Page 27 of Curvy Nerdy Omega

Lucy narrowed her eyes like I was being difficult on purpose. “Can’t say without knowing what it is.”

Cas waved Lucy forward, the muscle in his jaw twitching as she walked past us with suspicion in her eyes.

We followed after her like lovesick fools, but what else were we supposed to do? Our omega needed us whether she wanted to or not, and we’d make sure she was taken care of. No matter what that meant.

“I’ll give you a hint.”

Lucy paused at the front door and looked back, noting the six feet of space I kept between her and us. The urge to go to her was almost too much, but I’d promised to keep my distance.

“The last time I was in your apartment, I took something. If you can figure out what it is, you’ll know why I want you to be mine.” My voice was soft – a tone I hadn’t ever used until I’d met her.

“Ours,” Cas corrected.

I leaned against him and nodded. “Ours.”

Lucy stared at us with wide eyes. She was acting skittish, but the way she hesitated told me we weren’t the only ones who didn’t want to put any more distance between us than we had to. “You took something?”

“I did.” It wasn’t something someone else would ever look at twice either.

It would take her some time to figure it out unless she had an inkling of who I was and there were times…times I suspected she might.

Guess we’d find out soon enough.

Making this a game would give her the option of ignoring the answer. She wouldn’t have to take responsibility for my feelings, and maybe – just maybe, she wouldn’t want to kill me when she found out.

Lucy opened the front door and a red Chevy Impala pulled up. The driver’s red hair was a shade darker, but her lipstick matched perfectly. Frankie eyed us, but she didn’t get out of the car.

Another alpha who understood it always had to be Lucy’s choice.

“There’s just one thing you need to remember when you do find it,” I warned. “I had no idea you were an omega until you ran into me in that elevator.”

It was a risk telling her even that much, but too little and she might think I’ve known where she was all along.

She stared back at me and I could almost see the wheels churning in her head. “What about Cas?”

“I didn’t know you were an omega either until I saw the paperwork from the visitor’s pass.” He glared at the red car through his wet bangs and I shoved him with my shoulder to keep him from getting any violent ideas. “But my reasons are different from Liam’s.”

“Honestly, even if you were a beta, I’d be like this.” I forced myself to smile. “Now go see Nathan so we can stop worrying so much.”

Whether Lucy was an omega, or a beta…it didn’t matter. She could be a zeta for all I cared and I’d still be just as obsessed.

Watching the way her chest rose and fell as she tried to process shouldn’t have pleased me as much as it did.

Lucy took a shaky step toward Frankie and then hesitated.

“Just remember, if you need us, all you have to do is call and we’ll be there,” Cas assured. “Now go.”

Before it’s too late and we keep you here forever.

Lucy almost stumbled down the steps, but she caught herself on the railing. The sneakers Cas had ordered for her during one of the brief stints she’d been asleep were the same pink as the axolotl plushie on her bed.

She glanced over her shoulder only once, hesitating before she took a deep breath and then climbed into the passenger seat.

We were really letting her go.

Every atom and molecule in my body strained towards her, but that’s not what she needed right now. She needed space and the time to find the answer to the mystery I’d given her.

This was for the best.

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