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“That he’d think about it. I’m not like, me, on there. I play this like… super submissive character.” I shrugged, Charlie’s open curiosity and lack of judgement making me feel more at ease. “And Jesse doesn’t want to do it unless I’m myself so I need to think about it too.”

“Sounds complicated.”

“A little, yeah. But the money is like… Stupid good. And Glitch is good on keeping his word, so…”

Charlie hummed. “I think you should do it then, if it’ll make you happy.” He led us to a table to start working on our cases, waggling his eyebrows in an exaggeratedly flirty way. “Maybe I’ll even watch, see how it stacks up to the live show?”

I couldn’t help but laugh, even as I pressed my thighs together.

The idea of my alpha watching me on the other side of the screen—and even better, me not knowing if he was or not? I could practically feel the gush of slick forming at the thought.

“You should,” I said, carefully using a piping bag full of the fluffy TK decoden glue to carefully make a pattern to place my charms on. “I’d be into it. I’m sure this isn’t a surprise but… being watched is sort of like, athingthat I’m into.”

He mock gasped, and I could practically see the memory that’d surfaced shining back to me in the alpha’s eyes. Charlie sat at my desk, watching me fuck Jesse as I begged for alpha dick to help me through my heat.

The tension mounted between us until he cleared his throat, looking away shyly. “Speaking of Jesse, though…”

Arousal was quickly replaced with guilt and shame as I sighed, using a pair of tweezers to help settle glittering purplestars in place around the border of the case. “Yeah, listen… He’s pissed.”

“Naturally,” Charlie muttered, a little defeated as he made an abject mess of his own case, pressing too hard so that the glue came out in a mound. “I’m not sure how to fix it. It wasn’t like I bit you.”

“I know,” I assured. “And I think after he has a second to like, cool off, it’ll all be fine. But for right now…”

“It’s fucked, yeah. I get it.” The alpha’s jaw worked, his scent going slightly bitter with his stress.

I ran my foot along his calf soothingly, drawing his eyes back to me. “It’ll be okay, Charlie. Just give him a bit of time… and maybe we just… don’t mention Omega’s Lust. Not for a while at least.”

The idea of lying to Jesse didn’t sit right with me. But I didn’t have to lie… not exactly. I just wouldn’t bring it up.

Ever.

Or at the very least not until he could hear Charlie’s name without huffing irritably.

“I don’t love that,” my alpha muttered. “And I really don’t love that I think you’re right.”

“It was, what? A one night stand? And we never talked after, it's not like we’ve been building this big relationship in the background without him. I had no idea you werethatalpha.” I scrunched my nose, offering my pinky to Charlie. “It never happened?”

He hesitated, guilty emotions heavy in our bond. But ultimately, his large pinky wrapped around mine.

“What never happened?” he asked, pulling my hand towards him to kiss my knuckles.

“Exactly,” I said, offering him a smile and pushing aside the conversation.

We’d revisit it another time, when the moment was right.

Jesse would understand.

I hoped.

“So…” Charlie started a little awkwardly, hunting around for another topic of conversation.

“I told you one of my fantasies… you tell me one of yours?” I offered helpfully. “Gotta keep things fair.”

He didn’t miss a beat. “Findom.”

I couldn’t help the surprised giggle that escaped me, hand clapping over my mouth to try and stop it as Charlie shrugged, unabashed.

“Listen, I just want a hot girl to take my money.” His long, lingering look was so much smoother than I’d seen him be before, the goofy smile that followed as our dessert arrived way more in line with the Charlie I’d come to expect.

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