Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 45

YOU IGNORANT FUCKS.

DIDN'T ANYONE EVER TEACH YOU TO HANDLE WHAT BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE WITH CARE?

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO LECTURE ME-

HUFF...

MR. MILLER, ARE YOU OKAY?

YOU REALLY ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS TO LOOK AFTER.

ARE YOU HURT ANYWHERE-

...JOSHUA?

WHO DID THIS?

SECURITY

TELL ME WHICH BASTARD-

SHIT. DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET CAUGHT THIS FAST. IT TOOK FOREVER JUST TO GET THIS CHANCE...

MY JACKPOT!!!

I CAN'T LET HIM GO LIKE THIS.

IF I JUST TAKE THAT FUCKER HOSTAGE,

I CAN STILL TURN THIS AROUND!

AH! YOU LITTLE SHIT!

JOSHUA, WATCH OUT!!

UGH-!

...IT WAS YOU?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MESSED UP HIS FACE LIKE THAT?

WHAT? WH-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT-

URK!

GAH!

JOSH! CALM DOWN!

HE'S ALREADY OUT COLD!

WHAT THE HELL'S GOTTEN INTO HIM?

HUFF...

HEY, YOUR EAR-

JOSH! YOU...!

WHAT? WHY ARE YOU GUYS ACTING LIKE THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN?

I'M FINE. IS THERE SOMETHING ON ME?

...I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A MARK.

AH...!

AT THAT MOMENT, THE TAPE...!

...WHAT'S THIS?

WHY DO YOU HAVE A MARK?

WHAT... ARE YOU?

JOSH, YOU REALLY SHOCKED ME.

WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, BUT YOU MANAGED TO HIDE IT SO WELL...

...I'M SORRY FOR KEEPING IT SECRET.

AS YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T EXACTLY GO AROUND TELLING PEOPLE I'M AN OMEGA.

I NEVER WOULD'VE GOTTEN HIRED IF I HAD.

FAIR ENOUGH, BUT STILL...

ANYWAY, WHAT'S DONE IS DONE. SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

SETH, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO?

DON'T WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER JOSH

STAYS ON THE TEAM WITH US OR NOT?

THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, YOU IDIOT. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE!

HA... I CAN'T MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW, SO GIVE ME SOME TIME.

I NEED TO STEP OUT FOR A CIGARETTE.

JESUS... JOSH IS AN OMEGA, NOT AN ALPHA...

...SETH, WHY ARE YOU SO CALM?

DON'T TELL ME YOU ALREADY KNEW?

YEAH. FOUND OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

WHAT? YOU'VE KNOWN THAT LONG AND NEVER SAID ANYTHING?

WAIT, THEN PETE WAS BORN FROM JOSH??!

UH... YEAH, BASICALLY.

GOOD LORD, I KNEW THAT KID LOOKED WAY TOO MUCH LIKE YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? PETE DOESN'T LOOK THAT MUCH LIKE ME.

HE LOOKS MORE LIKE CHASE.

WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM, I THOUGHT YOU'D REPRODUCED ASEXUALLY.

HEY, ISAAC. WHY DO YOU LOOK SO CRUSHED?

YOU WERE ACTING LIKE YOU'D LOSE YOUR MIND AND JUMP JOSH THE SECOND YOU FOUND OUT HE WAS AN OMEGA.

SECURITY

HENRY!

...HE ALREADY HAS A MARK, SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS BEING MARRIED.

IF I GOT INVOLVED, IT'D BE AN AFFAIR.

NOW I GET WHY JOSH KEPT TURNING ME DOWN.

SORRY FOR MAKING THINGS AWKWARD ALL THIS TIME, JOSH.

I'LL GET GOING, TOO.

ISN'T THAT GUY SUCH A LOSER?

HENRY!

JOSH, C'S CALLING FOR YOU.

HE WANTS YOU TO BRING EVERY SUPPRESSANT YOU HAVE AND GO TO HIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.

WHY THE HELL...?

WHO KNOWS? MAYBE HE WANTS PROOF THAT YOU'RE REALLY AN OMEGA.

HUFF...

SHOULD I JUST TELL CHASE EVERYTHING?

NO... THAT MIGHT MAKE HIS TRAUMA EVEN WORSE.

HE ALREADY DEVELOPED A PATHOLOGICAL AVERSION TO SLEEPING WITH OMEGAS BECAUSE OF THAT...

IF HE FINDS OUT HE HAD SEX WITH ME WHILE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS,

AND THAT IT LED TO THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

JUST KILL ME NOW.

I'LL WAIT UNTIL HE'S READY.

CHASE... IT'S ME.

CHASE...

...DID YOU BRING THE SUPPRESSANTS?

CHASE, I KNOW YOU'RE ANGRY THAT I LIED TO YOU. BUT-

JUST GIVE ME THE MEDS.

...WHAT?

THE SUPPRESSANTS.

GIVE ME ALL OF THEM.