Page 2 of Unforgettable Omega

Colt reached out his hand and Drew took it in a handshake, “Good to see you, mate,” Colt said in that British accent that always had Drew smiling, and remembering all the Princess Diana memorabilia that his mom had.

A server appeared beside him, and before Drew could order, Nic said, “He’ll have a Scotch on the rocks. Tell the bartender to go into the special bottle.”

Drew nodded his thanks at Nic and took a moment to look around the room. The party wasn’t exactly packed full, but there were enough people there to make it a good time.

If you were up for it that was.

Drew’s plan was to throw his drink back, make some more small talk, then disappear upstairs to Nic’s guest room and crash, maybe for the next twenty-four hours...

Drew looked at Nic, “I’m crashing here tonight man, no way I’m driving home.”

“You know where the rooms are,” Nic replied simply, nodding towards the stairs.

Drew was about to disappear to the kitchen and seek out Nic’s housekeeper, Jean, for some food, real food, not party food, then shower and sleep, maybe not even in that order.

After weeks of closing a deal that had taken longer than it should have, and also getting his team out there, Drew was wiped.

Even though his ancestors had been cattlemen, he was a businessman, and the whole ranching thing wasn’t in his blood, but like every Walker-Thompson before him, he’d learned to ride, rope and brand. Everything that a true rancher should be able to do, according to his pop-pop, that was.

Drew liked seeing the transition of every cattle ranch he acquired. It showed the men that he wasn’t just some corporate guy who didn’t respect what they did, it showed that he could keep up with them, but more than that, he respected them.

Spending the past three weeks bringing the cattle in, branding, riding, sleeping under the stars some nights… Drew was completely wiped.

Although the cattle ranching was just a minor part of their company now, it was still the founding part. So Drew or his younger brother Austin always had their hands in it. More Austin than Drew, his brother living in the main family ranch, about an hour away. Between them, they did everything to make sure that the family company kept thriving.

But, as the older son, it was his duty, to keep things going. Keep everything running smoothly, and sometimes, it felt like more pressure than he could handle.

Sometimes.

Drew sighed. Now was not the time.

Drew scoped out the room, seeing if anyone there piqued his interest. He figured a warm body to share his bed would be a wonderful way to decompress before crashing, but no one caught his attention. He shrugged. Guess it wasn’t meant to be.

It had been a little while since he’d been with anyone, his last relationship had ended a few months ago, and he just wasn’t in the mental space to start a new one.

Don’t you mean you haven’t met anyone that’s made you want to start one?

Although if his mother had her way, Drew would be set up with someone new in no time. To his mom, single meant that she could start trying to set him up with every omega or female she thought he would be interested in.

Drew, unlike his friends, wasn’t concerned with gender, omega, female, he just had to connect with the person. He’d thought that he’d finally met the person he would spend the rest of his life with Anneliese. She was gorgeous and smart. She was the vet that his company used to check on the health of a rancher’s livestock before they purchased their spreads. He’d met her just over a year ago, when she’d taken over for her father, who’d been their vet too, until his retirement.

Drew thought she was the one, at least until the day she’d asked him where the relationship was going, and he’d frozen.

Right then, in that moment, Drew knew they were at the end of the road. He knew himself very well, and he knew that if he wasn’t ready to commit to her then, he would never be ready. The fact of the matter was Drew couldn’t see her in his future. And if he couldn’t then what was the point?

Anneliese had told him to take his time, think about it when he’d tried ending things, but Drew knew he didn’t need to. Unfortunately, Anneliese thought she could change his mind and had been calling him on and off, mostly on, since he’d decided they needed a break.

If Drew was honest, the break was a break-up at this point, especially since even with distance while he was away, he hadn’t missed her. Not even a little bit. But even though Drew felt like an ass for saying it, it was the truth.

“Man, what has you so deep in thought?” Nic queried, placing his hand on Drew’s shoulder, “You’ve been completely silent. Everything alright with the family, business?”

“Yeah man, the parents are great even though my mother is still going on about wanting a grandchild, and it being time for me to settle down.” Drew managed a small smile, “Business is good too, expansion is going well, stressful. You know how it is.”

All his friends made sympathetic sounds since their parents were probably giving them the same speech, except Gray that was. He was already hitched.

“So what’s got you looking like you tasted something bitter, because it’s sure as fuck not my forty-year-old Scotch,” Nic raised his eyebrow.

Drew sighed, “It’s Anneliese, man.”