Page 61 of Nursing the Alpha

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I clenched my jaw and ghosted my fingers over the knob of his apartment door.

Locked. Of course.

My conscience whispered one last time.

Don’t.

I ignored it.

The lock was child’s play. The click of the latch sliding free felt like a gunshot in the stillness.

I eased the door open and stepped inside.

Darkness swallowed me whole, the gentle glow of a streetlight spilling in through half-drawn curtains. The apartment was quiet.

My breath came shallow as I moved through the living room, past the couch where I’d once seen him curled up reading. I continued to his bedroom door, and my chest heaved like I’d run a mile.

I closed my hand around the knob.

This was it.

The door creaked softly as I pushed it open.

Darkness greeted me. Heavy. Close. The scent of lavender and milk hung in the air, so potent it made my knees weak.

I froze on the threshold, listening.

Soft snores drifted from the bed.

I clenched my jaw, balling my hands into fists at my sides.

He was really asleep.

Here I was—wound tight, desperate, crawling out of my skin—and he was sleeping like the world hadn’t stopped for both of us.

A surge of heat and anger coiled low in my gut. My sweet little omega wasn’t so sweet anymore. He knew what he wasdoing to me, starving me like this. He’d been playing me for days. His games should have turned me off. But god help me, I loved him for it.

I stepped closer, my boots silent on the carpet. He was lying on his side, the blankets bunched low around his hips. His curls were a messy halo on the pillow, his lips slightly parted.

So innocent.

So cruel.

I sat down on the edge of the bed, the mattress dipping under my weight. I hovered my hand inches from his shoulder, then let it rest there, skimming the soft cotton of his shirt with my fingertips.

“Flynn,” I murmured.

He didn’t stir.

I gave a gentle shake. “Baby… wake up.”

Nothing.

I leaned closer, the scent of him washing over me like a wave. Milk. Skin. A sweetness I could never get enough of.

Still nothing.

I caught the glow of something on the nightstand.

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