His Reluctant Mate

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have her mate so close. I was sore in places I didn’t know were possible, but the pleasure I’d experienced more than made up f

uldn’t quite catch what had caused it in the first place, but that didn’t really matter at the moment because th

oughout the night, I had clung to my mate as much as he did me. I’d also woken him up with my mouth on his cock the same way he’d done with his tongue in my pussy.

His lips brushed over my mating mark, sending a spark of desire directly to my womb.

ack to meet his ga

st?” His brow wrinkled

re face-to-face. “You know very w

I should have been m

hing that shifters don’t need a lot of sleep because I ha

in each other’s air. When my stomach let out a gurgling noise, he ended the kiss, and his hand drifted from my hip to cup my

save the sex for later,” I proposed even though I was sorely tempted to suggest we postpone eating until aft

d my palm around his hard-on. “This will

about to suggest we wait until later for

ck as he pulled his shaft from my grip. “Save that thought for later,

aste and used the extra toothbrush he hadn’t opened yet, along with a shirt that was several sizes too

oured a second cup of coffee a

. “If I can’t have a latte, I prefer

ton from the fridge after dumping half of my coffee back into the carafe to make

my mug. When he quirked a brow in question at me, I expla

initely a guy.” He winked at me, and I

er we get back from breakfast, I’ll give you the chance to show me all over again.” “There’s

n a greasy spoon. “Darn it. I forgot that there’s nowhe

teased as he walked over to the fridge to pull out a c

is about as big as it gets,” I echoed his earlier comeback, swirling my finger around the rim of my mu

u like in y

ut of my thoughts. “Are

rive, I figured we might as well stay here instead of going out.” He set two

oured myself another cup of coffee before peeking over his shoulder to see what

o in them if y

de a tomato, red pepper, and onion. “A ve

en my start when a lion shifter my dad knew needed some help opening a restaurant in our neighborhood. Since I was bored, I had offered to pitch in. T

ugh I had offered to take care of them—when my sister’s ringtone sounded from my cell. I dragged my gaze from how pe

I wonder if you guys will fight like cats and dogs.” When I didn’t laugh a

the bedroom. I didn’t want him to overhear my discussion with my sister because I didn’t want to hurt his feelings over somet

arlier playfulness. “You’ve finally found your fated mate. All s

s to explain my feelings. “There’s no way to make you understan

l question, Trin. What’

fferent lives. Mine is in New York while Damon’s is here. How can we possibly re

king this, kitten. Nothing is more important to me than making you happy.

and I could tell that his animal was close to the surface. Before I disconnec

e pressing my palms against his chest. “But as long as you’re already here, I’d ap

. Except there was one problem with that plan. “But I came to town to watch the kid

ne. “We’re a newly mated couple, which takes priority over