power to create a successful
label and really make a difference.”
“I will,” Charlie said. “But I’m not sure I’d make the best business partner.”
“You’d make a great business partner.” I stroked his shoulder. “You’re caring and passionate, and you know how
you want to be treated.”
Charlie chuckled. “You realise you’ve described yourself, don’t you?”
“I…” I shook my head. “I was describing you.”
“Nope. You.” He squeezed me tightly enough to make me gasp before relaxing his grip. “We can all sit down and
talk about Jesse’s grand idea after my tour. Deal?”
“Deal.”
“But right now, let’s go back to bed.”
12
Charlie
On Tuesday morning, I woke up flushed, sweaty, and with only one thing on my mind—Austin. He wasn’t beside
me in bed, but I knew he was close because no one else could have been playing the electric keyboard so
beautifully in the next room. I still had enough presence of mind before my heat hit to grab some water from the
bathroom and take my meds before opening the door to the lounge. Luckily, Austin was alone because I hadn’t
had the sense to put any clothes on.
“Morning,” Austin said, resting his fingers on the keys.
In my pre-heat state, his bright smile and deep dimples were the sexiest things I’d ever seen. Slick trickled from
my arse. I leant against the doorframe.
“I’m gonna need you soon. With a lot fewer clothes on.”
Austin chuckled. He stood and came over to me. He put his hands on my hips and kissed me. Even that light
touch was enough to make me produce more slick. My cock hardened and started leaking pre-cum as my need
for him increased ten-fold in a split second.
“Any sign of your heat?” I asked.
“No, sorry.” He kissed my forehead. “I’ve got some new toys to show you.”
“Right now?”
“Yes.”
“Will you get naked first?”
Austin ran his fingers through my hair. “Will that distract you too much?”
I gripped hold of his shirt. “You having clothes on is gonna distract me because I’ll be ripping them off you in a few
minutes.” I pressed my face to his chest. “Sorry. I don’t know what came over me.”
Austin stroked my back. “Your heat.” He kissed my hair. “Let me show you the toys I bought.”
He took my hand and led me back to the bedroom. He began to undress, so I helped him. Or rather, I took over,
unfastening buttons and tugging things off him in a desperate rush. I pushed him against the wall and rubbed my
groin against his for a few seconds until he was just as hard as I was.
“Toys,” Austin said, chuckling.
I sat in the centre of the bed, wondering what was wrong with me. Okay, yes, my heat was impending, but that
was the keyword: impending I was not in heat. I’d had enough heats since I came of age to know the difference
between the two stages, yet desire and need for him were growing inside me like a volcano ready to erupt. I
needed him.
He pulled his suitcase out of the bottom of the wardrobe and opened it up. He lifted a literal armful of sex toys out
of it and dropped them on the bed. Some I recognised instantly as the toys we’d played with together before, but
there were at least two new ones. I wasn’t sure if they looked sexy, intriguing, or just downright scary.
“Airport security must have loved checking out your suitcase.”
Austin laughed. “It did get a little embarrassing.” He grasped the back of my neck and pulled me to him for a swift
kiss. “It was worth it, though.”
He picked up one of the new toys. It was simple, thin enough to definitely be classed as an omega-dildo but
almost ridiculously long, with a head at both ends. At least the colour was natural, and I had to admire the detail
and texture.
“I bought them both in the hopes that we’d both be in heat.” Austin rested his forehead against mine. “I’m sorry
that’s not going to happen.”
“I’m happy as long as you’re here.”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
He picked up the second, much scarier-looking toy. It had two curved dildos rising out of a soft, flexible base that
looked big enough for two people to kneel on. One was as thick as an alpha’s dick; the other was slender and a
good two inches shorter, like an omega’s. Both had nubs along the inner curve, like those that became raised on
a feline alpha’s cock as they ejaculated. They were supposed to enhance