Page 49 of Alpha's Sunflower Smiles

“I told you not to carry anything, Foxy. That’s what you’ve got me for.”

“It was hardly heavy!” protested Waggoner.

“Still, I don’t want you tiring yourself out.”

Alder butted in to what was quite a sweet moment. He waggled his eyebrows at Waggoner. “That’s what you’ve got an alpha for.”

To my surprise, Waggoner began to blush. He looked so adorable, since he was such a sophisticated man. Seeing him blush was cute.

He tried to rally, saying, “Why did you ask me to come and help out if you didn’t want me to actuallydoanything?”

Alder snorted. “Ididn’twant you to do anything. I just knew that you came with a whole football team attached. I wantedthemto do it. Besides, Liam owes me for last week.”

I couldn’t mind my own business. I had to ask.

“What happened last week?”

“Liam snuck into our office and did unspeakable things to Waggoner, and I had to lock the door so nobody would barge in on them. I was locked out of my own office for an hour.”

Waggoner cried, “I’ve told you, Alder, Liam was just rubbing my feet! They’re so swollen.”

“It was quite the porn soundtrack you were making in there, though, Waggoner.”

The omega opened his mouth to argue but his own alpha betrayed him, leaning down and pressing a kiss to the side of his head and saying, “Itwasa porn soundtrack, Foxy. Why do you think I’m always volunteering to rub your feet? It’s totally hot.”

Waggoner’s face went so red I actually worried about him. Alder laughed, delighted by this, and Liam swept his omega away.

“Come on, I’m going to find somewhere for you to sit down and then you can watch me be all manly and strong.”

As they walked off, Alder rolled his eyes at me. “I hate to give Liam the opportunity to show off but at least you’re getting something out of it.”

I patted Alder’s arm. “I appreciate it.”

And I did. I was so overwhelmed by the kindness of my friends and even these complete strangers, who’d given up their Saturday morning to help someone in need.

“You’re right about Waggoner’s alpha,” I said. “He seems to treat Waggoner well.”

“Yeah, and Waggoner’s much better now that he’s drinking your tea. He says it works wonders for his morning sickness.”

“Good.”

“Now come on, I want to go and criticise people’s moving skills.”

Ty was walking past at that moment and he said, “I think he means ‘supervise’,” and then ducked out of the way as Alder gasped in outrage and chased after him.

I chuckled to myself, strolling around the house, checking that everything that needed to be moved was on its way out. It was.

When I found Pete, he was talking to a couple of people and he beckoned me over. As soon as I got there, he slid his arm around my waist.

“Do you think we’re done?” he asked.

“I think so. It hardly took any time at all, after all that.”

We’d been prepared for it to take all day, and even then we’d had a contingency plan of hiring the van again next week to shift the last of the stuff.

One of the people Pete had been talking to gave us a knowing look. “Once everyone is here, it doesn’t take long.”

Pete told me, “Angelo here has been telling me that he comes from a large family.”

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