“Don’t give up hope yet. I’ll look for someone else if he can’t do it,” Maxus said confidently.
Chapter 4
Mac
“It was that bad, huh?”
Mac nodded.
Jamue grimaced. An awkward silence fell between them.
Shit, maybe he shouldn't have told him about his embarrassing moment with Faria. But he asked.
“I’m hungry.”
Jamue moved to the cooking station and raided the chilling compartment for leftovers.
“I’m over it, don’t worry,” Mac said.
“How? I’m mad right now, and it's not about me. What the hell was he thinking, agreeing to something he knew he couldn’t do?" He dropped a container full of food on the counter. "What's going to happen now? You love working there.” Jamue looked at him with tears in his eyes.
Mac walked to him and pulled him into his arms.
“He thought he could do it. Faria and I are fine. I went back to work after my heat. No damage has been done.” Except for his pride. But Jamue didn’t need to know that. He squeezed his arms around him, holding him tight.
Mac’s connector went off.
He let him go to answer it.
“Hey, Griean,” he said.
“I found an alpha for you. But he’s...” Griean trailed off.
What? Mac's heart hammered against his ribs.
“He’s what?”
“He’s in heat right now. It might not be the best time to meet him. Alphas in heat are tricky, and you won’t get to know him until after his heat. But he needs someone badly. I thought...if you want, this could be an opportunity for you to find someone. You can always say no if you don’t want to do it. But please come to the capital and meet him before you decide. I’m sending a hover pod to come and pick you up. I hope you’ll arrive here tomorrow morning at the earliest. Are you in?”
“Yes,” Mac blurted out.
"Don't you want to think about it first?"
"No."
He wanted to be with an alpha. This might be it.
“Okay, I had to make sure. Get ready. I'll see you soon.”
The connector went silent.
He did it!
Mac stared at his connector in disbelief. When Griean said he’d find someone to share his heats, Mac hadn’t thought he’d do it.
He thought he was trying to make him feel better. But he did it.
Mac’s stomach tightened as nervous energy swirled inside him. He was finally going to have sex with an alpha. He’d hated being alone during his last heat, especially after feeling Faria’s weight on top of him. It had felt so good.