Page 17 of A Chance at Love for the Twin Alphas

“Weird,” Mal mutters. “Nowhere did it say it would snow today.”

Elise and I exchange a gaze. Weird indeed.

6

Foreplay

*HENRY*

Thegirlscelebrateuntilfar after midnight. Then Elise decides to go bar-hopping with some of their closer friends, and to my relief, Anthony decides to join them. It means he isn’t alone tonight. I shouldn’t be worrying so much, but I can’t help it.

Elodie and I excuse ourselves. “We… we want to use the rest of the night to talk a bit,” she says.

Elise bursts into laughter. “Talk,” she mimics her. “Wasn’t aware that’s how the kids call it nowadays. Everyone,” she yells. “Let’s do more talking!”

The others laugh and start teasing us for being so obvious. Elodie ignores them, though, and just rolls her eyes, turning to Anthony instead. “Tony, please keep an eye on her.”

Tony smiles. His mood seems to be a bit lighter than earlier that night. “Of course.”

Have fun,he links me.And for once, don’t overthink everything. She’s great.

Thank you,I say.And I agree. She is.

Elodie and I waited for everyone to leave before grabbing their presents and taking a taxi to Elodie’s and Elise’s hotel. Fortunately, they have separate rooms there. Elodie puts the presents and flowers into Elise’s room, only taking the bag with my present and the flowers I gifted her along to hers. I’m a bit unsure about how to proceed. I want her so much; everything about her is so alluring. She is like my personal, beautiful angel. Even before I felt the bond, I already loved her. I feel like the Goddess truly rewarded me by making her my mate, a reward I don’t think I deserve.

I don’t want to ruin it by being too much of myself.

Don’t overthink it,Arlo pushes me.Anthony is right. Our beautiful mate has accepted us. That’s all that matters.

“Henry,” Elodie turns to look at me.

“Yes?” I ask hopefully.

“Are you going to think less of me if I asked you to stay?”

“Are you fucking kidding me!?” I blurt out. “Goddess, you are everything, Elodie. I hoped you would ask.”

Elodie smiles in relief before grabbing my arm and dragging me into her hotel room. She slams the door shut behind us, smashing our lips against each other the moment the door closes. Fuck, she is so hot. I lift her into my arms, feeling how she wraps her legs around me.

“I thought you wanted to go slow,” I growl.

“I never said that.” She peppers my face with kisses before sucking at my neck. “I said I don’t want to be marked yet, no word about not mating. I’ve been waiting so long for this.”

“Damn it,” I hiss, grabbing her by her waist for better balance and strolling towards the bed. I throw her onto it before crawling on top of her. “I’ve wanted to do this ever since I met you.”

Her deft fingers start unbuttoning my shirt. “Now you’re lying.”

“You pissed me off so much back then. I wanted to bend you over a table and fuck you. I wanted to hear you beg me for more.”

She smirks. “I wanted to do the same, well, not exactly the same. But the begging and teasing… yup…”

“Good thing we’re on the same page here.”

I rip her dress off her body, glad she is just wearing this flimsy little thing. At least it’s easy to undress. Her underwear is next. I let my claws come out and slice them off her body until she lies there naked in front of me. She is still wearing her heels, but I couldn’t care less. They are not in my way. My eyes darken as I take in her delicious body, feeling how Arlo comes to the surface at the sight of his mate.

“Tell your lycan that if I lose control of Arlo, she needs to make sure he doesn’t mark you against your will.”

She snorts. “I have enough issues with keeping her under control myself.”

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