Page 52 of Curvy Dirty Omega

Frankie’s smile faltered and she glanced over at Liam, as if she was worried he might yell at her for upsetting me.

This was fucking ridiculous. “Stop looking at him like he has the final say in my life.” I hated myself for making her flinch at the tone in my voice, but I couldn’t fucking take it anymore. “Stop treating me like I’m an invalid who can’t make her own decisions. Even the doctor said I can work if I want to.”

“What if you run into another alpha?” Frankie tried to take my hands in hers but I took a step back.

“So what?” I demanded. Crossing my arms over my chest, I glared at her and did my best to ignore Liam who just stood there like a piece of furniture. “I’m getting tired of this discussion, Frankie. Nothing has changed. I’m still an omega living in a world where alphas work alongside me. I’m not going to stop going outside just because one might be an asshole.”

My anger stumbled when she covered her mouth with her hand and coughed just like someone being forced to submit to an alpha’s pheromones.

What the actual fuck was going on right now?

“Maybe you could have Liam take you to Gideon’s house then,” Frankie managed, coughing again when she had to inhale. “But I have to go. I’ll see you tonight?”

“Frankie.” She turned on her heel and headed for the door like she might just die if she didn’t put some space between us. “Frankie.”

My jaw dropped when she stumbled and Liam had to catch her before she faceplanted into the door. “Lucy, your pheromones are too much for her. Could you pull them back a bit?”

“What?” Panic slid through my veins and Frankie actually groaned as she collapsed in Liam’s arms. “Call that doctor back! Can’t you see something’s wrong with her?”

“Get her out of here.” Liam’s red eyes flashed and just like that Cassius appeared out of nowhere, taking Frankie from him.

No, they couldn’t just take her away. Frankie couldn’t leave me here alone with an alpha we barely knew – a client.

Before I knew it, I was trying to pull her away from Cassius but the look Frankie gave me…

“Just let me go,” she begged, yanking her arm out of my hold. “I can’t breathe in here, Lucy.”

She slipped through my numb fingers and I watched Cassius carry her out of the room like I was an outside observer – nothing more than the person watching the footage of the events as they unfolded.

Neither of them spared me a single glance and the click of the door closing was so loud in the following silence that I actually flinched.

I couldn’t believe it.

“What the fuck just happened?”

“Lucy.”

“This is all your fault.” I shoved Liam but he didn’t resist at all like I expected him to so his whole body slammed into the door and I found myself staring up at him in shock. “What is wrong with you?”

“Your pheromones are too potent for her which is why I had Cassius remove her from the room,” Liam stated, his face so blank and unbothered I was instantly furious all over again. “But if you want to run after her, you can.”

Just like that he stepped aside, giving me access to the door.

I stared at the doorknob and tried to tell myself there was no way Frankie had reacted like that because of me.

There’s no way…

But even I couldn’t smell Liam’s pheromones right now and he was right next to me. I glanced at his neck and saw there was a slight sheen where his scent blockers were. Instantly I reached up and slid my fingertips over the bare skin where mine should be, remembering how he’d ripped them off for me the night before.

“How could it be me?” It made no fucking sense. “We’ve been living together for so long…wouldn’t this have happened before?”

“Are you going to run after her?” Liam asked, completely ignoring my other questions. “I can have Cassius drag her back here if you want even though she’ll choke.”

I shoved him again. “What’s wrong with you?”

His small smile was anything but reassuring. “It’s up to you, Lucy. Everything is up to you. If you want her back here, I’ll get her for you. If you want to leave, I’ll go with you. I’ll even make sure to stay three steps behind if you hate the idea of having me walk at your side. And if you’d rather have Cassius, then I’ll have him take you to my sister-in-law’s house instead, but going out there alone? I can’t allow that until the doctor says you’re healthy enough to do so.”

Every word he spoke felt like ice-cold needles sliding through my skin until I was pinned in place like a dead butterfly, absolutely helpless before him. There was nothing I could do or say that wouldn’t sound insane when he was so willing to cater to my every whim.

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