Page 17 of Curvy Quirky Omega

God, she could piss me off like no one else. She knew exactly what to say to infuriate me and I had no idea why she kept trying to make me totally lose my shit. That had to be what she wanted. There was no other explanation for the shitty things she kept saying in that tone that made me want to gag her with something.

Preferably my dick.

“Now, why the fuck would you say that?” I kept my tone polite. Bored almost.

Fury danced in my veins but I would never take it out on her. Not mindlessly anyways.

Lucy wanted me to be angry with her and I had to figure out why.

“Because,” she wheezed, eyes flashing at me so indignantly I couldn’t help but squeeze a little harder before releasing her just enough she could speak. “Everything you’re saying and doing screams inferiority complex.”

I stared down at my omega, hating that she wasn’t wrong.

“Gideon made his choice,” Lucy told me, loosening her grip on my wrist. “Because he felt inferior to you.”

I snarled softly, furious that she’d throw that in my face right now. “What exactly are you getting at?”

“But it wasn’t just you.” Lucy grabbed my waist and pulled me closer, something in her eyes softening. “It was Cas too.”

How could she possibly know that? How could she be so sure?

“He didn’t like that you picked Cas over him,” Lucy tilted her chin up and I instinctively loosened my grip on her throat so as not to hurt her. “And now, you’re acting just like Gideon.”

I grinned, feeling furious all over again. “My omega is so very clever, isn’t she, Cas?”

No answer, but I didn’t expect one. Cas was always giving Lucy exactly what she needed, after all, and I couldn’t help but wonder what it was she needed right now.

“So clever,” I murmured, watching as I slid my thumb along her jaw. “Picking every single thing you can think of that you know will piss me off. Only you could manage that, Lucy.”

Her eyes damn near twinkled and I could finally feel a tiny bit of satisfaction through the bond. It was barely anything compared to her usual emotions, but it was better than nothing.

For whatever reason, my omega wanted me angry. “Why is that?”

Her nails dug into my side and she lifted her chin just a little bit more, but she didn’t answer me. Not that I’d really asked her anything she could understand.

Just how far did she plan on pushing me?

“Is Cas taking you downtown tonight?” I pressed my thumb into her jaw hard enough she winced.

Despite having all the breath necessary to speak, and a valid question to answer, Lucy still refused to say anything.

“You’re just going to make me wonder?” I slid my thumb up to the corner of her mouth and slipped it inside. “That’s so mean, Lucy.”

The way she looked up at me was borderline erotic with how much those pretty grey eyes begged me to punish her for refusing to answer.

“Did you come up here just to scold me?” I hooked my thumb on the inside of her teeth and pulled down to force her mouth open. “Ah, it does work. So, then why aren’t you answering me?”

Lucy bit down on my thumb hard enough I cursed, but I didn’t try to pull it out. I pressed down on her tongue instead and grabbed her hair with my other hand, yanking back to create the leverage I needed to open her mouth again.

I studied the ring of teeth marks around my thumb and chuckled. “So vicious.”

Blood oozed from the puncture wounds but Lucy didn’t look the least bit apologetic.

All right then. If that’s the game she wanted to play, then that’s what we would do.

I released her completely and took a step back. “One last chance, Lucy. Are you going to Valor Enterprises tonight or not?”

She turned and headed into the bedroom without a word. I chuckled again, feeling the insanity start to boil over. I knew she was provoking me and I still couldn’t stop myself from playing right into her hands.

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