Arren was speechless for a moment as he stared at Spade's playful smile. Everything had finally made sense to him. This pheromones... was the same as what he smelled in the car. He always thought he was having delusions because of his heat, as the beta's smell suddenly became appealing to him, almost like that of an alpha.
While everything was hazy at the time, the smell of that pheromone was so strong that it had already registered in his mind. And the pheromones of that night resurfaced as soon as the dominant and musky scent of Spade's pheromones invaded his nostrils and teasingly intertwined with his.
Arren had always wondered how Spade knew him and had assumed it was because of his case, and he had somehow caught his attention along the way. He knew how he avoided Spade and had never met him, so that's what happened. He met him that night and was the one who saved him.
Arren was startled out of his thoughts by Spade's deep voice, which had a coaxing undertone.
