Page 91 of Party Girl: How a Naughty Omega Finds Love
ChapterTwenty-Five
ASHER
Once Mom closes the door behind Whitney, my dads whistle all at once. Something they must have practiced because their timing and pitches all match. Jonathan is my biological father, but that doesn’t mean I love the other men any less. It also doesn’t mean they annoy me any less when they all turn toward me, waiting for an explanation.
“Really?” I ask, looking to Trev for support.
“Your family, dude.”
“Chicken shit,” I mutter, earning a soft pop on the back of the head from Tim.
He never liked cursing.
I rub the spot he swatted and glare at him. “You’re lucky I don’t kick your ass, old man.”
“I’d like to see you try,” he says with a smile. “Watch your language.”
“I’m an adult,” I point out.
“You know, if you were an adult, you wouldn’t need to say that you were an adult.”
“Tim”—I pinch the bridge of my nose—“you know what? I’m not even going to try and argue with your logic.”
“Good, you’d lose.”
Cody laughs. “So, tell us about your omega. She’s sweet.”
“If you count things dipped in bitters sweet,” Trev says under his breath.
Avi elbows him. “She’s nice. It’s not her fault you’re insufferable.”
“Melanie is feisty too, but that’s not a bad thing.” Jonathan slides his gaze toward the guest house. “You’ll come to love it.”
Trev presses his lips together.
“Yeah, so she’s really cool,” I say, trying to fill in the details of a story that doesn’t actually exist. “You know the Compatibility Ceremony is a lot, but as soon as I held Whitney in my arms, I didn’t want to let her go.” I think back to the night we danced together. I didn’t know she was an omega then, but I still didn’t want to let her go.
She was still addictive before I smelled her omega scent. The loose way she danced with me. The seductive smiles and sensual touches. I wanted to lose myself in her that night. Now that I found out she’s an omega, it only makes me want her more. She could be it for our pack.
If only things weren’t so complicated.
“Are you ready to give her what she needs when her heat comes?” Tim drums his fingers on his leg.
Honestly, I haven’t thought much about what Whitney might need. She was never supposed to stay with us longer than a day. Now she’s with us indefinitely. Trev is slowly warming up to her. He doesn’t think I notice the way he watches her, but every once in a while, his curious gaze wanders in her direction and it isn’t hard to know what he’s thinking. He’s got a complicated past, but he’s never had a hard time trusting the pack. We’ve known each other forever though.
We hardly know Whitney. I hope we can trust her. I hope she can trust us. Sometimes, the easiest thing to break is trust. I shake my head and listen to the last of what Avi is saying. He took over when I didn’t answer, and he has it under control.
“Where will Hayden go?” Cody asks.
That’s another complication.
“I’ll stay in the house,” Hayden says, like it’s simple.
“You’ll be hard as a rock.” Jonathan wrinkles his forehead. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?”
“Someone has to make sure they’re all safe.” Hayden shrugs. “I can handle the side effects.”
I glance at Trev. When her heat comes, will Hayden be a part of it? There is something between them, and it wouldn’t feel right to exclude him. Trev shakes his head slightly, telling me to forget about it.
I can’t though. We need to make a plan so we don’t end up fighting.
That is, if Whitney even wants us to help during her heat.
