. The only way I could stay is if I'm not bonded to Daniel. "Hello, Auntie. You remember my friend, the one I told you about?" "The little doofus who wants to dissolve her compatible bond?" she asks and makes me laugh even though Julian widens his eyes looking distressed that I'm going to be offended. "Hi. It's me, the Doofus," I introduce myself and the lady gasps in embarrassment, but I laugh again, "Don't worry, I just please need you to listen to my story. Do you have time right now?" "Yes, I have time, little Doofus, you can tell me," she tells me in a sweet and amused voice. Julian stands up at that moment and gives me a little charade performance to let me know he will leave me to talk privat
➿ Four Years Ago ➿ { Olivia } When I come back to my own right mind after my first time ever having sëx, my face gets so hot I feel like I might explode. My best friend is lying on top of me and I have his knot inside me. How the hell did this happen? I mean, I remember, of course, but... what the fück? Yet, as weird as it is, I can't help but feel perfectly at peace right now, like this is something natural and normal for me, being so full of him. The one thing I've always wanted and now it's mine. "Are you feeling okay, Oli?" Daniel asks, putting a hand on my cheek to cradle my face and turning me a little towards him, "It'll go down in a minute or two, sorry." "Don't be sorry," I whisper, moving my hot face to bury it in the couch again, "It feels good." Daniel stays silent but I can feel he likes my words because he gets a little bigger inside me, stretching me to the limit I’m sure.
➿ Present ➿ When I come back to reality after my embarrassing flashback, it dawns on me that Julian is seriously kissing me now and his hand is sliding under my shirt to put it on my back and pull my body even closer to his. That fills me with panic and I tense up because not only do I have an alpha... I also have a boyfriend. Felix may not make me feel the same as an alpha and he may not know how to satisfy me sëxually, but he has shown me far more tenderness and romance than any of them. He doesn't deserve this. "I'm sorry," Julian apologizes when he feels me detach from the kiss, pulling away from my mouth to look me in the eye, "I know we’re friends but you're so gorgeous, I couldn't help but kiss you. I've never been this attracted to an omega before." His words stop my panic and guilt a bit because they make me feel curious and they also awaken my bruised ego. Who doesn't like to be told they're gorgeous after suffering so much rejection in their life? I obviously need
When Daniel throws the ball again he throws it way too hard and Laurie groans because he couldn’t catch it, but runs to go grab it. "By the way, did you call Felix already?" Daniel asks when we’re alone again and I look at him with confusion at the abrupt change of subject, "To let him know you won't be going back to Delton with him?" "Oh. No, I didn't," I answer and then I remember his text from last night that I haven't answered because I don't want us to have our first fight yet, especially not because of Lucinda, "Actually, I’ll go call him right now." I get up from the ground and walk as far away as I can to talk to Felix without worrying about anyone listening my conversation. "Olivia. Why hadn't you called me?" he asks as soon as he answers the call. His tone is a lot colder than normal. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him talking like that. "Sorry, baby. I was really busy this morning, we went to the hospital with my dad," I lie, because I don't plan on telling him what ac
As soon as I enter the house, I feel all eyes on me even though they try to look the other way and pretend they weren't looking and openly gossiping about me and Olivia talking like normal people for the first time since she came back. Clara takes possession of my hand and pulls me towards the kitchen very excited to give me a taste of some cookie mix or something she and her mother are preparing. It's delicious and I tell her that, but it wasn't delicious enough to move me away from the game with my son to eat this nonsense. I don't even like desserts that much, I don't understand why she was so excited for me to try this. Still, I stay in the kitchen with her for a while, trying not to look out into the backyard so I don't look like I want to go back to being there with my girl and my son, even though I totally want that. The conversation in the house turns serious again when Lucinda starts telling everyone about the two wolves that attacked their father an
"I want to go home." Laurie blurts out, clenching my shirt with his fists and still crying, "Can we go back to Delton now?" "No, baby. We can't," I reply, rubbing his back for a couple of seconds as he calms down, "Can you explain to me what you saw?" "Aunt Clara turned into a mean dog," he exclaims in fear and I can't help to let out a little giggle. Aunt Clara is indeed a female dog. "And you... you were talking in a different voice. You said bad words." "I'm sorry. You're right, I behaved very badly out there, I said ugly things," I agree, still rubbing his back and fighting the tug of guilt I feel when I remember the fücked up things I said in the middle of my fit of rage, "But everything has an explanation and you have nothing to be scared of. This house is where we are safest. Nothing bad can ever happen to us while we're here." "The dog wanted to eat you," he reminds me and pulls away from my chest to look me in the eyes, "Pleas
I wake up the next day naked in my bed and with my hand clutching that damn shirt in a fist like it's my lifeline. I hate that Daniel decided to give it to me so I wouldn't feel alone, but it's actually being helpful. I feel much more centered than usual. I get up and stretch my body, giving the shirt one last scenting before putting it away. I finally put on some clothes and head downstairs for breakfast. It's too early so my mom is the only person downstairs and her eyes are on me as soon as she hears me coming. "Hi... you look good," she mentions, a little quizzical, "Are you on inhibitors?" "Nope," I reply and go over to give her a quick hug as I consider whether to tell her the truth or not. I decide she's the only other person in this house with a compatible mate, so she has to understand me. "I think it's because Daniel gave me his shirt yesterday. It's been helping me calm my wolf down." My mom stops getting things out of the fridge for breakfast and turns to look at me
{ Daniel } I have to turn off my phone after Olivia’s last text because I'm afraid of the first thing that came into my mind in response. Of course I remember, Olivia, It's the main thing I think about every time I actually want to come. I get up from my seat and have to walk around my office for a couple of seconds, taking deep breaths trying to calm down. I need to think about something else because right now all I want to do is go to Olivia and take care of her like I should. Like it's my fücking right. Fück. I shouldn't have talked to her, I don't know what the hell I was thinking. It was absolutely stupid, but I couldn't stop thinking about her and how she could be. I needed to know. I wanted her to tell me my shirt helped. I wanted to know that even from far away I was being helpful. Once I manage to calm my body enough, I leave my office amidst a cloud of desire that I'm trying to shake off and I call my team for a last minute meeting. I need an imme