Page 115 of Knot Her Reality

We sit at the table closest to the pool so we can chat with the others as we shove our faces with food and coffee. The minute Natalie’s cup and our plate are empty, Evangeline and Koda climb out of the pool to drag her in with them. Not that she fights them in the least.

If I’m expecting the same treatment when I finish my coffee, I realize very quickly I’ll be waiting a long time. Koda, Evangeline, Tessa, and Lillian have dragged Natalie away from the alphas, where they’re all talking in hushed whispers.

“Are you going to sit up there all day, or are you going to join us in the pool?” Conrad asks with a raised brow.

“What’s wrong, Con? Did you miss me, too?”

“No,” he responds with his stoic face that gives away nothing.

My eyes narrow, trying to see if he’s fucking with me or if he’s serious. Of the other alphas, he’s the one I’m closest to. He’s also one of them I’d really love to take to bed, but besides some minor flirting here and there, he hasn’t shown interest in me—in Natalie, yes, but not me. I’d be fine with him taking her to bed, and I’ve told her as much, but she said she didn’t want to sleep with him unless I was there, or when we are all officially part of Evangeline’s pack.

“Oh, just get the fuck in the pool,” Conrad says as he rolls his eyes.

Grinning, I do just that, letting my eyes run over all three alphas before me. They’re all hot in their own way, but Conrad’s the only one I’m attracted to. I guess I need a little more than a pretty face to want to sleep with someone—because out of all of them, Alejandro is definitely the prettiest. He’s also probably the least dominant one, even if there’s no mistaking that he’s an alpha.

“Are you checking us out?” Jagger asks with a smirk, and I shrug.

“Every single person in this pool deserves to be checked out regularly. We’re an attractive group, but don’t let it go to your head. I don’t want to fuck you.”

Jagger throws his head back, howling with laughter. “Well, so long as we’re clear on that.”

“We are pretty damn hot, aren’t we?” Alejandro says with a half smile and a wink. “Obviously, I’m the one you’d want to fuck out of the three of us.”

It’s my turn to laugh. “Try again.”

My eyes flit to Conrad to find him blinking at me as if he can’t understand my words.

“I think you broke Conrad,” Jagger says as he laughs again.

Alejandro laughs with him. “I think he really did. You alright over there, Conrad?”

Even as they speak to him, Conrad’s eyes never leave me. I swallow, wondering if I just fucked up the friendship we’ve been building. I know I shouldn’t have said anything, but Alejandro was being a little shit as usual.

When Conrad pushes to his feet and stalks over to me, I have to fight the urge to take a step back. I’m not afraid of him, per se, but he is a big man. A big, very hot man that I definitely want to fuck—a fact that he now knows. I’m just not sure what he’s thinking.

I don’t have to wait long to find out as his hand flies up, hooking around my neck and jerking me toward him. A groan spills from both of us as our lips meet. Kissing him is everything I thought it would be, and I never want to stop.

“Holy shit, that’s hot,” I hear someone call out, and it takes me a moment to realize it’s Evangeline.

“Hell yes! Get it, Ro! Fucking finally!” And that’s Natalie.

I break the kiss as laughter bubbles up and spills out of me. A smile breaks out across Conrad’s mouth before he’s laughing alongside me.

“No one told you to stop kissing,” Koda says as he swims over. “We were enjoying the show.”

“Of course you were.” Conrad shakes his head, taking another step closer to me. “I don’t mind putting on a show for them, if you don’t.”

“Yes, please!”

I laugh, turning around as Evangeline’s voice is much closer this time. It takes me a moment to realize that the others have gathered around Jagger and Alejandro. “What? Do you all expect us to put on a show for you?”

Natalie shrugs. “I mean, I’m totally willing to put a show on with the two of you if you want.”

Evangeline has crawled into Alejandro’s lap, straddling him as she turns to look over her shoulder at us. “Well, someone is about to put on a show—either the two of you or me.” She rolls her hips over his and draws a moan from both of them.

“Oh, I’d love to watch you put on a show, omega.” Conrad’s voice is deep, lust lacing his words as he moves up to stand behind me. I bite my lip when his arms slide around me, his arms roaming up and down my chest and abdomen. I can’t hold back the groan that spills from me as he kisses my neck. “If that’s okay with you, Ronan. I didn’t think before offering.”

“Yes, please,” Evangeline says as she spins around in Alejandro’s lap, clearly unable to hear Conrad’s whispered words.

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