Page 18 of Foxy Filthy Omega

I’ve spent the last fifteen years holding my own against every alpha in the city other than my father until I met Cassius Valentine and Liam Valor.

Those two were a league above the rest – even other legacy alphas. I just couldn’t compete with them in terms of power and strength, but they’d never made me feel likethis.

Like I wanted to give in for just a moment and let someone else take care of things while I rested.

Only one other person has ever made me feel like this and I’d done everything I could to drive him away just to make sure I would never give in to that feeling.

What were the odds the young recruit who perfectly suited my work style was also an alpha who wasn’t at all interested in power? One who could make me feel safe and grounded?

The chances were fucking nonexistent and I couldn’t help but feel like I was losing my mind. The universe had to be conspiring against me or something. That was the only explanation.

“Ms. James?”

“Mr. Hart.” I straightened and eyed the massive alpha standing in my doorway.

He cleared his throat and dropped his gaze but I saw the red in his eye flash. “Per the schedule, it’s time for our daily workout.”

Actually, that was perfect. Working out always turns my brain off.

“Let’s go then.” I stood and left the steaming cup of coffee on my desk without once looking back.

I wanted to sit here and drink it while I worked on narrowing down the suspects for my father, but Soren was just way too fucking distracting.

Why I’d thought he wouldn’t be, I don’t know, but now I knew and I had to snap myself out of this funk before it dragged me down any farther.

He followed me through the maze of offices to the stairwell, easily keeping up as I jogged down the stairs, never more than two paces behind me.

Normally, I had to drag Lucy to the gym kicking and screaming but Soren wanted to go.

It was weird that I wasn’t bickering with her the whole way down, but it was also kind of nice.

Lucy hated getting sweaty, not that I could blame her, but it always turned her into a cranky bitch. I preferred to use our private gym back at the apartment because of that. Then we could both be cranky without everyone at the office knowing just how much I actually hated working out.

Not that I would ever stop, but sometimes I just wanted to complain without getting the side-eye from everyone and their mom.

Soren slid around me, placing his hand to the scanner before I could and it gave a happy beep, proving he’s already done all the annoying onboarding shit. I wanted to praise him for it, but I pressed my lips together instead, reminding myself I needed to get him as far away from me as possible so praising him was the last thing I should do.

He couldn’t think I wanted him around or he’d never leave.

I stepped through the door into the gym.

The entire first level of the basement was our state-of-the-art gym complete with a pool, a few hot tubs, and a sauna.

“Lockers for alphas are this way,” I told him, pointing at the sign so he could take note of it. “One side for women, one for men. Betas and omegas are on that side.”

He nodded once and followed me into the locker room, smoothly splitting away to the men’s side. I watched him disappear around the corner and wondered if I was making the right decision.

Could I actually work with someone like Soren Hart without getting sloppy?

Was there a possibility I was overreacting?

The fact that I wasn’t sure terrified me, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t do it.

I could try? I mean…he wasn’t Leo. I highly doubted I would react to Soren the same way I hadhim.

Right?

That was super unlikely and the chances of it happening twice were slim to none if the doctor was right but it was impossible to be sure.

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