Page 17 of Raging Heat

Mathew’s pheromones spike slightly, surprise.“You think we’re a pack?”His voice is quiet, nervous.

“I’m pretty sure you already know the answer to that.No matter if you keep trying to push Jorge away, he’s not going anywhere and you don’t want him to either.”

Mathew nods against my back and I slowly turn around in his embrace, putting my hand to the side of his face and he meets my eyes, nervousness in his gaze.Then he smiles slightly.“He really likes your scent.”

“I know.”I grin.“That was very clear in the office.He got very turned on when he realised that he wasn’t just smelling your cologne but that I was in the room with him.And he smells really good too.”

Remembering the moment I first noticed Jorge’s cedar pheromones makes me perfume all over again.I couldn’t see him, but I was very aware he was on the other side of the desk, making me release my pheromones on instinct.

Even if Mathew hadn’t started perfuming the moment Derrick told us that Jorge was here, I would still have recognised him as a mate immediately.He smelled way too good not to be my mate.

Mathew chuckles quietly.“I agree, on both accounts.”He gives me a quick kiss.“Your scents mixing was a big turn on.And he smells really good.”He seems to relax slightly as he watches me carefully.“You’re amazing, you know that?”

My skin heats up and I quickly look away, feeling awkward.

“Most people wouldn’t so easily accept that they’re part of a pack when they’ve been pair bonded for years.That you do makes you very special.”

I grin.“I’ve got a good example.It’s not like I’ve never heard of this happening before, and I know that it can work out really well.”

He raises an eyebrow in question but I simply grin.

“I’ll tell you about it some other time.We’ve got more important things to do first.”I give him another quick kiss and get up, holding out my hand for him.“We’ve got a lot of shopping to do.”

He lets me pull him up and then looks me up and down, like he can see my pheromones around me.“Online, I hope?”

“Yes, online.I’m not going anywhere like this.”My pheromones are all over the place and it’s definitely not safe for me to go somewhere with a lot of other people’s pheromones right now.

The four of us are going to have to stabilise our pheromones before we go anywhere crowded, or things could get very tricky…

Especially since it’s not a good idea to kill random people just because they triggered angry pheromones from one of us…

Mathew’s standing on a chair,attaching the fairy lights to the ceiling, as Caleb and Jorge are fighting the large mattresses to get them through the door into the room.They’ve already taken down all the shelves and drawers from the walls and covered the floor with rugs that are even softer than the carpet in the bedroom.

This is going to be so amazing!

Though, we can’t paint the room or do any real modifications right now, since those won’t be finished before my heat starts, but we’re doing anything else we can.

Instead of painting, we’ve hung large pieces of fabric on the walls, which gives them a better colour, but also give a soft sensation to the room, which I like.

When Mathew told me that he could have ‘same day delivery’ from any place I wanted, I didn’t know what to think.But now I feel very silly because he sent out people from his organisation to pick me up massive pillows and soft things from warehouses all over the city.Just because I wanted them…

It still feels unreal that he would send out hit men to pick up a massive three hundred quid pink heart-shaped pillow, because I liked the look of it when we saw it online.In reality, the thing is much bigger than expected.

I stare at the pillow, which is leaning against the bed, all soft and cuddly.It’s ridiculously large, but also… It looks like a really good nest.

Quickly reaching down, I rub at the slick that’s sliding down my legs with the bottom of my dress, trying to get it to dry.Caleb, Jorge and Mathew’s pheromones are all over the bedroom, and they’re making me really hot.

I spot Jorge’s shirt on the bed and, without thinking, I grab it, digging my nose as deep into it as I can, taking in the mix of his sweat and cedar scent.

My insides clench as a wave of warmth rolls through me.He smells so good.

I swallow hard, glancing back at the nest room, but the guys are way too busy to notice what I’m doing.I sprint to the bathroom and go for the laundry basket, pulling it over and grabbing Caleb and Mathew’s sweaty shirts from this morning’s workout.Their pheromones on these are stronger than the shirts they just took off.

Then I go back to the heart-shaped pillow and stare at it.

It’s not good enough.

The thing is way too out in the open here, it’s not secluded enough.

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