Page 10 of Sizzling for His Omega

I got up with the sun, restless. One night with the omega of my dreams and, all of a sudden, I couldn’t catch a wink of sleep without him.

If he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life with me, I was in serious trouble.

As noon rolled around, I made a decision. I would go to the restaurant and try to sneak him away for lunch. Hopefully, he had enough staff for that. It was worth a try anyway.

Better than standing here in my workshop, pretending to work when really, I was driving myself nuts over whether or not my mate wanted me.

I cleaned up from my work and dressed quickly in a pair of jeans and a simple T-shirt. I stopped at the flower shop for some roses, lamenting the fact that I didn’t know what kind of flowers my omega preferred or if he was allergic to a specific kind.

There were so many things I had to learn about him, and Ilooked forward to all of them, if he would let me.

When I arrived at the restaurant, I took a seat and waited for a server.

“Welcome. Can I get you started with an appetizer?”

“No. I actually came to speak to the owner, Tobias.”

The waiter eyed my flowers and smiled. “Two seconds, please.”

He rushed to the back and while I waited, I took in the place. It was tastefully decorated in a casual blue-and-white theme that made me think of pictures of Mediterranean seaside resorts. There was a hush in the place. People weren’t talking because they were busy devouring the delicious food.

Tobias had created something amazing.

“Sir?” Another man approached the table and took the seat across from me. “You were asking about the owner, but he’s not available. Is there something I can help you with?”

I pulled the flowers from the chair next to me and put them on the table. “Tobias and I are seeing each other.” I didn’t want to go into details about being his alpha and mating or anything else.

The bear could probably still scent Tobias on me.

“I see. Well, I’m hoping I don’t get in trouble for this but this morning, Toby burned himself on the oven. He was in a rush. I’ve never seen him do that before.”

“Is he okay?” My chest constricted.

My omega was hurt and it was killing me not to be with him. “We rushed him to the healer. They sent him home with some salve and orders to rest for the remainder of the day.”

“Thank you.” I rose from the table, grabbed the bouquet, and sprinted out the door. My jackal wanted to shift and get to him faster, but that would probably be frowned upon with so many humans who visited Oliver Creek.

I walked as fast as my legs would take me, which was notnearly fast enough. By the time I arrived, I was sweating and my heart beat so fast, I was sure it was going to jump ship and force itself out of my chest.

I debated whether or not to knock and then walked right in.

“What the…Leon?” Tobias rose from the couch. His eyes were wide. Maybe walking through instead of knocking was a mistake.

“I…you were hurt. They told me burned yourself and…”

“I burned myself so you brought flowers?”

After being gripped all the way here, they were mangled and devoid of most of the petals, but they probably looked better than me at this point.

“I…no. I had the flowers anyway.”

His head cocked to the side. “You were bringing flowers to someone else?” Tobias’ scent kicked up. Jealousy. He was jealous of the thought of me bringing someone else flowers?

“I was in my shop working and missing you, so I decided to buy you some flowers and show up at your restaurant. I wanted to take you out for lunch but the guy who seemed to be in charge told me you were hurt.”

“Freakin’ Amos,” he grumbled under his breath. “My sous chef just came back today, or I would have stayed no matter what.”

“What can I do?” I asked. “Do you have painkillers? Anything other than the salve?”

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