Page 17 of Alpha's Sunflower Smiles

“You’re getting the CCTV set up, of course!” He tilted his head to the side and fluttered his eyelashes. “I know you can do it. You’re so good at all that practical stuff.”

Ty gave him a flat look and I restrained a laugh.

“You know I never believe you when you flatter me, Alder.”

The omega huffed and folded his arms. His voice became normal, which was to say a little authoritarian.

“Fine. I want to come back here and play with Wilfred’s equipment – not a euphemism – and we both want him to be safe and protected. So you’re going to set up the CCTV and Wilf is going to show me more cool stuff while you do it.”

Ty looked at me over Alder’s shoulder. “That okay with you, Wilf?”

I nodded. It was really kind of Alder to think about me and I did get a lot of satisfaction out of being around my friends and looking after them and having them look after me. I didn’t get the same fluttery feeling from Alder or Ty that I got from Pete, though.

I wondered…

No, Pete was just being a good neighbour. He wasn’t interested in me. He’d been on that date with an omega.

Although… he’d been back at his office that evening, looking miserable. Something must have happened.

Perhaps I could help him.

Chapter 8

Pete

“How does the new door look?” I asked as I entered Sunflower Smiles.

Wilfred beamed at me. “It looks brilliant. And it’s really easy to use!”

I could feel my chest puffing up, even though I knew it was ridiculous to feel proud of a door, especially since I wasn’t even the one who had installed it. My instincts were congratulating me on having protected my man.

“Let me take a look at it.”

I set off towards the workshop but Wilfred darted out from behind the counter and blocked my path.

“Oh, uh, you shouldn’t go in there.”

“Why not?”

His cheeks were starting to go red and I spent a moment admiring how hot he looked like that. Then I wondered what he was hiding from me.

I waited for him to answer my question but he just continued to blush and I decided to simply look for myself. He let me move past him and push the door open.

Instantly, I saw why Wilfred hadn’t wanted me to go in there. Richard was standing in the middle of the room and he was clutching another omega close to his body and kissing him rather passionately. At the sound of the door opening, they broke apart and I closed the door before I could get into another weird discussion about who had been busted how often.

Instead, I raised my eyebrows at Wilfred. “You knew what they were doing in there?”

He looked sheepish. “They’re young and in love.”

“So you let them sneak into your workshop for some make-out time?”

“They didn’t sneak! Gui was bringing Richard his lunch. It’s just that, if I happen to be out here, and they happen to be alone in there…”

“I’m borderline starting to think of this place as a brothel instead of a shop, what with the amount of people who get it on out there.”

His forehead crinkled adorably. “Who else was getting it on out there?”

“An alpha called Ty and his omega, Ronnie.”

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