Chapter 25 #3
“I don’t like men,” he grunts. “So why do I want him?”
“Because it’s how our biology works.” I smile softly.
“I don’t like it,” he grumbles.
“I can tell,” I laugh.
“I don’t want another Omega.”
“But you’ve got another one.” I shrug. “Suck it up.”
“But I only want you.”
“Give it time and you'll like Tucker, just as much as you like me.”
“I don’t like you, Nova.”
My brows furrow. Like, ouch much?
“You don’t?” I whisper.
He shakes his head. “I fucking love you, you crazy bitch,” he growls.
“Can’t you see that? I’m obsessed with you.
You drive me fucking insane, yet I can’t stand being away from you more than a few hours.
Even then, you're all I can think about. The idea of anyone hurting you makes me want to rip the world apart. All I want to do is take care of you, but you fight me on every step of the way. You don’t make it easy to love you, Nova, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t. ”
Fuck me. Fuck me hard. I’m not going to cry. Nope, not happening.
“You really love me?” I ask, playing with the hair at the back of his neck.
“More than I’ve ever loved anything in my life,” Nick says. “And that terrifies me because the last time I loved someone, I lost them.”
“Who?” I cock my head to the side.
He lets out a heavy sigh. “It doesn’t matter.”
“It does.” I nod. “You can tell me.”
“Promise you won’t go all jealous Omega?”
“Promise.” I think?
“When I was a teenager, I met this girl named Reina. Let’s say, I fell in love with her the moment I laid eyes on her.
I was fifteen and obsessed,” he chuckles.
“We went to school together. At first, we just hung out at school, but then we started dating and we hung out more and more outside school. She became my whole world and, well, my father didn’t like it.
He told me to break up with her because I was too distracted by some pussy when I should have been focused on the MC,” he growls, eyes growing dark.
“When I refused he threatened her; so I told him what he wanted to hear, that I broke up with her.”
“But you didn’t?”
He shakes his head. “No, but I really wish I had. We snuck around for a few more months, but eventually my dad’s men were out and caught us together.
They told my dad. The next day, my dad dragged me into one of the storage buildings and there she was, tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth.
I tried everything I could to plead with him to let her go, but he said I needed to learn a lesson.
That the MC came first. Then he shot her right in the head.
The last thing I saw was the terrified look in her eyes as tears spilled down her cheeks. ”
“Oh Nick.” I press my forehead to his. He’s not crying, but his body is trembling.
“After that, I became a cold, heartless person. Eventually we left, but I always lived with the fear that if he found out I cared about another person, he would do the same thing to them that he did to Reina.”
“That's why you hated me so much when we first met.”
“I never hated you, baby.” Nick cups my cheeks, brushing away my tears. “I was afraid of caring about you, loving you. Nova, I was obsessed with you the moment I saw you too. More than Reina.”
“Yeah?”
He nods. “Maybe it was the scent match bond, maybe not. That’s why this thing with Tucker is fucking with my head.
Because I know I feel just as strongly about him as I do for you and I don’t know the man.
I’ve hated him, wanted him dead until today.
I really was planning on killing him, Nova.
When I saw you two together, I was going to put him down. ”
“I’m sorry you found out this way. We were waiting on Tucker to feel comfortable telling you. I know now we should have told you right away.”
He lets out a heavy sigh. “Honestly, I don’t think I’d have reacted much differently.”
“You mean you would have still fucked up.” I grin.
“Omega.” he growls in warning.
“Okay, sorry.” No I’m not. “Can you give Tucker a chance, please?”
“I don’t trust him.”
“I didn’t ask you to. Just be nice, talk to the man. Get to know him. Please? For me?” I pout.
“How could you not know I love you?” he growls. “You have me wrapped around your fucking finger.”
“Maybe because you never told me.” I roll my eyes. “Unless crazy bitch was code for I love you.”
“It was. Not my fault you didn’t figure it out.”
“Fuck you.” I laugh.
“I’d much rather fuck you.” he growls, grabbing the back of my head and pulling me in for a kiss. I moan, my pussy growing slick, my perfume filling the air around us.
“Fuck!” Nick growls. “Nova, get this thing off me. It fucking hurts.”
“No.” I smile softly. “Not happening.”
“Nova!”
I get off him and back away.
He gets to his feet, and I swallow hard as he towers over me. For a moment a trickle of fear seeps in, then he takes a step towards me and flinches, moving like he has a stick up his ass and I can’t help but burst into giggles.
That's when Tucker chooses to come back.
“Everything okay?” he looks between me and Nick. Then he sees how Nick’s standing and huffs out a laugh.
“That's it, I’m killing him.” Nick growls and starts to charge for him, cursing as he waddles his ass towards Tucker.
I laugh so hard I nearly piss myself. Tucker darts over to me, making Nick have to turn back.
“Come on.” I grab Tucker’s hand. I pull him towards the side door and out to the deck.
“Your ass is going to be so fucking red when I get my hands on you Joyrider!” he shouts.
“Can’t wait, big guy!” I call back, laughing as we head for the beach.
“Is he okay?”
“No.” I say honestly. “But I think with time, he will be. What about you?”
“Better. But, what if he hates me forever?”
“He won’t.” I bump my shoulder against Tucker’s.
“Nova?” We stop and I look up at him. “Can I kiss you now?”
Smiling, I nod my head. “Yeah, I’d like that.”
Tucker cups my cheek and leans down, kissing me softly. I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him deeper, my whole body lighting up like a Christmas tree.
“Thank you.” he pants against my lips when we pull apart.
“For what?”
“For sharing your pack with me. I’ve always wanted one.”
“I’m more than happy to have you in mine.”