Omega (Alpha & Omega #1)

{Chapter Twenty Three}

Throughout the next week, I found that the brothers kept me in sight at all times. If one had to go to work, the other was there. I could feel them around me and smell the scent of their pheromones and cologne. I slept in their room - which they now considered "our room" - every night.

Keon found my blog - which was just a collection of thoughts ranging from poems to rants. Everyone who followed believed me to be an alpha, and I doubted I'd ever tell them otherwise.

It was odd, knowing I'd already been with them for three weeks. The beginning of our relationship was rocky, at best. I was so sure I'd want to leave after the month was up. But as I typed some random thoughts into a blog, I knew I wasn't so sure anymore.

I didn't mind being with them. Actually, I kind of enjoyed it. It got to the point where they didn't have to ask me to sleep with them. I assumed they wanted me to, and the smiles they gave me when I followed them to bed was enough to keep me going back.

I hadn't smiled again, much to their dismay. But there had been times when I wanted to. Like when they gave each other weird looks or said something I found odd. I just couldn't pull my lips up into a smile.

My fingers stilled over the keys and I read over my last sentence.

It's harder than you'd think, living in the shell of the person you are supposed to be and want to be.

I tilted my head at it. Then deleted it. None of my readers would understand.

I tapped my fingernails on the counter. Then I wrote out my final sentence.

There are a lot of things I don't understand yet. But hopefully one day I will.

I hit submit and watched as the loading circle became a green check mark, signaling that the post had been uploaded.

Keon's phone dinged.

When I looked over at him, his face was red.

I raised my eyebrows. "Is everything okay?"

He looked up at me and smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, of course, Phoenix. Why wouldn't I be?"

I pursed my lips and looked back down to the laptop screen.

The door to the kitchen opened and Cayson walked in. He had a black button down shirt on, tucked into the waistband of his matching suit pants. He wore a white lab coat, but he took it off and threw it in the trashcan by the door.

I blinked in surprise.

"Someone pissed on me," he explained, taking off his button down and throwing that in the trash as well. "Like, the guy pulled down his pants, aimed his dick at me, and pissed on me."

I pressed my lips together.

He looked over at Keon. "People out cold don't piss on you. I should have went into surgery."

Keon was grinning.

Cayson looked at me. "Who pees on their doctor?"

I pressed my lips together even harder as tears pricked my eyes.

He sighed and took off the white muscle shirt, leaving him bare chested. I would have ogled if it weren't for the fact that his stomach was still wet.

He made a face at it.

And I lost it.

I laughed so hard that my stomach immediately started hurting. I tried to cover my face with my hands, but Cayson just glared at me, which made me laugh even harder.

It sounded strange coming from my mouth, but I couldn't stop. Tears trickled from my eyes and I turned away, trying to gain control over myself again.

I turned to look at him. "It's a good thing you were wearing black."

He turned the seat I was in until it was facing him. He curled his fingers around the arm rests and leaned into me, successfully cutting off my laugher.

He leaned forward and placed his lips by my ear. "I'm glad my misery amuses you, Kitten."

"It really does," I said, finding myself smiling.

He pulled away and rolled his eyes, looking at his brother for help. "Can you believe her?"

"I think it's pretty funny too." Keon shrugged. "And you made her laugh."

Cayson hummed and turned his attention back to me.

"I need a shower." He smiled slightly. "Want to join?"

I choked on my spit. I covered my mouth with my hand and coughed, looking to Keon to see if it had been a joke.

It wasn't.

"Like," I waved my hands in the air, "all together?"

"All together," he confirmed.

I felt my entire body erupt in heat. "I...ah..."

What? The question had been so out of nowhere and random that I didn't have a chance to think through all the possible answers.

Did I want to see them naked? A part of me did, yes. But the other part wanted to stay clear of that because I knew what would happen if we were all naked in one place. Not only had they remained around me for the past week, but the sexual tension between us ramped up ten fold. I couldn't blame it entirely on the bond either, because they'd been seducing me the moment I stepped foot into their home.

My body and heart said yes, but my mind was screaming "danger".

"We won't do anything." He held out a pinky. "Promise."

I looked at the pinky, then at Keon.

He grinned. "Unless you want us to, that is."

I found myself looking at Cayson's pinky again.

I had no issues being naked. It was being naked with the two of them that concerned me.

"You are allowed to say no," Cayson said. "Don't feel obligated. I just figured I'd ask."

My leg started jumping, my heel making a silent tapping noise on the floor. My heart, which had been beating normally not two minutes before, slammed hard against my chest.

"S-sure," I stuttered.

The surprise on Cayson's face matched Keon's to a tee. They hadn't expected me to say yes. Actually, I hadn't expected to say yes either. It's just what came out of my mouth.

Cayson stood to his full height and held out a hand to me. When I placed mine in his, he pulled me up, making sure no part of me touched his urine-stained clothes. His lips pulled up into a grin, his green eyes squinting with mirth. He looked like a giddy school boy taking his crush to prom.

Except, instead of that, he was taking his mate to the shower.

Maybe that was a lot more intriguing for him.

Keon saddled up beside me and smirked. "Getting daring there, sweetheart."

I glanced up at him.

It was daring, especially since they told me time and time again that it was difficult for them to stay in control around me.

But hell. I was in a pretty good mood. So why not?

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A/N:

Nothing like a shower scene amirite?!