Page 20 of Knot Their Girl
“I didn’t say no. I told him I have to think about it.”
She pinches the bridge of her nose. “Do you have any idea who that man is?”
“Gideon. We met at the Omega Garden.” It occurs to me now that he still never gave me his last name, but based on the look my mom is giving me, she’s seconds away from telling me herself.
“That man isGideon Chase. After his sister died in that tragic accident all those years ago, he became the sole heir to the Chase family businesses—Chase Jewels being the biggest. He’s designed nearly every line for the last twenty years. Although, if you ask me, it’s been more misses than hits lately.”
Oh, fuck. That’s why he was so caught up in that dumb omega pin in my hair. The man probably designed it himself.
“Still, an offer from Gideon Chase himself is not an offer to deny or waffle about. You should accept it, honey. Oh, I need to call your father and tell him the news—”
It’s the droning on and on about calling my dad and telling him the news that finally makes me snap. Honestly? I’d love to get out of this house and away from her. I love my mom, but at the same time, sometimes I hate her and the rigidity of the life she wants me to live.
If I can get away from her, if I can make it so that I’ll never have to listen to my mom talk about matching me with an alpha or a pack, why shouldn’t I? Gideon and his offer might be a little unconventional, but there’s nothing wrong with that. As an atypical omega myself, it doesn’t put me off at all.
A little weird that he wants me for his beta nephew, but I can handle hanging out with a beta if it means I don’t have to listen to these talks from my mom ever again.
I’ll be free.
Pretty much free. Gideon said I can go whenever I please, wherever I want, and that he’ll even hire a bodyguard for me if it’ll make me more comfortable. What more could I possible hope for?
I walk away from my mom, my phone in my hand. She’s too busy calling my dad to say a word to me, and once I’m out of her sight, I hurry to the front of the house, hoping I didn’t miss him. As I rush, I find his contact information and dial. It rings and rings and rings, and I’m about to give up when I hear him finally answer the call.
“Hello?”
“It’s Raeka.”
“I assumed as much.”
I cannot nail this guy down. You’d think he’d be more excited to hear from me, but that’s not the vibe he’s giving off at all.
I make it to the front door and push outside, and the moment I step back out into the sunshine, I spot his car halfway down the driveway, idling. The man must’ve lingered. “I thought a lot about your offer.”
“Did you?” His voice comes out dry, but I can imagine him sitting there with a soft smile on his face.
“Oh, yeah. Must’ve run through the pros and cons list about a thousand times.”
“Mmm. And how’d that list tally up?”
“Okay.”
It’s a moment before Gideon repeats, “Okay? I’m afraid you’ll have to be a bit more specific. If there is something about it you don’t like, tell me, and I can fix it.”
“No. I mean, okay to your offer. I’m saying yes.”
I watch as Gideon slowly gets out of his car and turns around. He leans on the open driver-side door as he holds his phone to his ear. Though there’s a bit of distance between us, it’s like he’s right here with me.
“And here I thought you’d have to think it over, maybe talk to your parents about it—” Though he’s a good ways away, he’s smiling as he says that—I bet the man knows I don’t really appreciate the constant scolding I surely get from my mom.
“About that…” I pick at the hem of my shirt. “How soon can I move in?”
“Depends on how quickly you want to move in.”
“Let’s speed things up as much as you can, before I change my mind. I do want your offer—and all it entails—in writing, including the part about me being free to come and go.”
“Of course. I will write the offer up and send it over as soon as I get home—and I will be sure to include your freedom clause.” Gideon smiles at me, and even though it’s not close, that smile does something to me it shouldn’t. I never knew an alpha could smile so softly like that, but I suppose the man has been through a lot.
I guess him being his age with no omega to himself makes a bit more sense now.
