Page 16 of Broken Alpha (Unwanted #1)

“I wanted to get rid of the de-scenter. I don’t have any clothing that would fit you, or I’d offer you a change of clothing too,” he responded, depositing my jacket and a buttoned flannel onto the back of the couch.

I recognized the flannel instantly as the one he had worn the day he had turned my life upside down.

I wonder if he remembered, but he didn’t say anything to suggest so.

He moved to the couch, his hand resting on the spot he wished for me to occupy.

When I sat down, he instantly threaded his fingers through mine, tilted his head onto my shoulder, and sighed contentedly.

My Alpha took pride in the touch, that his Omega was happy in my presence.

I met his pheromones with my own, and I was grateful that Harllow was a Beta, so he would never know that I was here as we bathed each other in our scents, filling the room.

Without having to be told, I could tell that Aidyn was perfectly content to sit in silence.

Affection and touch were all he craved, and I was happy to meet that need.

My thumb rolled little circles over the back of his hand, my head tilted backward, resting on the back of the couch, eyes closed.

Aidyn snuggled a little closer, settling into my body's silence and warmth before pulling his legs up onto the couch to curl them up beside him. I sunk further down on the couch, releasing my hand from his grip to drape my arm around him so he could nestle against my chest. He removed his glasses, setting them on the coffee table in front of us before tucking himself into my side, his face nuzzling my neck and breathing in my scent. My dick rose to attention, and I cursed its over-eagerness. It didn’t give a damn that I wanted to take things slowly or that I was comfortable where I was with him pressed against me.

I shifted slightly, trying to get my cock into a better and more comfortable position so it would stop straining against the zipper of my jeans, and Aidyn chuckled beside me.

In a single fluid motion, he straddled my lap, staring at me as he pressed his pelvis into mine, and I could feel his hard-on pressed against me.

I felt better knowing that he was just as happy as I was to be in this moment with each other.

He leaned forward, rubbing his face along my cheek before nuzzling my neck again, and it occurred to me at that moment that he was scent-marking me, just as he had done during his heat, and my heart melted.

He was making it clear to anyone I may encounter after leaving this apartment that I belonged to someone.

That I belonged to him. I reached for him, cupping his face in my hands as the beginnings of my Alpha’s purr rumbled through my chest. I pressed my lips to Aidyn’s, swallowing the low moan he emitted at our touch, devouring it as if it was the most decadent thing in the world.

He opened his mouth to me so that I could taste him, my fingers slipping into his soft hair as our breaths mixed with one another.

A slow external vibration rumbled across my chest, and I pulled back, surprised, staring at Aidyn with large eyes.

He blushed as his Omega answered my purr with his own.

Someone was purring for me. He was purring for me .

Tears filled my eyes, and I let out a soft, relieved chuckle, my forehead pressed against his.

A purr was important to an Alpha and Omega dynamic.

It’s used to calm each other down and to express anger, possessiveness, love, happiness, and contentment.

I had given up long ago that I would ever purr and, in turn, that someone else would purr for me, to feel the vibrations of another.

“You have no idea the gift you have just given me.” I breathed softly, looking at him with a smile.

Tucking my face into Aidyn’s neck, my beard scratched against his soft skin, and his breath hitched at the sensation.

A soft moan escaped his throat as I placed tender kisses on the sensitive skin, nipping slightly.

His sound was a mixture of a chuckle and a moan above me, made foreign by the purr that still rumbled strongly.

He ran his hands through my hair, tugging on the last strands at the base of my skull.

“I want to take you out to dinner. A proper date.”

“I can’t tonight.” He shook his head, leaning into my body again. “But Erik has a family game night every Friday. He typically heads over there right after class, which goes into the early morning hours, so he spends the night.”

“So there is a potential for a sleepover,” I grinned wickedly at him, hugging him closer to my body.

“If that is your wish.” He smiled, returning my suggestive grin.

“No, little fawn. I won’t rush you into anything, even staying the night.”

“I’ll tell you what,” he said, sitting up straight and looking at me with a sudden serious expression on his face. “Get condoms anyway. If we use them, great; if not, we have them for when we do.”

“Mmm, very logical of you.”

“I try." He reached over, grabbed his phone off the coffee table, and handed it to me. “Put your number in. I don’t want to have to send you an email every time I want to speak to you.”

“For the best. Those emails are monitored.”

I’m grateful he remembered because it had completely slipped my mind.

We exchanged phone numbers before realizing that Harllow was due home within the next half hour.

Aidyn walked me to my car, our hands interlaced with each other.

I was already missing him and hadn’t even left the damn parking lot.

Longing and sadness filled his eyes as he looked up at me, and I took the opportunity to scent him once more, rubbing my face along his neck and face, followed by the inside of each wrist. I held him in my arms again, cupping his face and kissing him softly before bumping our foreheads together.

“Tomorrow?” I whispered.

“Tomorrow,” he confirmed, nodding.