A's
my mind racing. This wasn't what I'd agreed to. I'
were they
ably heard everything. My desperation to learn
ng Reed's hands off me and scrambling to sit
caught me with my toys, but now his brothers knew too. They probabl
my arms over my chest. "You're all just tr
ened. "Off? You think
get off the bed, but J
ive edge that made my skin prickle. "You'll find someone
but the way they all tensed at the sugg
iness," I shot back, li
, charged with something dangerous and intoxicating. All four of th
glances with his brothers. When he looked back
uietly. "We haven't exac
muttered, remembering every c
itting on the edge of my bed. "We know exactly what
words, spoken so casuall
e to their presence. "You've done nothing but humiliate me since I got here. An
across Reed's
ing some elaborate way to embarrass me furthe
nt of his cologne-dark and masculine. "
e. "What could you p
fferent classes. Our father's threatening to pull
?" I couldn't hide my di
oice was serious. "You're top of your cla
erfect. My mind screamed tha
tic, disgusting, a gold digger. Wh
e Zane, how to make him want me so badly it hurt. And despite everythi
, watching their faces. "Thi
air from my face. The touch sent electricity through me. "We teach you ev
s who'd mocked me, who'd made it clear I wasn't welcome. But the way they loo
dvantage. Play along and see
kind of game to humiliate me further, I'll make
read across Col
sed things I didn't fully understand yet. When the door finall
I just a
nation burned bright. I grabbed my notebook f
r. I wrote at the top, the
g. How to kiss. How to to
: Get hi
educe him. Us
Make him sc
lk away. Let
ously, pouring out eve
thing the Steel bro
myself into some
so desperately that rejection would dest
nd fall apart over the "pathetic Omega" she'd th
es-strategies, timelines, goals. My sex dr
this need that never seemed to
him as empty and humiliated
water, needed to clear my head. The house was quie
. I grabbed a glass and filled it from the filtered wate
n't s
hair messy like he'd just woken up. Unlike his brothers, he wore on
," I mumbled, tryi
uld react, his hands were on my waist, spinn
, w
ugh, demanding. His body pressed against mine, and I could feel
I could see the way his eyes darkened with desi
red, but it came out
rushing my ear. "Forget my brothers. Forget Zane. I could
hock. Through the thin fabric of his sweatpants, I coul
He's aro
ion, this overwhelming need. But the evidence of his desir
do to all of us. So stop chasing after some asshole who doesn'
possessively. My body responded instantly, heat pooling
arousal. This was too mu
mbled back, and I bolted past him, running up the
e, but I didn't stop until I was b
t, sliding down to the floo
pening to m
Alphas who claimed to hate me but looked
e, who didn't even know I existed beyond
desire and confusion and a desperate
as no turni
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