Page 40 of Knot Excused
There wasn’t much room down there, but we all crammed our big Alpha bodies knee-to-knee around the kitties.
“Piper, tell us what we can do to make it up to you?” Teddy asked eagerly.
“How about you go away,” she said. “That would please me to no end.”
I cleared my throat. “Just as a side note, Piper, I’ve put some more money in your account. A million or so to get you started. Use it however you want.”
“A million?” she scoffed. “I’m afraid I can’t do anything with that piddling amount.”
I felt a warmth spread through me, and I knew I was falling for Piper. Not just her scent. Not just the fact that she was my Omega. I could not resist that confidence, or the fucking disinterested curl of her lip.
“Otis, don’t you think that’s a frankly embarrassing bribe?” she asked, leaning back on the couch and stretching out her legs in front of her.
They were bare, her shorts riding up mouthwateringly high to her thighs, and her skin looked sleek and soft. I gripped my thigh tightly so I wouldn’t crawl over to her and beg to be able to touch her ankle.
“Shameful,” Otis agreed promptly. “Wouldn’t even cover upkeep of my moustache for a year.”
“Of course that’s just for this and that,” I said hastily, even though I knew they were both winding me up. “I will add more for any larger purchases.”
I scooted closer to her, the orange kitten climbing up my back, digging its tiny sharp claws into my skin.
“We can add more,” Erain added eagerly.
Piper said nothing, just passed Otis the plate of homemade scones.
Even though it was ridiculous, I felt absolute raging jealousy of her friends for getting to sit next to her, and I crawled a few inches closer.
“You can all leave now,” Piper said. “Otis is going to make Mary and I a pie while we watch TV.”
That literally sounded like the most wonderful thing I’d ever imagined in my life, and I found myself fully on my hands and knees now at Piper’s feet, clutching the couch.
“Please forgive us,” I begged, as the kitten began to knead its claws up and down on my shoulder.
“Nah,” was all the effect my raw passion had on her.
“I swear to you, Piper, we will cherish you,” Teddy said, holding the tortoiseshell kitten in his hands and scooting his ass closer to the couch, too.
Piper only flicked her tongue ring out and snapped her gum, and the effort it took to stop myself from howling made my eyes water.
“Never again,” Erain added roughly. “Please let me explain myself to you.”
She ignored our pleas and stuck out her tongue to lick up a swirl of the cinnamon cream, and I felt drops of precum begin to spill from my aching cock down my thighs.
“What about a Spirit Guide session?” I asked, since I had looked up Otis and Mary last night, trying to keep the raw edge of desperation from my voice.
Otis narrowed his eyes at me, but didn’t say anything.
Fuck, he was a much better friend to Piper than we had been.
I subtly elbowed Erain in the ribs and kicked Teddy’s big foot under the couch.
Maybe showing Piper how nice we could be to her friends would help.
“I’m not in the business of doing emotional labor for Alphas who cheat on my friend," Otis said, bringing out an elaborate contraption made of spindly metal pieces that I assumed was his current invention.
“Of course I wasn’t suggestingfreelabor,” I hurried to assure them, rushed over my words.
“We would of course pay all the requisite fees,” I added, hoping like hell this worked and it kept Piper from throwing us out immediately.
