Page 23 of They Love Me Knot (Starsfalls Omegaverse #2)

And a florist! I can’t wait to talk to her about her favorite plants and make her lots of desserts with the most delicious flowers and herbs I have.

I’m so overjoyed I don’t even think to thank Roman for the compliment.

“She works at Queen of Hearts?” I say to confirm I heard the amazing news correctly.

“I’m surprised we didn’t run into her at Pack Leof’s bonding ceremony. They’re the ones who did the flowers, right? You didn’t see her when you dropped off the desserts?” Kieran asks me.

I could have found my omega a whole week earlier! Gotten to know her in a romantic environment and not embarrassed myself and scared her off.

Kieran squeezes my arm, grounding me, and I clear away the negative thoughts spinning a web in my mind. I won’t get caught in that trap.

“There wasn’t anyone there except for the bonding party. Do you think Ciro knows her? He must, he’s always dropping things off at Queen of Hearts,” I say with a frown.

Surely he knows Daphne. Ciro delivers most things himself, even though he has employees he could delegate that to.

Maybe Ciro doesn’t like Daphne.

Kieran rubs my back as I hyperventilate.

How will our pack work if Ciro doesn’t like her? I know he has hangups about omegas, but I thought if he got to know her, he’d like her and eventually grow to love her.

That must be it, Ciro just hasn’t given Daphne a chance yet. I’m sure it’s because they’re both professionals who would never consider doing something romantic with someone they work with and risk damaging their business relationship.

It will all be fine.

I’ll see if Daphne likes me and we can go from there. I’m sure the rest of our pack will love her, and vice versa. Ciro is the only wild card when it comes to omegas or mates, but I know he’ll like her too if he gives love a chance.

After settling myself down, I notice Kieran is still rubbing my back and saying something in a soothing voice. I pat his forearm to let him know I’m fine.

We’ll get our omega. Ciro will just have to work through his issues so he’s ready for her.

Roman waits patiently for me to calm down before continuing. “Do you want her number? Or do you plan to visit her in person since it sounds like you already have a connection to her?”

I want to know everything about her, but calling her out of the blue seems like a step too far for my stalking plan. It’s bad enough I’ll have to follow her to work, but to be fair, she came to my work first. If she seems uninterested, I’ll leave and never bother her again.

It’s unfortunate I can’t get Ciro to introduce us.

For one thing, he’s more likely to scare her off, whether on purpose or by accident, based on the past acerbic interactions I’ve seen between him and our potential partners.

For another, if Daphne isn’t interested, it will just make it awkward that one of her shop’s biggest suppliers asked her out while she’s trapped at work.

“We don’t need more information. I’ll stop by Queen of Hearts and see how things go from there,” I say.

Roman leans back in his seat with an approving look, which makes my heart skip a beat.

“That sounds like a good idea. Is there anything else you need?”

“No, this was great. Thanks for your help,” Kieran says.

We shake hands with Roman before leaving.

I’m just as jittery as when we came in, but now I know my omega’s name, Daphne , and I know how to find her!

Next, I need to figure out how to make a good second impression. I should definitely bring her cookies. Little risk of slippage that way.

We say goodbye to Alice as Roman returns the room key. Alice barely manages a half-wave before returning to her book, Big Tex and a Good Hard Trucking .

Once Kieran and I are back on the sidewalk, I inhale a big lungful of air, feeling refreshed and hopeful now that I know more about Daphne (I can’t even think her name without feeling all warm and fuzzy).

“Are you going to go see her now?” Kieran says.

His question makes me realize I’m facing the direction of Queen of Hearts, staring down the street like I’ll suddenly develop x-ray vision and be able to see through the buildings to check on my omega.

“No,” I eventually answer. “I want to plan out what I’m going to say. We have a love of plants in common, so I can use that to strike up a conversation. Besides, I want to make some of my best cookies to bring her.”

“I’ll tell her you say hi,” Kieran says, taking a step toward Queen of Hearts.

I sputter incoherently and consider tackling him.

Kieran stops and turns back with a laugh. “Just kidding.”

“Rude,” I grumble.

Kieran bumps his shoulder against mine good-naturedly.

“I’m not sure I would recognize her anyway, your security camera isn’t very clear,” he says.

I sputter again. “Wouldn’t recognize her? She’s amazing! You would know it’s her from across the street, from across town! If there weren’t any buildings in the way. Even if you couldn’t see her, you’d be able to sense that she’s our mate.”

Kieran still looks skeptical, but I’m not worried. He’ll realize how special she is once they meet .

Kieran drops me off at the bakery before returning home to his studio. We’ll strategize later about our meet-cute with our cute omega, Daphne .

I’m not sure how I’ll make it through the day without anyone asking why I’m sighing dreamily every few minutes.

We’ll be reunited so soon, I can practically taste Daphne’s silky sweet floral vanilla scent.