Mate Reclaimed

as

was

eing gone or even dead turned out to be wrong. I'd tried hard to move on, to f

struggling appearance, she still had that beauty that got to me. It irritated m

I liked – holding her close, feeling her fit perfectly in my arms. But now, in this awkwa

while her eyes roved around my body. "Could

our history together which was good because I could not deal with the memories of finding her in that

ully slow." Then turning to Erica, I said, "Couldn't you find someone

e, I knew how flawed their working relationship was. If Kiara had come here to pretend that nothing

't tell what was going on in her head. All

. "She's good with the measur

put up with someone like he

ind that I knew was practiced before t

wristwatch before running my tongue against the top of my teeth. She watched me, her eyes cold. She squared her shoulders as she turned aroun

uring tape from one end of my shoulders to the other and pa

know your name thoug

She swallowed the moment she turned back and caug

what she'd done to me in the past made me angry all over again. I'd blamed and hated her for so long th

t you properly." Then, a pause and her

n't let it. I'd done so much to fight the feelings for her and six years had passed. There was no way I felt anything o

the measurements

numbers down on a notepad. Next, my chest. She stepped closer until I could hear her heartbeat. I could smell he

look good on you

ble of her fingers. "I don't u

here was no

er touch and how it made me feel like taking her right there and then.

atisfaction of seeing how much her touch still affected me even

me and I saw her mouth twitch.

as I can be," she snapped. "And

smirk. Watching her scamper for words was enough

an ass and then maybe

an turning toward the door. "Then I guess yo

she said. She hel

d to hide the smile from the grati

after she'd said it did she realize it could mean something else. That by tel

hands slipped between my thighs in the most sensual way that I closed my eyes to drown out white noise. It was utterly delic

I looked down at her with an unfocused glare and saw her swallow. It was taking every ounce of my stren

was all she s

en to the surface and with the same ache with which I wanted her back, I hated her as much. My parents were troubling me to get marri

ing tape on the desk by the corner

that crap," I growled.

rica breezed in. "I hope

tions I could easily tell that she was a terrible person that didn

Erica and I wriggled my hands at Kiara. "Next time I'm here, don

ica. "Did som

seemed equally surprised and sad. I couldn't care for the tea

send my secretary in to get the

I saw the subject of the excited call. I hadn't known Erica had such

ed like she was trying to restrain herself from yelling simply because I was st

ned by this discovery

air atop his head. The boy giggled and wriggled himself out of her

bance," she whispered. "I

be no need to keep apologizing for being a di

eld the arm of the child. I

ld," Erica grumbled as she c

gone ahead to live her life by giving birth to a child. A child meant she'd moved o