Page 73 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part One

Tyler shifts on the couch, and his other hand lands on my thigh. “What about now?”

“Are you that desperate for me?”

“Yes.” Tyler slides his hand higher up my thigh until his fingers brush my cock. I’m ashamed to admit it was instantly hard the moment he touched me. “You aren’t desperate for me?”

“Of course I am.” I grab his chin between my thumb and forefinger. “But once we take that step, there is no going back.”

“Back to where?”

I pull on his arm until he straddles my waist. He immediately starts shifting, rubbing his ass against me. “To just friends. Once my cock is inside you, you’re mine, Tyler.”

“Are you laying claim, Pop Tart?”

“Pop Tart? Jesus fuck. Can you be serious for one second?”

Tyler smiles and lays his forehead against mine. “I am being serious. Serious about waking up in the middle of the night needing you so bad that I can’t see straight. Serious about you claiming me. I’m being serious about you, Gavin. If we’re being honest, we were neverjustfriends. If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been sleeping in your room to get to you faster.”

I pull back to see his face. “What?”

“I started sleeping in the chair in your room when you started having nightmares.”

“You did that…for me?”

“You need to start seeing your worth, Princess.” My hands tighten on his hips, and he laughs. “I knew you wouldn’t let me just stay in there with you, so I figured out a way around that.”

Hooking my hand on the back of his head, I pull his lips against mine. Tyler responds and lets me control the kiss, which surprises me every time. I decide tonight will be the night I giveus what we both want. There’s no turning back now. I slide my hands under Tyler’s shirt, and his phone starts ringing.

“That’s Ari’s ringtone,” he murmurs against my lips before deepening the kiss again. I rub my hands over his pecs when it stops, and he shivers from head to toe.

“Fuck,” I groan when my phone starts ringing, and I know it’s important. I dig my phone from my pocket and slide to answer. “Hello?” I pant when Tyler sucks on my neck.

“Put your dicks away and meet me at Jason’s.” He rambles off an address. “High alert.” The call disconnects, and Tyler catches the change in my demeanor.

“What’s going on?” He slides to his feet and jerks me to mine.

“We have to go to Jason’s. Ari put us on high alert.”

We run to slide our boots on and are in the car within seconds. Ari doesn’t put us on high alert unless something is very wrong. Tyler roars into Jason’s parking lot fifteen minutes later, and we make our way to his apartment. Ari and Jason are standing there waiting when we get there.

“What’s going on, Boss?” Tyler asks.

“Someone tossed Jason’s apartment. I did a sweep and didn’t find anyone, but found this.” Ari hands Tyler a piece of paper, and I look over his shoulder to see it.

“I found you,” I read out loud.

“It was lying on his goddamn pillow.” Ari pulls a worried-looking Jason closer to his side. “He’s with us until we figure this out.”

“Wait a minute,” Jason says. “I didn’t agree to that.”

Ari snatches the note from Tyler’s hand and holds it up. “This decided it for you.”

“You can stay with me until we figure this out,” Jason argues.

“No,” Ari barks, making Jason’s eyes widen. “We can protect you better as a group. Plus, you said you have no idea who this can even be. Until we find out, this is non-negotiable.” Jasonstorms into his apartment without a word and slams the door behind him.

“Well done,” Tyler says sarcastically. “You sure showed him who’s boss.”

Ari takes a menacing step forward, so I slide between them. “Okay. I know you’re pissed, but we don’t need to do this,” I say. “I agree that he needs protection and to be with us, but you could have been gentler about it.”