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“I’m sorry. If you’re looking for a place for a potential guest, we are still booked solid with the film crew.” It was great money, but wow, they were here a long time.

“I wasn’t calling about that this time. I have a possibly awkward question for you.” That didn’t sound promising at all. “You know Scotty.”

“Yeah, he’s been working with us.” And we want him to be more than an employee.

“That’s what he said, and I was wondering…did you guys fire him?” Fire him?

“Why would you think that, Astor?” My heart was thudding a thousand beats a minute.

“He applied for a job and was really unable to articulate why he had to leave. He just said he did.”

The towel fell to the floor. I didn’t even care. All I could think about was Scotty leaving us. “Astor, I gotta go. Call you later.” I hung up, not waiting for his response. I needed to find Colton. We didn’t have time to be slow and patient. If we didn’t act now, we might lose Scotty without him even knowing we wanted him to be ours.

8

COLTON

Damn! I forgot to remind Mateo about the… Whatever had been in my head vanished as I wandered into our apartment and witnessed my mate, phone in hand, dripping wet and naked. It’d been a while since we’d been intimate merely because we wanted each other. Lately, sex was all about making babies—or trying to and failing.

He was a hot omega, despite his exhaustion and weight loss, and I considered ripping my clothes off and taking him back into the shower. Or just taking him. On the floor or the bed. With his permission, of course.

But while I licked my lips and ran my gaze over his happy trail and down to his long thick cock, Scotty walked into the apartment. All three of us froze and there was a sharp intake of breath from the bear shifter as he witnessed my mate’s naked body. Though it was probably Mateo’s dick that had him pause because my mate’s length was a beautiful sight to behold.

Mateo sent me a pleading look, so I tried to laugh it off. But my laugh sounded similar to a braying donkey and then I said,“Oops, you caught us. We thought we’d enjoy some afternoon dick… I mean delight. Yeah, afternoon delight.” Based on my mate glowering at me, that wasn’t what he’d been expecting me to say.

From the corner of my eye, I noted the bright pink blush spreading over Scotty’s cheeks. Shifters were so used to being naked around one another, I would have expected him to laugh it off and tell us to have fun. Instead the poor guy was doing his best to avoid staring at my mate’s impressive length, yet the more flustered he became, the more he kept glancing at Mateo’s cock.

The unmistakable aroma of slick filled the air. Mateo’s, for sure—that scent was mapped in my brain. This was a different one. And, since the only other omega in the room was Scotty, it had to be his. Poor guy. As well as catching us about to have sex—or so I’d told him—he was now reacting involuntarily to my mate’s dick.

But while my brain was witnessing all of what was unfolding in the room, it couldn’t process how to get out of the situation. Despite the extreme awkwardness, my cock was itching to escape my pants, and I envisioned undressing Scotty and admiring his ass, his thighs coated in slick, his cock aroused and ready, and his tight hole. I gulped while telling myself I was a horrible person.

And now Mateo was aroused. He whimpered as he put the phone over his crotch, which didn’t hide much.

“I’m s-sorry,” Scotty sobbed and then choked out the words, “I have to go.” He turned on his heel and fled.

“He’s leaving,” Mateo yelled.

“I can see that. He just took off down the stairs.”

“No.” My mate waved the phone above his head. “I mean, Astor phoned saying Scotty has applied for a job at the inn.”

Fuck. “Stay there. I’ll go after him.”

Flinging myself downstairs, I almost tripped as a blast of cold air from the open front door told me Scotty had run outside. And there he was, pacing the snow-covered front garden, muttering to himself, “I can leave right now. I’ll pay someone to collect my stuff. Yeah, yeah.” His teeth were chattering because, like me, he wasn’t dressed for being outside.

“Scotty, come back. It wasn’t a big deal. We can talk about it.”

“Please, Scotty.” Mateo raced out, clad in only a bathrobe. What is he doing? “I’m sorry. Don’t leave.”

The omega paused and looked directly at me. “But it was big.”

Mateo shrugged. “Well, yes, I’m known for my sizable cock.”

I jabbed my mate in the ribs and hissed. “Not what Scotty was referring to.” At least I didn’t think so.

Scotty stopped his pacing and raked a hand through his already tousled hair. “You’re right, Mateo. It was huge, and I…I wanted to get on my knees and swallow it. Lick your dick and suck it until you came in my mouth while Colton was pounding into my hole.” He shoved a hand over his mouth. “I love you guys and have no intention of tearing apart your relationship. That’s why I have to leave and find another job.”

“No!” My voice bounced over the snow as more flakes fluttered to the ground. I lowered my voice and clasped my mate’s ice-coldhand. “We…we want that too. We’ve both been fantasizing about you, and we’ve discussed it. We’re mated, but we both want you.”