Page 103 of Knot Their Reality

I slap his ass when he walks by me, pulling a surprised shriek from him as he jumps. “I’ll just bet you do, but I’m not hungry for cock right now.”

Liar. I’m a big fat liar. I want all the cock, all the time.

See? I’m turning into a hussy.

“I need nourishment, and I need it now.” I shove Carson from behind, preventing him from dragging his feet like he was trying to do.

We finally make it to the dining room, and somehow, we’re not the last ones to arrive. “Brody and Chase, I’d like it if you’d sit beside me,” I call back as I head for my seat at the head of the table.

They both rush over, beating me to my chair. Brody holds it for me and then allows Chase to push it in. “Thank you, that was sweet. Unnecessary, but sweet.” I pour myself a cup of coffee while we wait for the others to arrive.

Brody and Chase drop into the seats beside me, Brooks sitting on Brody’s other side. Asher takes the seat beside Chase while Liam and Carson take the next two seats. Jace and Foster, who’d been in the room when we arrived, sit beside Brooks. A few minutes later, Ulf, Gage, Jackson, and Ezra saunter in. They split off onto each side to fill in the next available seats.

The last to arrive are Malik and Quinn, though they don’t arrive together. Quinn drops into the seat beside Gage which leaves Malik to sit beside Ezra.

“Good morning, everyone,” I call out. I suppose I could have said good morning to each of them as they arrived, but I was too focused on my coffee. I don’t function well before my first cup, hence the bitchiness.

They each call back their greetings as the doors open, and the servers start carrying in the trays laden with our breakfast. It smells amazing and I’m poised to pounce as soon as the servers step back when Bree and Tessa step into the room.

Damn it. I was hoping they’d wait until the end of breakfast before coming to make their announcement.

“Good morning, suitors,” Bree calls out as the two of them breeze over to me. “Good morning, Sophia.”

“Morning, Bree. Tessa.”

“We’ll keep this brief,” Tessa says as her eyes flicker over my suitors. “I’m sure you’re all hungry. Today, you all have a day to relax and spend time with Sophia. But, we have an announcement about tomorrow, and I think you’ll want to spend at least a little time preparing for it.”

“With twelve suitors left, we’ve decided that tomorrow you will all have a mini-date with Sophia,” Bree continues. “Both Chase and Brody are welcome to join her, as always. But you’ll each have one hour with them. All dates must be on the property. The catch to the dates? You have to plan a date around something you love.”

Tessa grins when there’s some grumbling amongst the men. “If there’s something you need, all you have to do is let either Bree or myself know, and we’ll make sure you have it. You’ll need to decide where you’d like the date to take place as well. This is another way for Sophia to get to know you.”

"Does anyone have any questions?" Bree asks, and when no one speaks, she claps her hands together. "Excellent. As Tessa said, if you need anything, please just let us know!"

They head for the door, and I'm already piling food on my plate.

"Gonna save any for the rest of us, omega?" Jace asks, and I take a moment to glance up at him and snap my teeth. He just laughs as he begins to fill his plate.

"Better watch snapping your teeth at people. Someone might like it." Chase is barely keeping himself together, trying to hide his laughter behind his hand.

Rolling my eyes, I just dig into my food without a word. They can give me all the shit they want, but no one gets between me and my food. Or my coffee. That's just asking to get cut.

Conversation carries on around me, though I'm only half paying attention. That is until Brody's hand lands on my wrist. My head jerks up as I blink at him. I swallow the bite of food before clearing my throat.

"I'm sorry. Were you trying to get my attention?"

There are some snickers and chuckles at that, but I just ignore them. What do they want from me? I was enjoying my food. Assholes.

"Actually, that was me." Brooks smiles, waving a hand in the air.

I wrinkle my nose. "I'm sorry. I'm apparently really hungry. What were you saying?"

"I was hoping you'd take a walk with me after breakfast." He looks so hopeful, I know there's no way I can tell him no.

"Of course, I'd enjoy that." And I would, if I didn't know that this was a setup from Brody. I want to glare at him, but don't want Brooks to get the wrong idea. But I'm going to spank my naughty beta's ass later.

Hmmm... actually, that sounds like a plan.

Brooks’s eyes dilate before he breaks our gaze to cough.

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