Page 31 of Omega Inked

She grins as she looks up at me. "You're still really hard..."

I grin, showing her my teeth. "Is that a problem?"

"No...I like it."

I grab her hips and press my cock against her hip, and she giggles as she puts her hands on my shoulders. "Well...we can play it by ear," I tell her.

Phoenix clears his throat and we both look back at him. "What's for breakfast?" he asks quietly.

I don't think he really wants to know about breakfast at all.

"Uh...how about I make some eggs while you guys talk?" I say.

Phoenix gestures over his shoulder. "Deck?"

Olivia nods. "Deck."

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Olivia

Fromthebeginning,itwas Phoenix I wanted.

He follows me out onto the deck as we leave Liam behind, Phoenix's hands shoved into his pockets. I turn around and cross my arms over my stomach as I lean against the deck railing, my hair blowing across my face in a whirlwind of peach curls.

"So..." I start at the same time he does.

We both laugh awkwardly.

"You go first," he says.

I bite my lip.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for sleeping with Liam," I say. "I didn't mean to like...make it seem like I was picking one of you. From the start, I wanted you. Like--from the first time I met you."

"But you knew it couldn't work," he concludes.

"Yeah," I say. "Then it happened, and I...I don't know. I felt like I should apologize."

"But you shouldn't," he says.

I raise my eyebrows. "I shouldn't?"

"No." He shakes his head. "We all did this--the three of us, together. And you're an omega, Olivia. You need a pack to protect you."

My brow furrows. "Are you offering to be my pack?"

Phoenix swallows hard, his hair falling into his eyes.

But then he looks up at me.

"Yeah," he says. "I am. You're as good as marked, Olivia, and if you'll have me--if you'll haveus--I'm sure Liam would also love to protect you."

"You've only known me for a couple days," I tell him. "And I fucked up your whole life."

"I know," he says. "But they say an alpha can scent his mate...and from the moment you walked into my shop, I knew it was you."

I feel my heart hammering in my chest at his words. Phoenix wants me, and he's offering to be my pack. Liam, too. I can feel the heat creeping up my neck as I try to process everything.

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