Page 64 of The Packaged Deal

I veer off away from him and, like a sheepdog, my alpha comes back and retrieves me, guiding me back to the safety of the pack.

I bite the inside of my cheek to stop from laughing out loud and catch Kandi’s eye. She shakes her head at me, but when I do it again, she can’t help but chuckle as Sven returns me like an errant lamb.

I prance over to her and hook my fingers in the back of her jeans. Her breath hitches, and she looks down at me with a raised eyebrow.

“Are you having fun?” Kandi asks.

“I am.”

“Great. You and Missy are never, ever going shopping together. Just putting it out there now.”

Sven and Adrian don’t even look behind them as they both yell out. “Agreed!”

I pout, but I’m having too much fun to stay that way for long.

“Can we get a cat?” I ask as we walk past the cat food.

“No!” Sven snaps.

“Maybe,” Adrian murmurs.

“Hell yes. Cats are cool,” Kandi says happily.

I beam at her and stick my tongue out at my alphas.

“What about a bird?”

“No birds!” Sven vetoes.

“A puppy?”

Adrian pauses, a look of intense longing passing across his face.

I make a mental note. We’re getting a puppy.

I rush towards something glittery and slip on a wet patch of floor. Sven is quick as lightning, gripping me tight and pulling me up before I hit the ground. I’m struck dumb by the sheer magnificence of my alpha. When he is mine, I’ll never let him go.

“Are you okay?”

I’m lost in the concern in those hazel eyes. He’s a very handsome man, my Sven. Even though he doesn’t have any hair, he’s got long lashes, and thick eyebrows, and a face that is incredibly handsome even when he scowls.

“And you have so many muscles.”

Sven blinks. “She didn’t hit her head. I don’t know what’s wrong with her.”

Kandi snickers.

“You’re just so pretty. All my pack is so pretty. Look at your lovely cheekbones. Who gets pretty cheekbones? You do, that’s who.”

“She’s lost it. I didn’t do it.”

“I want you to kiss me again.”

Kandi and Adrian watch with an intensity that I can feel.

“Alpha, please, kiss me again?” I whine.

He takes a breath and leans in, touching his lips to mine. It’s quick, and then he’s gone.

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