Page 129 of Toxic

"You better tell me if that’s really your strategy."

"I'll tell you my strategy if you tell me whether you like an alpha."

There was no answer.

I shrugged and went back into the building. Winter had his limits with openness, for sure.

But in the meantime, I awaited Monday with great anticipation.

***

When I arrived at the address Soren had given me, hewas already waiting outside, with Liam standing next to him, ostentatiously wrapping an arm around Soren’s waist. I clenched my teeth but pretended not to care. I got out of the car to courteously load Soren’s suitcase into the trunk, but Liam wouldn’t let go of the handle, circling the car in a showy manner before placing it in the trunk himself.

I shrugged lightly and opened the passenger door for Soren. Liam immediately pulled him into a hug and, in another ostentatious display, kissed him on the lips right in front of me. But I didn’t miss the stiffness in Soren’s posture. Was he embarrassed to be kissing Liam in front of me? Or was it something else?

Liam turned to me and said in a low, menacing tone, "You behave. And remember, I warned you."

I didn’t stoop so low as to respond. I just got into the car, and Soren joined me a moment later. We pulled out into traffic.

For a while, we drove in silence, Soren staring out the window. But I couldn’t hold back—the questions were burning inside me.

"How did you convince him to let you drive there with me?"

"Well, Liam trusts me. He believes that if I say I won’t do anything stupid, then I won’t."

"Something stupid? That all depends on perspective. What seems foolish to him might seem like destiny to me."

Soren didn't react, he was mindlessly playing with his lip ring, nibbling at it with his tongue, which was a bit distracting since I had already relished feeling it while we kissed, enjoying the slight coldness of it against the warm texture of his lips.

My next question was probably unwise, but I couldn’t stop myself from asking it.

"So, what’s it like having sex with a beta? You once said you weren’t attracted to betas, yet here we are."

Soren flinched slightly, barely noticeable, but I saw it. The question clearly made him uncomfortable.

"That’s none of your business."

"I thought so too, but it was Liam who came up to me and gave me a whole lot of information, describing how you moan and climax when he’s inside you."

I could almost feel the wave of anger that surged through Soren. He looked at me sharply, his eyebrows drawing together.

"Liam said that?"

"Yes. His exact words were, ‘I’m not surprised you miss him so much. Soren fucks so beautifully’, followed by some details about how you reach your climax when he’s pounding into you."

I watched as his nostrils flared slightly. First, he went pale, then red.

"I’ve never had sex with Liam!" he snapped, as if I had accused him of killing a kitten. "We’ve never even made out."

"That’s a bit hard to believe, considering I’ve seen you two kissing."

He huffed in irritation. "My mouth is always closed."

All of a sudden, he opened the window of the car and pulled out a cigarette in a rather nervous manner. Without asking my permission, he started smoking with a pretty annoyed look on his face.

"What about hjs and bjs?"

"Seriously, I can’t believe I’m even telling you this. It’s none of your business, but no, we don’t do that either."

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