His phone rang several times before he got back to his house, but he ignored it. Not paying attention to the road is what had sealed his parents’ fate, and he would never forgive himself for that. Instead, he focused on getting across town, wishing he hadn’t decided to do so during the heavy afternoon traffic of people getting off work.
Once he got home, he breathed a sigh of relief and left the car parked in the driveway, making a note to retrieve the spare garage door opener from the kitchen drawer. He looked at his phone as he walked in and noted it was Barron. He called him back, afraid something was wrong.
“No. Everything is fine. I just wanted to make sure you made it home okay.”
“Yes, Mom. I’m good.”
“Funny. Very funny. Okay. I’ll pick you up at the usual time in the morning then?”
“Yep. See you then.”
“See ya.”
Thad ended the call and went on in the house. The Alpha Meets Omega notification was flashing, but he ignored it. He even considered just dropping his membership but decided against it. Instead, he opened the app and went to her profile, looking at her face for a moment. The rut was passed, but there was a longing there still. He wondered if that would pass in time or if he would always feel drawn to her; if he would always feel like something was missing when she wasn’t nearby.CHAPTER THIRTEENJaycee
Jaycee felt out of sorts as she went about the workday, trying hard to get everything in order like Nasteau required. She wanted to quit every other hour of the day, but she was as stubborn as she was smart. It was hard enough feeling like a fish out of water in this city, but now she had Thad on her mind at awkward moments. He infested her brain like some sort of worm, burrowing in deep to reside in the dark recesses of her mind.
It came and went, the thought of him. Sometimes, she could focus for a while without her thoughts drifting off in his direction, but today was not one of those days. Her mind kept flashing back to that first night together and how he had made her feel, what she had experienced with him.
She had been no match for the power he held over her when they were together. He was like a drug, an addiction. Her body had been his to control, responding to his every touch, his every command. It was a stark contrast to her usual calm and collected manner. With him, she had become some wild creature of the night, letting her inner wolf take over.
She could still remember it, the way he growled as he leaned over her, resting his weight on his elbows, and running his tongue across her lips, demanding she let him in. His kiss was hungry, sending electricity humming along her nerve endings even as he entered her, the pulse of his cock seeming to throb in unison with her beating heart.
The way she had moaned into his mouth as he fucked her in long, deep thrusts, pulling almost completely free of her before plunging to the hilt again. She had never wanted it to end. She had wanted to be consumed by it every hour of every day for the rest of her life. The way his knot had formed, making them one entity, not letting them divide until it subsided. The way it pushed outward, splitting her open as he slammed into her forcefully.
There was nothing gentle about what they had done, and she hadn’t wanted it to be. When it came to him, she wasn’t sure if she was even capable of taking it nice and slow, being gentle. Telling him to leave had been the hardest thing she had ever done. Her body screamed to have his lips on hers, to have his hands on her breasts, his thumb teasing her clit until she could hardly stand it anymore. Even when she was sending him away, her body was begging for his.
All she could think about was how much passion had passed between them. The way their heated lips had felt on one another. Even his voice had somehow mesmerized her as he spoke, both soothing and scintillating at the same time.
He had stopped her from speaking by slipping a finger in her mouth for her to suckle, letting her tug on it greedily while he watched, with his gaze full of obvious desire. All of it had happened while he was still knotted inside her, fucking her like the animals they were, fused together.
“You belong to me now,” he growled, removing his finger from her mouth, and holding on to her breasts as he see sawed his hips to and fro to bury himself to the fullest inside her. The friction on her clit was almost unbearable, causing her to gasp aloud with pleasure. “Say it. Say you’re mine.”