6. Walt
6
WALT
I pulled Trey close to me and felt my cock stiffen as soon as his warm body pressed against me. I didn't know if he could feel me getting hard, but I didn't care. All around us, people were laughing and dancing like it was a joyous occasion instead of a random night out.
I hadn't seen Allegra's get this riled up in ages. "You have quite an effect on this place, little omega."
He leaned close enough that his mouth was next to my ear, and I could hear the lust in his voice. "It's mutual."
His cock stirred against my leg, and I understood what he was saying.
My hand slid against the small of his back and pulled him closer to me. We swayed in our corner of the room with our faces close together. It wasn’t easy to fight the sudden urge to kiss him. My family was undoubtedly surprised to see me with someone, but if I kissed him…
I pulled him even tighter against me.
Trey's breath was warm across my ear. "You know what's funny?"
I shook my head as I inhaled his delicious scent. “What?”
"I kinda thought you were planning to kill me tonight."
I laughed, then drew my head back to look at his face and caress his cheek with my thumb. "I like you alive." I looked around the room, suddenly self-conscious of how intimate we were. "We should get out of here."
Trey nodded with blown pupils, obviously as worked up as I was. We got our coats, then slipped out unnoticed. The night air felt cool and refreshing, but as soon as we were outside, an awkwardness filled the space between us. We walked back to the car in silence.
I opened Trey's door and helped him in before going around to my side. My driver was holding my door open as I climbed in. "Home, sir?"
I hesitated as I considered our options.
As much as I wanted to bring Trey to my home and into my bed, I had to consider my whole family. Trey knew so much about us, and I still didn't know very much about him. If things didn't work out between us, I would be expected to get rid of a vengeful ex who held so much knowledge. Which meant I had to be smart. "No, to the hotel."
I slid into the backseat next to Trey and could only resist for about ten seconds before I pulled him into my arms and began kissing him.
He opened his mouth and moaned a sigh of relief as he kissed me back with desperate urgency.
My palms cradled his face then slid into his hair as I practically devoured the omega. “Fuck, Trey. You don't know how badly I want you."
A shudder passed through Trey as he nipped my chin. "Tell me."
I kissed the corner of his mouth and then along his jaw until I reached his earlobe. “I shouldn’t, but fuck, omega. You make me think about things I shouldn’t.”
Trey turned to capture my lips with his, and for the rest of the drive, we made out like my tongue in his mouth could put a baby in him. When we finally arrived at the hotel, Trey pulled back to catch his breath. “Maybe you should.” He smoothed his hair back and looked at me questioningly.
“Not tonight, sweetheart.” I wouldn't be spending the night with him, as much as I wanted to.
Trey looked disappointed as he leaned in for one last kiss. "Thank you for a lovely night, alpha."
"Good night." The unfamiliar feelings at war inside me were overwhelming as I watched him walk into the hotel. My heart was racing as though I'd just run a mile, and my lips were still tingling from his kisses.
My sleep was broken as images of Trey filled my head, leading to dreams of us naked in my bed and him calling out to me as I bred him. When I woke up, my sheets were drenched with sweat and my dick was painfully hard. A quick shower usually helped to take the edge off, but even after coming hard against my tiled wall, it still wasn’t enough. My body was itching for a certain omega, and it was only a matter of time before I gave in to the need.
Concentrating on anything at work was practically impossible; by lunch, I was beyond frustrated. This all-consuming attraction had never happened to me before, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it.
I desperately tried to avoid thinking of the sweet and sexy omega, but that proved to be impossible because he slipped into every thought. I kept picking up my phone, wanting to send him a text to see how he was doing, but then I’d come to my senses and set it down again.
Later that afternoon, my phone dinged. My heart lurched at the sound, but it was Knox asking what they could bring tonight. I'd forgotten he and Luca were coming over for dinner, and I still hadn't planned the meal. That was all the excuse I needed to leave work early.
After a quick trip to the market, I headed home and whipped up one of my nonna’s recipes. The guys arrived right at six, and I immediately took Henry from Luca so I could do what I did best. Spoil him rotten like a good uncle should.
While I was pretending to chew on chubby little toes, Knox gasped by my coffee table, holding a book. "Trey Barker? Are you reading this?"
Fuck. I meant to put that away before they arrived. "Yeah, well, I bought it yesterday but haven't started it." I stopped myself, not sure if I should mention that he was staying at the hotel.
Knox set the book down and narrowed his eyes at me. "Did you know he's staying at the hotel?"
I fought to keep my expression casual as I handed Henry back to Luca and walked to the kitchen. "Um, yeah, I did know that. That's why I bought the book actually. Wanted to see what the guy's about." I stared down at the chopping board, hoping they wouldn’t follow me and continue with the Trey interrogation.
"We know him, actually." Luca appeared behind me. “Good guy.”
I looked up at that. "You do? How?"
“Smells good.” Luca lifted a lid on the marinara sauce I was making and inhaled dramatically. "It’s a funny story. We actually met him in Sardinia."
I brought the platter of antipasto to the table and tried to hide my surprise that Trey had been telling the truth about that.
Luca laughed. "You look like I told you I met my dead great-grandmother over there."
"Oh, sorry, but what was he doing in Sardinia? I mean, don't you think that's weird?"
Knox glanced at Luca and then nodded to his husband before turning back to me. "Actually, he was there researching our family."
My stomach churned as I let that news settle in. Why was Trey obsessed with my family? “And you weren’t concerned?”
Luca shrugged. “He’s harmless. If you read his books, you’ll know he likes to really get into his characters, so I think it’s just his method of researching his work. I don’t think he’s an issue.”
My agreement with Trey came to mind, but I changed the subject and finished up dinner.
After we ate and laughed and shared stories about guests at the casino and the hotel, Luca took Henry inside to change him while Knox and I sat on the patio with our drinks.
Knox swirled the ice in his glass and grinned. "You look different."
I shrugged and glanced back at the house. Luca was my family, but he was also my boss, so I didn’t always tell him everything.
Knox had become a good friend, and I felt I could confide in him more easily. "I met someone."
His mouth dropped open as he leaned forward, ready for the tea. "Can you tell me about him?"
I sucked in a deep breath, and all of my favorite parts of Trey came to my mind. "There’s not much to tell yet. It’s basically a crush, but…I kinda like him."
Knox shook his head as he smiled. "You know I'm gonna want to meet him if it becomes serious."
I grinned because he’d met him long before I did. “Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind.”
After they went home, I cleaned up and got ready for bed. Trey's book called out to me from the coffee table, so I turned it over to look at the author's photo. Those gray eyes stared back at me, deep and searching. “Okay, Trey Barker, let’s see what all the hype’s about.” I took the book to bed and figured I’d get a chapter or two in before passing out.
Next thing I knew, it was two in the morning, and I was speed-reading to get to the end and find out what happened. I wasn’t much of a reader, but even I could tell that Trey’s writing was great. There were sexy scenes all throughout the book, and I'd been stroking my cock the whole time, hearing Trey's voice read the words to me in my mind. Toward the end of the book, the main characters finally made love, and I imagined taking Trey for the first time in the same way.
Warm seed dripped down the sides of my hand after finding yet another release. I stroked myself through the waves of pleasure then grabbed the pillow next to me and hugged it close, imagining it was Trey beside me.