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I took myself firmly in hand before my Omega hormones got carried away.
He betrayed me, too.
I took them, his fingers brushing mine.
Disapprovingly, I noted my nipples had tightened at the contact.
I could not ignore the fact that my Omega wanted him. And that I was not totally immune to Teddy’s warm, butterscotch scent as he bent over me, that golden boy grin with the dimples, the way he sucked in his breath at the contact with me.
“I did a lot of research on them,” Teddy said, “To find the most effective ones.”
“I think I’ll start smoking twice as much,” I said, pocketing the patch anyways.
Ihadbeen trying to quit.
“Please, angel. I want you to see me as more than a meathead,” Teddy said, the low rumble of his voice rustling my ponytail. “Come, let me show you your seats. They’re practically on the field here, right behind this partition so I can see you as soon as the game is over.”
“I was hoping Chloe and Zoey would be here today,” I said as he guided me toward my seat.
Teddy swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down.
“I—don’t know how they are. I don’t talk to them anymore.”
He slid a sideways glance at me, a hint of pink blush on his cheeks.
“Don’t letmestop you,” I said.
“I deserved that,” he said quickly. “I deserve everything you’ve thrown at me. I just want you to know no matter what you throw at me I’ll still be here.”
His fingers skimmed my lower back and I felt heat pool there where he touched me.
Now was I still going to be petty despite his evident regret and sincerity?
Damn right I was.
CHAPTER26
Teddy
It was the first game of the year. The best chance to let my Alpha hormones send my Omega into heat.
And I was hoping the sight of me in my element as a superstar football player would do that.
After I lifted her carefully over the partition to stand next to Rook and Erain, I gripped my helmet tightly in my fist.
My skin was buzzing from the contact.
“Well, have a game,” she said, running her hands down her arms and then through the hair she had tied up in a bun.
The movements sent powerful waves of her scent barreling into me, and my throat began to fill with panic.
“Piper, please stop that,” I begged. “Every time you flip your hair or run your hands through it, it drives me mad with desire. I won’t be able to concentrate on the game.”
“Oh, you mean, like this?” she asked, taking hold of her scrunchie and then pulling it out, so her hair fell in long waves down her back, the pink and blue highlights glinting in the sun.
“Fuck, yes, that,” I choked, feeling my chest constrict with desire. “It’s so damn sexy that I can’t concentrate.”
Piper scrunched her nose at me.
