29. Jess
Jess
Going to bed inside of the house had been a minor miracle.
My back could not have taken one more night on the ground.
We spent the day in meetings and then had dinner together.
Sunny cooked a fabulous meal again, and we discussed the plans and strategies for getting everything off the ground.
Now that we have scrapped any plans of buying Sunny’s farm we can get moving on the hotel itself.
Sunny told us about her new hires and a bulk order of royal jelly she'd been trying to complete.
It felt like a regular routine, and while some might find it boring, I found it as precious as diamonds.
I'd never had anything so domestic in my life.
I'm aware that I'm not alone in my room when I wake up. Moonlight streams through the window. I hadn't bothered with the curtains when I'd gone to bed. I like to see the moon and stars at night. It's something I never got to see in Detroit.
Sunny sits at the end of my bed. At first, I can't make out much of her. I rub the sleep from my eyes. When she comes into focus, I realize she's hunched over with a pained expression. She's sweating even though it's a relatively cool night.
"Sunshine, are you ok?" I move closer, and her scent hits me. It's thickly sweet. Arousal and slick and heat pheromones, if I had to guess. Sure enough, her pupils are blown wide when I tip her face up to look at me.
"Are you having a heat spike, Sunshine?" I ask softly.
She whines, high-pitched and needy. Most omegas lose their voices when their heat spikes. It's their primal selves, their omega psyches coming to the surface. It's a wonder she got past—
"Omega." Cole stands in the doorway. Clearly, her heat-induced walk past his door hadn't gone unnoticed. Yet, she still came to my bed instead of his. He seems to understand this too, because he makes no move to enter. Simply tips his chin toward me.
"Soothing," he growls. Soothing is when a heat spike happens, but the omega and the alphas haven't officially discussed boundaries. So, the alphas follow a standard set of rules while relieving the pain. No knotting, no dick, no rough play.
I realize now that he has no intention of interrupting.
He simply wanted to make sure she was all right.
His hands are clenched. Struggling with his alpha, undoubtedly.
He moves jerkily but closes the door. She doesn't stop him.
Her omega and some part of Sunny chose me.
I honestly can't imagine why. She keens again, her eyes locked on mine.
I slide off the bed to kneel in front of her.
She's so short that I'm still taller than her, even sitting on my knees.
"I'm gonna make you feel better, Sunshine. I promise." I lean up and swipe a kiss across her lips.
She opens for me.