Page 34 of Alpha's Sunflower Smiles

Was that Alder flirting?

It was hard to tell because they fell through the door in a flurry and Ty ushered Ronnie in straight after before following them inside. I was left standing in the street by myself.

When I did get inside, Wilfred was nowhere to be seen. I had to go looking for him in his workshop.

He was showing Alder a clay pot and Alder took it gently out of Wilfred’s hands. Wildred beamed at him. I really couldn’t tell if they were flirting or not. Wilfred seemed oblivious, so maybe I was reading too much into it.

Ty watched them and I stood back and studied the other alpha. He was watching the pair of them at least as intently as I was and, if I wasn’t mistaken, there was pure lust in his eyes.

I couldn’t blame him for feeling that way because it was one of the hottest sights I’d ever seen. Wilfred’s whole being was alight with joy and it was so, so sexy. I just didn’t like that the other alpha had noticed. He might try to woo Wilfred away from me.

It was five minutes later, when both Wilfred and Alder were wearing aprons and were ready to sit down to work that Wilfred finally looked up at me. He met my eyes and smiled as though we were both in on a joke, and I felt my own lips respond and smile back.

“What are you going to do today?” he asked.

I folded my arms, “I’m staying.”

“Oh? Won’t you get bored?”

Ha, if he thought I was leaving him here with Ty, he had another thing coming. “No,” I said.

Wilfred’s forehead crinkled and he looked adorably worried.

Before he could respond, though, Alder waved an imperious hand. “Oh, Pete can help Ty with the CCTV. They can go and be all alpha-y together.”

I looked at Ronnie. What about him?

Ty stepped forward, sliding his arm around Ronnie’s shoulders and partially blocking him from my view. Looked like I wasn’t the only one whose alpha instincts were firing hard today.

Ronnie looked up at him. “Is it okay if I stay here with Alder and Wilfred or do you need me in the other room?”

“You stay here, kitten. Enjoy yourself. Pete and I can handle it.”

Alder called, “Yes, and if they can’t, Wilfred and I can sort them out.”

Ty and Ronnie shared an amused look and I was sure I heard Ty mutter, “Of course you can.”

I retreated into the shop, wishing I could go over there and kiss Wilfred goodbye first, even though I was only going next door.

Just as I stepped through the doorway, Alder called, “Ty? Don’t let that alpha be mean to you. He’s gone all possessive of Wilfred and that’s very sweet in an annoying way, but it doesn’t mean he can bully you. If he tries it, let me know. I’ll kick him.”

Ty followed me into the shop, blinking in a slightly bemused way. He closed the door and looked at me, his head cocked to one side.

“Is that true?” he asked.

“That I’m feeling possessive at the moment? Yes. Why, is it true that your omega will kick me?”

Ty sighed. “Unfortunately, yes, thatistrue. But he probably won’t. He’s just very protective.”

I studied him closely. He was a big alpha, but he didn’t hold himself aggressively. In fact, as I thought about it, I’d only seen him follow his two omegas around and do what they told him. That didn’t mean he wasn’t after Wilfred, though. And Wilfred wouldn’t be able to tell me because, as I could attest, he was the absolute worst at working out whether people had been flirting with him.

“You’re in a poly relationship?”

“Yes.”

“Are you after Wilfred as well?”

Might as well be blunt. I needed to know.

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