I looked over at Jasmine. “We good?”
“You were planning on taking a break anyway, remember? We’re good.”
Liam took my hand and wove our fingers together, following Neil and letting the other guys fall in around us. This was happening.
This was actually happening.
“Car is almost here,” Neil said.
“Thanks.”
Deep in my gut, there was a sparkle of pain. The first hint of something more.
Oh, no.
I’d stopped taking my suppressants yesterday. And in the chaos of everything, I’d forgotten my real plans for the next few days.
I was going into heat.
Fuck.
CHAPTER FIVE
________
JACK
It had started to rain while we were in the venue. Now just a light sprinkle that I didn’t mind. Darkness had fallen and all the roads sparkled, reflecting the city lights. It made the night feel magical, because it was.
A wave of delicious rose swept over me. My hands twitched with the need to grab this woman and hold her close. Tease her, touch her, taste her. Drag my hands over that purple temptation of a dress and feel everything she hid beneath it.
Soon.
If someone had told me life could change that fast, would I have believed them?
Eva still held Tyler’s hand, and I tamped down the jealous feeling. There would be more than enough touching soon enough. The way she turned pink when I told her we’d get to the fucking was going to live in my head forever.
She gasped, that same hand tearing away from Tyler and flying to her stomach. “Fuck.”
“Are you okay?”
Eva winced. “Yeah. But I might have accidentally pulled you guys in deeper than you might want right away.”
Liam growled softly, stepping closer. I saw it raise the hair on her arms. But her scent said arousal and not fear. She stood in the center of us, and if that wasn’t fuckingperfect... “I think we’re already in deep,” he said.
“While I’m filming I take suppressants.” Her voice was quiet to make sure no one other than the four of us could hear. Not even her security. “Keeps the schedule on track, you know? And when I come home, I stop taking them so I can deal with a heat privately.”
“That makes sense,” Dylan said.
She looked at him and bit her lip. “I stopped taking them yesterday because I’m free from filming for the next three months. This was my last event. I was expecting it tomorrow or maybe the next day. Then I crashed into you, and…”
“You’re going into heat?” I asked.
She nodded.
I couldn’t keep my hands to myself anymore. Pulling her against my body where I could feel every soft curve, I kissed her. Eva’s lips opened beneath mine. She tasted like that first sip of coffee when it was the only thing you craved. Like soft sweetness and perfection. And just like she said, underneath it all, she tasted likeheat.
The way she softened had me crushing her even closer. Until I needed breath and we were both gasping as the car pulled up beside us. We piled in together, Eva ending up sprawled over my lap. “What do you need?”
