Chapter 18

Sam

After their mutual romantic understanding and Sam’s embarrassment over his possessive alpha instincts, which Toby found cute, they settled into their secret relationship. Sam thought it was difficult hiding the fact that they wanted to spend all their time together in each other’s rooms, the shared kitchens, and the dorm lounges, so they made the decision to move out together. It was sooner than Sam had planned to set up his adult life, but hiding Toby’s heat was difficult, and they didn’t want to use the heat/rut clinic anymore because it reminded them of a time when they were simply friends-with-benefits, and both a little unhappy with the arrangement. They made plans to move out in time for Toby’s next assumed heat – Toby seemed to only be able to skip one month at a time these days.

House hunting was exciting as they were still in their honeymoon phase, but they browsed apartments as alpha ‘friends’ moving in together to save money, not as a couple.

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