Page 14 of These Little Heirs
“Not around the baby,” I said, doing my best to push away my sleepy, horny voice and to sound like a guard.
“You’re off duty, Ciro. You’re off until you two figure this out. If you knew and didn’t say something, this is on you as much as it’s on Teal. Only I’m not going to knock you to the moon and it’s not because you’re an omega. It’s because you’re his omega.”
Teal grabbed my shirt again and pulled me in close to him. He sniffed me again and licked the damp skin of my neck. I let out a long, slow breath. I was just as hard and slick as earlier, but something bugged me. Maybe I deserved the water. It wasn’t like I was forthcoming with the vital information but there was something else.
“Your friend?” I asked.
“Indigo’s waiting on him,” Teal said. “Grandpa told me. Did you come here knowing? Is that why you knocked me over?”
“Maybe we should have this talk somewhere else. Give everyone time to cool down and ---” I turned to look at the trio with the baby. “Unless you guys want help drying out the nest.”
“Go!” Cobalt roared.
Teal pulled me close and growled back at his brother.
“He’s not going to hurt me,” I sighed. “This asshole thing is only hot during sex and foreplay.”
“We’ll be in my bedroom or maybe the kitchen, if you didn’t feed him while I was gone,” Teal said and tossed me damp over his shoulder. I hissed but didn’t struggle to get away. It was too late to save my dignity now. The proverbial cat had to fight his way out of a wet paper bag, and everyone knew his secret now.
“And we’re already benched. This is what we were trying to avoid,”my cat sighed.
“You should’ve said something,” Teal said while we waited for the lift. “If you had said something we could’ve handled everything differently and—”
“And what?” I asked him. “I’ve just been fired because of us and—”
“What? No, you haven’t. It’s illegal to fire someone because they meet their true-mate and I’d know. I’ve spent the last few years studying every law here and that’s not even the point. Cobalt didn’t fire you. This is family business.”
“They kicked us out of the nest!” I said, fighting off the urge to bite him on the ass.
“For now,” Teal sighed. “Just for now.”
“It might not be just for now… I mean---”
“I’ll apologize to them later. I didn’t get the baby wet. Hell, barely any water got on Ambry or Odie either. Most of it got on you and some on Cobalt. I knew what the hell I was doing. They’ll switch out a few blankets and things will be as good as new.”
“Tell that to my shirt.”
“I’ll buy you a whole store of new shirts,” Teal said.
“So much for not living by your privilege,” I rolled my eyes.
“I share my privilege. I’m sorry about your shirt but not the rest of it,” Teal said.
“That’s something I guess. I didn’t want this to happen.”
He sat me on my own two feet and motioned for me to get into the lift. I stepped inside and he pressed a button on the outside to shut the doors. I rode down alone, wet, and pissed, laying on the button to send the damn thing back to the top.
“What the fuck was that about?” I hissed, stepping off.
“You said you didn’t want this. So go on then. Go be free,” Teal said, pointing at the lift doors.
“You’re a fucking idiot when you’re rutting! Do you know that?” I growled. “Get in the damn lift!” I shoved him inside and kept walking until he was between me and the lift wall. If he wanted out, he’d have to go through me. “I didn’t want to be fired! This is the sort of job that usually only goes to senior guards! I was going to put it off until the baby was old enough not to need a guard or at least until I was here long enough to prove that I’m good at my job and---” I made quick work of his fly. “Just shut up for a minute, okay?”
“You’re the one doing all the talking,” Teal chuckled.
“Shut up and let me think! I’m going to finish what I started in the truck. Give you some bloody brain cells back. Then we can talk about this, okay? The cat’s out of the bag and he’s horny. So, shut up and let me suck your dick.”
I dropped to my knees and glanced up at him. His eyes had shifted to that of his dragon and he leaned back against the lift wall after reaching over to press a button that stopped the elevator.
