“You’re deluded.” Admitting that I wasboring would just start another long interrogation about my happiness levelsand I didn’t have the patience for that today. As I made my way toward thedoor, I shook my head, calling out, “I’m the same as I’ve always been.”
Maybe a bit more frustrated and cynical,but not a lot.
The past couple of years had been a bit dryon the dating front and the guys I had taken a chance on had turned out to beinsane or so focused on omega rights there was no way we’d stand any chance ofstaying together. If that made me a tad testier than usual, I was owed someconsideration.
Especially after I had to watch so many ofmy friends fall head-over-heels in love.
Chapter 2
Simon
“Fucker.” If I’d been in the room with thesneaky prick, I’d have done more than just curse at him.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t throw somethingthrough a computer screen. I had better things to do on a Monday night thanwait for him to stop being so dramatic. “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me theywere all kinky shits?”
Eddie gave me a wicked grin, not botheringto hide his delight.
“Because I can keep a fucking secret?” Herolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair. “I didn’t tell on you, so I won’ttell on them. Besides, I told you to talk to your brother.”
He’d made that sound like I’d be doingShane a favor, not that it had anything to do with kink.
“Asshole.” It was my turn to stretch backin my chair. “You know you feel guilty because you’ve been ignoring my messagesfor days.”
Eddie might not admit it, but I had afeeling that holding so many secrets stressed him out sometimes.
He scoffed, playing it off. “I’ve beenbusy. You’re not the only friend I’ve got who’s been having a kink crisis.”
Then the asshole hacker grinned. “Besides,it sounds like everything is working out just fine.”
“Bullshit.” My fingers itched to throwsomething at him just to get rid of that stupid grin. “This has not been theeasiest few weeks.”
Overall it hadn’t turned out badly, but Iwasn’t sure how I felt about it. On one hand, I would’ve loved to have beenable to have more friends in the lifestyle sooner, but on the other…they wereShane and his boss’s friends.
I’d always been careful to keep myexplorations in the lifestyle well away from family and my more vanillafriends. It wasn’t anyone’s business what I did in my own bedroom or in afriend’s playroom…especially family.
After seeing the mess Graham was havingwith his mother and the insanity of listening to mine ask endless weirdquestions about what two alphas did in the bedroom, I wasn’t in any hurry toget noticed by the rest of the family. But I wasn’t sure if they’d let megracefully bow out at this point.
I’d enjoyed bugging Shane in the past aboutall kinds of random things, but now Austin was texting me a dozen times a day.He’d fallen down the porn rabbit hole more than once lately and wanted someoneelse to poke with crazy questions.
I wasn’t sure why he didn’t just ask Silas,but I had a feeling it was more about pulling me into their circle of friendsthan odd sex questions he didn’t want to ask his alpha about.
“Come on, Austin said you’re fabulously funto talk to.” Eddie snickered when I groaned.
“Why didn’t you tell him about all the pornthat’s out there?” I snorted when Eddie shrugged. “He knows about all kinds ofsex toys but not the good porn.”
“We’ve talked more in the past month than wehave in the entire time I’ve known him.” Eddie started out relaxed and then satup, the teasing smirk falling away. “He didn’t even know my name untilrecently. We met through a friend of a friend when he needed a little helpcleaning up something off the internet.”
That could be anything from erasing dirtypictures to someone’s entire life history, so I didn’t ask.
“Can I ask what changed?” I wasn’tsurprised when Eddie shook his head.
“Not yet, but keep bribing Austin with goodporn and he’ll probably tell you himself.” Eddie grinned when I rolled my eyes.“No, I’m serious.”
I wasn’t that curious.
“They’re my brother’s friends. I don’t needto know all the weird things about them.” They overshared naturally, so Iwasn’t about to deliberately stir up questions.
Eddie shook his head, giving me adisappointed look. “They’re all nice guys. It’s hard for omegas who don’t fitthe mold to find friends. Shit. It’s hard for anyone who doesn’t fit the moldto find friends if they don’t havespecializedcomputer skills.”
