Page 157 of Ashley & the A-Listers

Ashley’s heart thumped, affectionately enamored with this omega.

“Then it’s settled,” she said, and leaned down to kiss him.

For the first time, she realized, already naked and having just watched him orgasm with his partner.

They were skipping a few steps. It was fine.

His lips were soft and he cupped her cheeks, a hand sliding around the back of her neck to hold her to him.

He kissed her like he couldn’t believe this was happening, like he was afraid she’d leave when she’d only just arrived. Ashley wondered if he tasted her own disbelief in the kiss, too.

Next to them, the nest shifted, and the kiss broke, puffs of breath skating across each other’s lips before they turned to look at River.

He was sitting up, clearly intending on… leaving?

He froze as they stared at him, and he cleared his throat. “Don’t let me interrupt—I was just going to give you guys some privacy.”

Ashley frowned at him, because of the aforementioned watching-them-orgasm-together thing. This was a heat! Privacy didn’t matter.

And she… wanted River here. Not only because he knew Cameron best of all, but because River was a part of this, too. He wouldn’t be left out.

“Stay,” she meant to ask, but it came out more like a demand.

Cameron’s was a plea, and River’s gaze danced between them.

He swallowed, wiping a hand over the lower half of his face before nodding. “I’ll stay.”

River lowered himself back where he belonged, and Ashley leaned across Cameron, moving slowly, as if trying not to spook a wild animal. The inches between them disappeared and River’s eyes kept dipping to her lips, to the omega between them.

“I’m here for you, too,” she said, capturing his attention. “Will you let me be your alpha, too? Just for now?”

River nodded, and their lips slanted together, soft andnervous,River’s shaky against her own. He kissed her harder, and that quiver disappeared as she parted beneath his tongue, letting him lead.

Cameron’s scent sweetened, if possible, and they broke the connection, eyes electric.

Ashley glanced down at him to find his focus rapt on her and River.

“I see the ideas brewing,” Ashley mused, and slid a leg over his lap. She turned her head to catch River’s eye, the desire there matching her own.

“An omega can dream,” he said, eyes half-lidded.

Ashley leaned down to nuzzle at his neck, holding River’s gaze until she physically couldn’t. He followed her lead, and they both scented Cameron, marking him in a way that made her hindbrain very happy.

“What do you need?” she asked.

“Just this,” Cam said with a sigh, chest decompressing. He stroked a hand up her arm, over her shoulder and down to her waist.

When she lifted her head, he was staring at her chest. “Go on, then,” she said.

His cheeks pinkened, which seemed impossible considering he was flushed head to toe, as his palms skated over her flat stomach and up her torso, cupping her breasts.

“I certainly don’t have those,” River teased, lifting his head to watch shamelessly.

Capturing all of their enthralled attention was intoxicating, and she arched her chest into Cameron’s touch. He cupped her, nipples brushing against his palm, sending a shiver down her spine.

Between them he was growing hard again already—an omega’s stamina during a heat was unlimited; it was why often an entire pack was required to take care of one.

Which made it all the more impressive that River had handled Cameron all by himself. How?

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