Chapter 2.24

I scoffed at his goody smile before nuzzling into his chest, "one time."

He laughed slightly, "sorry, it just fulfilled one of my fantasies and I can't stop thinking about it."

"I'm sure girls and guys have attacked you before."

Jayden's finger slid up my spine, causing me to tremble before smacking him lightly, "jealous of my past, are we?"

I scoffed, "I'm making a point."

Jayden paused and I felt him breath deeply a few times, "can I ask you something? About your past."

I glanced to him, "I guess."

"Have you ever been with a woman?"

I looked back to his chest, "with Liz, but no one else."

"Maybe that's why she's so crazy about you. Well and that psycho of a husband."

"He wasn't like that in the past." I closed my eyes and thought of our times as kids. Play tightly, wrestling, chasing each other, and building forts. "He was my best friend until my real gender was revealed." I sat up and Jayden watched me curiously. I kneeled above him before laying on top of him, "am I too heavy?"

He snickered before brushing some of my hair behind my ear and caressing my cheek, "definitely not."

I crossed my arms on his chest and laid my chin on them. "Are you sure this is what you want?" He looked to me with confusion. "To be with me. I never expected you to want to marry me. I don't want to marry and then it fall through."

He seemed to feel hurt as his face dropped, "I love you, Will. I want to be with you and only you, forever."

I paused as I heard some noises outside of the room. A knock came to the door, "Mr. Peters? Your dinner is ready at the shoreline."

I slowly got up and Jayden followed. We both put our clothes on before leaving the room. Jayden suddenly stopped and pulled my against him. He kissed me deeply before smiling at me. "I love you."

I sighed, "is that all I'm going to hear from now on."

He squeezed my body against his, "plan on hearing every day for the rest of your life." He intertwined our fingers as he took my hand. We went to the front door of the house and Jayfen paused as we saw Derrick and Justin coming toward us. I was surprised to see Justin's arm around Derrick's shoulders.

"So what's for dinner?" Derrick asked before Jayden led all of us down to a beautiful setup of two loveseat chairs on either side of a glass topped table. Around them were torches and a break in the palm trees exposing the shore and water.

Jayden brought me over to one of the couches and I sat down. He sat directly next to me and gently leaned me against him as his arm wrapped lightly around my waist. Derrick and Justin sat across from us, but did not sit closely. I looked and smiled to some employees as they brought over glasses and silverware.

"Is red alright?" Jayden asked across the table and both men nodded. He looked to me and I nodded with a smile. An employee came and began pouring wine into the glasses. I paused as the man placed a glass with blue liquid in it.

"Seems a little too high class for your tastes, jackass." The employee chuckled and I felt Jayden stiffen.

"What...!" Jayden began to yell but paused as I made eye contact with the man and gasped.

I jumped to my feet and tackled the man as he cackled. I got off him but kept my hands on the sides of his shoulders, "what are you doing here?!"

James smirked, "traveling and covering costs, kid." He laughed before lightly smacking my cheek. "Damn, you've grown up!"

I laughed back as my heart swelled, "it's been like ten years, James. I'm not a kid anymore."

I was startled when James suddenly moved my hair off of my forehead and inched closer.

"You still have a scar, huh?"

I heard Jayden spring to his feet and I quickly rushed to turn to him.

"Who the fuck are you?" He hissed as I smiled to lessen his concern.

"Jayden, calm down," I stated. "This is James. He was my boss at a previous job and took care of me."

"What's that about a scar?" Derrick asked.

James sighed, "this moron saved a coworker and got hurt."

"Saved a coworker?"

James nodded as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders, "superman over here took on six Betas that ganged up on a female Omega coworker. Got his head busted by a brick wall and everything!" James took a good look at Jayden before glancing to me, "you ended up with an Alpha?" I nodded and felt Jayden's gaze intensify. "By your following, I was sure you'd have an Omega harem by now!" He squeezed me slightly as he laughed, "to think you'd be tied down, to ONE person?! That's insane!"

I frowned towards him, "you make me sound like I slept with everyone!"

The wicked smile that came to his face made my blood run cold. Jayden doesn't need to know this. It could set him off again.

"I grew up, man. I'm a parent for God's sake!"

He froze, "a parent?" He glanced at Jayden and then to me, "adopted some?"

Jayden huffed, "clearly Will had you fooled like everyone else in the past. He's actually an Omega."

James' eyes doubled as he looked to me, "seriously?!" My heart sunk. Is he going to judge me because of this? When he let out a laugh, I was shocked. "You are full of surprises, kid! You got some big ones for all the stuff you did while you were an Omega!" James released me, "well, I better get back to work. I'll stop by tomorrow to chat."

I came back over and sat beside Jayden. He pulled me tightly against him and I knew he was pissed. When he kissed my head, I froze with uncertainty. "How do you always have friends everywhere you go?" He said in a chuckle.

"People didn't know you were an Omega?!"

I looked to Justin and frowned, "what can I say, I'm not a very submissive guy."

Jayden laughed before caressing my arm, "he immediately caught my attention. We actually met years ago and I had to track him down and woo him."

Justin's eyes narrowed as he looked at me, "you've never sought out partners. Shit, you had people throwing themselves at you." His gaze intensified, "what the hell makes this cocky Omega so special?"

Derrick smacked Justin's arm, "you just don't know when to shut up!"

Jayden's hand moved from my arm to my cheek and I glanced up to him. He caressed my cheek before leaning down and gently kissing me. His gaze didn't leave mine as he smiled, "Will is special," he replied. Jayden looked to the other side of the table, "he's my destined partner." Both of them stiffened, "physically and emotionally. I can't be with anyone else and don't want to be." He chuckled slightly as he looked back down to me in a lovesick way. "The world blessed me when it put Will in my life."