Page 19 of Free for Adventure
“Why do you hide the marks?”
“I still associate the ideas of contact with pain. As I said, I know what sex entails, I just don’t know what it feels like, and I am terrified to find out.”
“What would you say if I said I was depicted on your back?”
“I would say that I am going to stay off boats with you. Having you wrapped around my hips is enough.”
He grinned. “Now, there is a thought.”
She rubbed a hand over her face. “I have to get up in six hours. Time to climb a waterfall.”
He nodded. “May I give you a good night kiss?”
Amby nodded. “Okay.”
He slid next to her and threaded his fingers through her hair. Ohno pressed his lips to hers carefully and stroked her lips with his.
She sighed and touched one of his hands as he carefully and delicately got her used to contact.
When she leaned into him, he stopped. Ohno murmured, “It is a start, and it can be at your pace. Now go to bed.”
She nodded and got to her feet. She held her juice bottle and headed to bed. Her first kiss had been sweet, and she stroked her lips as she headed to bed.
Chapter Four
Amby stared at the coffee maker for five minutes before she gave up and got an iced coffee from the fridge.
Ohno came in without waiting for her answer and brought a tray with him. “Here’s your breakfast. I have included coffee. Did you get any sleep?”
“Two hours, maybe three. It’s going to be a rough day.”
“Oh, was it me?”
She chuckled. “No. It was the blue omega who sent me here. He wanted the footage of my performance, so I had to do some editing and then send him the footage.”
Ohno cocked his head. “Does he know about your schedule?”
“Yes, but he was up with one of the babies, so he wanted a distraction.”
“Ah. Does he and his mate have many?”
“He and his alpha have one only. His omega also has one, and she was probably up as well.” She sipped at the coffee and started on the high-protein breakfast.
“So, he’s an omega?”
“Yup. He kept himself single for years so that he could work on his media empire, but when Olivia moved in with her alphas, he was in love. The two omegas formed a relationship, and Ford finally agreed to have a pack of his own. Four alphas and two omegas.” She swallowed. “Well, they are big cats, so it is a pride.”
He smiled and sat across from her. “That is an interesting situation.”
“It is the same situation that my cousin is in, but it has worked out differently here.”
He shrugged. “Alohi is adorable and sweet, but I don’t see him as someone who can choose a path for himself. It is a good thing that they got the other alpha for her. She and he radiate power when they walk together.”
“Well, Kekoa is the father of the baby she’s carrying. That’s a little obvious.”
Ohno sat up. “She’s pregnant?”
“Yeah. She didn’t say, but I know her, and she’s starting to curve. The way he was touching and hovering around her means Kekoa suspects or is sure that it’s his.”