Best Friend.

Daniel backed the lady who was becoming increasingly aggressive up against the wall, their tongues moving in sync as he ground hard against her mid-section. She moaned, tilting her head back to give his lips access to her long, slender neck, her fingers sifting through his hair. He trailed hot, hard kisses down her neck to her breasts, moving the thin fabric that did little to hide her bulging cleavage to the side, taking a bulbous pink nipple into his mouth.

In truth, he wasn’t really enjoying any of it. Victoria had been his sexual partner for a long, despite the fact that she was now in a relationship with Spencer his best friend. He’d met her at his very own company’s end-of-the-year dinner last year when Spencer introduced her to him as his fiancée. He’d felt hurt, butt-hurt, because he was in love with Spencer too but things became crazy when Victoria sought him out the day after, and they had wild sex on the back seat of his car by the roadside.

He made a sloppy sound as he let the nipple go and straightened, the image of those innocent blue eyes burning in his mind. He’d never felt like that before, and Andrew, his wolf had been pretty excited, screaming Mate! Mate! In his head. He was hesitant because he didn’t expect his mate to be a man, which was why he hadn’t whisked the omega off at first sight.

The more he thought about it, the more he was losing his mind.

“What are you thinking about?” Victoria cooed, locking her arms around his neck and pulling his face down for a kiss. He stiffened, giving her his face instead. Her red lipstick smeared the corner of his lips and he pushed her off. “What’s gotten into you?”

“I’m tired of this, Vee,” he sighed, running a hand through his hair in frustration. God, how complicated everything seemed. “Spencer is my friend and – “

“Don’t you fucking pull that card on me, Dan,” she held up a hand, her pearly white earrings dangling about. “I know what I want. And it’s not Spencer.”

“Well then break off your engagement with him! It’s as simple as that. I don’t want to keep secrets from him anymore. This shit between us has got to stop.”

“B-But,” she moved closer to him, her voice falling before a whisper. “But you know I love you. And I’m sure you love me too. Stop pretending that you’re not enjoying this affair. Or have you found yourself another woman?”

Daniel said nothing, but cerulean blue eyes that were becoming all too familiar plagued his mind. He groaned, stumbling back against the room’s dresser. “Victoria…”

“Tell me the truth now,” he jumped at the sound of her voice in his ears. Damn, how did she move that fast? As sneaky as a snake. “Who is this person that you can’t stop thinking of? Is she better than me? Of course not…well?”

His phone dinged loudly in his pocket. A saving grace from Victoria’s intensity. Whipping it out, he almost passed out at the name on the caller ID. “Shit.”

Victoria had gone to sit on the edge of the small futon, twirling a strand of her blonde hair around her finger. “Well?” she tilted her head to the side, waving him on. “Answer it. Then tell him we’re having an affair.”

His mouth flew open, hands trembling. “What?”

She giggled mischievously. “You heard what I said. Tell him. After all, there are always two sides to a story.”

His brows knitted together in alarm. “Are you implying that you’d try to break our friendship off? That’s pretty mean, even for a bitch like you.”

I don’t care what you say. I love you but I also want Spencer,” her eyes darkened. “If you want to keep being besties with Spence as you two have always been, you’ll know what’s best for you to do.”

His jaw tightened as he swiped up the green button. “Spence?”

“Where the fuck did you keep your phone?” Spencer barked sharply, causing Daniel to drag a palm down his face with a sigh. “You said you’d be here on time so we’d talk with Mr. JC about getting married to his daughter to straighten our company ties.”

“Yes I said so, but right now I’m extremely worn out. I don’t think I can make it tonight anymore.”

“Well, that’s just great.” The disappointment in Spencer’s voice was scathing. It made Daniel feel even guiltier than he already was.

“I’m sorry.”

Spencer snorted. “It’s nothing to be sorry for. You’ve been a lot more difficult this past week, man. Does this have something to do with the Pack elders? Did you inform them of your impending engagement to Anita?”

Daniel sighed heavily, turning slightly away from Victoria whose ear tips were erect as she listened attentively to their conversation. He didn’t enjoy her scrutiny. He wanted to tell Spencer about the omega he felt a strong connection with and he couldn’t feel comfortable doing so in front of her. “No. they know nothing about that yet.”

“What then are you waiting for? We have to move quickly or another smarter company beats us to the race. You know how important a merger between our company and his is. Call Viktor and tell him to schedule a meeting with the Pack elders tomorrow.”

“Sure,” he eyed the door now, wondering how he was going to leave without Victoria making a fuss. “I’ll call you if anything comes up.” He hung up.

The silence that descended afterward made Daniel feel as though he was treading on pins and needles. Victoria had fallen back into the mattress, her hips hiked up so he could see her expensive lace panties. “Anita, huh? I’ve heard that name before.”

“I need to leave.” There was no use pretending to do this shit anymore. “Mind if I drop you off?”

Victoria sat up, calmly. “Yes. But I wouldn’t mind if you fucked me.”

“I’m afraid I can’t help you with that.” He said, moving over to the door now. 

“Then you can’t drop me off. And I forbid you from leaving.”

“Okay.” He turned the doorknob now, stepping outside. It irritated him that she thought she could control just about anyone.

“Where are you going?” he slammed the door now, hurrying down the corridor. “This is not over, Daniel! I swear I’ll make you pay!”

He didn’t doubt her words. And he knew that soon enough, Spencer would come to know of their affair. He felt bad about it now. He’d been a very bad friend and Alpha. There were lots of sweet female omegas to get entangled in a scandal with. But it had to be Victoria. Daniel didn’t totally blame her for inciting things between them. To be frank he’d found her appealing and sexy almost the same time Spencer fell for her. And he knew better than to continue shagging her even after their engagement.

Tonight, he was going to end it all. To get his conscience clean and have some fun. Then maybe he could deal with Spencer hating him for life.