Page 51 of Marked By the Pack
I pressed my lips together. I’d totally forgotten about that. I’d been trying to distract him and all his friends so they wouldn’t kill Callum. Otto had seemed into it. Actually, all of them had seemed into it.
I’d been a little worried that maybe Otto didn’t want to be my boyfriend because he knew about my MyFanatics account. That he didn’t think I was girlfriend material. But he wasn’t acting like he’d seen me do things with phallic fruits and veggies a hundred times. He was staring at me like he’d seen me do it once. And he’d liked it.
“And then when I was here for dinner last night…you devoured your lasagna like you devoured that doughnut. You’re just…you. Perfectly you. You don’t care what anyone thinks. And it made me want to be the one thing you do care about.”
Trying to climb my trellis was romantic. But what he’d just said way trumped the trellis thing. “Well, good. Because I want you to want me to care about you.”
He smiled. “About what happened earlier.” His eyes locked with mine. “That wasn’t why I asked you to come to my place. I expected it to be just us watching a movie together. But…you liked it, right?”
I nodded. “I really liked it.”
“Hmm.”
The way he was staring at me made me nervous. “Is that a good hmm? Or a bad hmm?”
“Both, honestly.” He smiled. “I didn’t really want to have to share you.”
“You want me all to yourself?”
He reached out and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “I don’t mind sharing. But I don’t always want to have to. You only asked me to come over every night. So I’m going to be here every night I can. Just me. If that’s okay?”
I smiled up at him. “I’m definitely okay with that. You can have me whenever you want.” I was satisfied from earlier. But…I really wanted to feel him. I straddled him on the couch.
He cleared his throat. “As much as I want to do that…I actually thought you might just want to sleep tonight. And I may have jerked off after you left. A few times.”
I laughed. “Naughty boy.”
“What do you expect? It was really fucking hot, Zoey.You’rereally hot.”
“Even when I’m dressed like this?” I gestured to my frumpy outfit.
“I mean…I’d rather it be my sweatshirt.”
I loved how possessive he was.
“How about we head upstairs so you can get some sleep?”
Absolutely not.Otto liked me. For me. And I didn’t want to scare him off. “Maybe we can just stay down here? And watch a movie just us like you wanted?”
“I’d like that.”
“Me too.” I climbed off his lap and snuggled into his side.
He wrapped his arm protectively around me. The warmth radiating off him chased away the coolness that had seeped into my bones.
Otto would keep me safe.
“He’ll kill you. And he’ll kill your friend.”
I tried to push King’s words out of my head. Otto wouldn’t let that happen. He’d make sure Callum didn’t hurt me. And he’d scare away any other supernatural creatures too.
Chapter 14
Friday
Zoey
I wasn’t sure if Otto would come again tonight. But I hoped he would. I’d fallen asleep in his arms last night before I could ask him some very important questions.
