Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 216

Chapter 216: Ch 216: Don’t Tempt me
The police arrived in about half an hour and began to clean up the place. In the meantime, Rika had gone around the base and found many samples of the drug she had been investigating.

Along with the drug, Rika also found contact information of the dealers and other critical details.

The list with the drug owner’s name was a massive relief for her to possess.

‘Let’s hand this all over to Zhu Li and be done with this. But I feel Damian might kill Zhu Li if they meet now. Maybe I will hold off giving out this information to the other.’

A hand squeezed Rika’s back, and she looked at the culprit. Her eyes instantly met Damian’s, and Rika looked away with a flushed expression.

“Stop thinking about other things when you are with me. It makes me upset when your attention is on someone else.”

Damian’s voice sounded possessive and aggressive. He was no longer mincing his words to make Rika feel better.

Instead, he expressed what he wanted to say, and his eyes complemented his strong desire.

“How do you know I was not thinking about you while I was lost?”

Rika asked, but Damian’s intense gaze held the question, ‘Did you really?’ making Rika look away with a guilty conscience.

She had been thinking about Damian, but it was not in the way he wanted her to.

Damian finally started the car, and Rika suddenly wanted to confess.

Rika had only meant to ask Damian to drop her home, but somehow, her words got mixed up, and what came out of her mouth differed from what she wanted to say.

“I love you.”

These three words caused Rika’s life to flash in front of her eyes as Damian pressed the brakes hard and caused the car to skid to a stop.

He also did this in the middle of the road, increasing the chances of an accident.

“Hey, what the heck was that? You almost got us both killed-”

“Repeat it! Repeat those words.”

Damian demanded while keeping his face buried in his arms.

He looked cute, and Rika was sure the older alpha was blushing hard now. She wanted to tease him more and see his expression, so she spoke without thinking again.

“I love you…ah, I -”

Those words finally registered in Rika’s ears, and her face flushed.

Her relief after being rescued forced Rika’s feelings to the surface, and she could not help but confess her feelings.

“This feels awkward. I was not supposed to confess my feelings to you like this. Ah, but since I did so anyway, it no longer matters if I deny them. So, I will tell them to you properly now, Damian Rodric. I-”

“Just wait a minute. Let’s go home first. I can’t control myself if you confess to me right now.”

Damian stopped Rika from speaking. His flushed face said volumes about how he was feeling.

But more than his face, his lower half was reacting.

Looking at that bulge made Rika’s body shiver in anticipation and fear.

‘Shit! Do I want Damian? I do! But it would make Emily feel alienated, so I should-‘

“I am taking you home. We can deal with everything else later.”

That was how Rika ended up alone with Damian in the enclosed space.

“Have we ever been alone like this without Emily? As far as I remember, there were always three of us, right? We never got to spend time alone like this.”

Rika spoke softly as she sat on the sofa, feeling protected.

Damian’s presence beside her greatly relieved Rika and made her feel better. She could even fall asleep like this and not worry about anything.

However, Damian and his problem continued to attract Rika’s attention.

His considerable bulge was right in Rika’s vision, but Damian did nothing to address or draw attention to it.

“Don’t you need help with that? Your pants look tight. Do you want me to make you come?”

Rika asked as she slowly inched closer to Damian. She was about to touch him when he grabbed her arms.

“Would you please not try now? I won’t be able to control myself if you initiate this now, and Emily is not here to prevent me either. Just staying with you like this is enough for me for now. It would be best if you also headed back home soon. My rut will be here tonight, so it’ll not be safe for you.”

The warning was clear, and Rika blinked at the alpha with a shocked expression.

Unlike an omega who showed symptoms of heat before going into the cycle, an alpha’s rut was punctual and showed no signs. One could not even tell when an alpha might go into a rut most of the time.

So, they usually regulate it with the use of medicine.

“I did not even realise that it was that time…not that I know anything about yours or Emily’s cycle. Do you need me to call Emily-”

“Please don’t worry. Neither she nor I can stand each other during our ruts. Could you just let it pass for now? Can you tell me that you love me once more before you decide to leave?”

Rika blinked at the alpha in front of her with blank eyes.

She knew that neither Emily nor Damian spent their ruts with other omegas. They likely rode them out alone without any help.

But Rika’s instincts would not stop yelling at her to help her alpha out during his rut or risk losing him. It was irritating, and Rika knew her body would regret her decision.

However, some decisions needed to be made while out of their mind. And this was indeed one of them.

“Dami, how long does your rut last?”

Rika asked with an almost nervous voice.

“Hmm, it will last two days this time. I cannot afford to go off the grid for more than that time, so you don’t have to worry. I will visit you after two days.

That was bearable. Rika was sure that she could manage for two days.

“If it’s only two days, do you want me to help you?”