Hope
I feel my cheeks flame with embarrassment. It’s one thing to have your first time with someone. It’s quite another for your father to smell the s*x on you.
Levi, however, is unperturbed.
He wraps his arm around me, pulling me against his body. “Hope and I are mates, just like I was hoping we would be.”
“That’s good,” he says, watching me. “Right?”
“Yes. Yes, it’s good. I just … you know how I feel about finding my mate. I’m not …”
“You’re not ready to complete your bond. I understand. I assume you used protection?” he asks.
Now Levi shifts uncomfortably.
“Uh, I kind of missed that part,” he says.
“Excuse me?” my father says. It’s very rare for my father to use his Beta tone, but I swear the temperature in the room just dropped significantly.
He looks at me. “Are you ready to
