Page 26 of Surprise Mother Pucker

“I want to. If it's too much, I will stop, but that's only if you're overwhelmed. If you're simply trying to be polite, I'm going to remind you that it's rude to turn down a courting gift.” He smirked as he spoke.

I opened my mouth to reply but closed it. He had me there. I wasn't going to lie to him and say I was overwhelmed when, in fact, I was just filled with gratitude at his gesture.

So, instead of answering, I narrowed my eyes at him. When he glanced over and saw, he burst into laughter. His hand reached out, gently gripping the top of my thigh over the blanket as he continued driving.

My mind was hyper focused on that hand. The sheer size of it compared to my leg. He dwarfed me in every aspect. Yet I felt incredibly safe with him. The location of his grasp did have me considering how it would feel if he inched that hand ever so slightly higher.

We had been on one date, and I was already turning into a lady horndog.

“Who’s looking after Charlotte?”

“My friend Beth, again. Despite the fact my daughter isn't even a year old yet, I'm pretty sure Beth is trying to corrupt her.”

“Exactly how does one corrupt a minor that young?”

“Gummy bears,” I said simply.

“Ah, yes. Terrible things, those gummy bears.”

I nodded. “They are, especially when they steal Mommy’s artificial bears that are full of sugar. Char isn’t even old enough for candy yet, but when it’s time, I’ll start her on those organic sugar-free ones. Just to start off with. I don't want to put her into a sugar coma before she's even a toddler.”

“In that case, we may need to keep her away from Charlie. Don't get me wrong—my pack member is amazing, but he is a sucker for a cute face, and I have a feeling that any child of yours is going to be ridiculously cute when she wants something.”

“She’s going to be an omega, I’m sure of it.” I laughed. “She’s all snuggly and cute faces. Sometimes it's so hard to say no to her. I hope she never goes through the terrible twos.”

“Maybe daughters are different, but I've heard from my pack mates’ mothers that they were terrors as children. Storm and Micha were always rolling around in the mud. I preferred indoor activities, but I wasn't opposed to an occasional mud bath.”

I cocked my head to the side, snuggling into the blanket. “It sounds like you guys are really close.”

“Have you ever been around packs before?” he asked, glancing over at me.

I shook my head. “Nope. My mother was an omega and my father was a beta. I lost them a few years ago in a car accident. It's just me and Char now.”

“I’m sorry,” Eli said.

My eyes started to blur with tears at the thought, and I quickly blinked them away. Sobbing my eyes out on a second date definitely wouldn't be a good look. Still, sometimes I hated how little family my sweet baby had.

“I'm used to it. Charlotte and I make the best of what we've got.”

“You still deserve more,” he said.

I was going to answer, but we pulled up on the street, and he turned to look at me. “The place we're going to is just around the corner,” he informed me as he pushed his glasses farther up his nose. “Stay there,” he instructed as he got out of the car, quickly walking around to my side and opening the door for me.

“Fuck it,” he growled as I slid out of the car. Before I could look up and ask him what was happening, his hands were cupping my chin lightly, forcing my eyes to meet him. “I’ve been desperate to kiss you since our last date. I was going to be a gentleman and wait until the end, but I don’t think I can,” he admitted, his eyes searching my face for something, maybe some negative reaction?

Well, there was no way in hell I was going to have a bad reaction to the exceedingly hot alpha saying he wanted to kiss me. Especially when I had been thinking about kissing him nonstop for the last few days.

Happy with what he had seen on my face, he leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. His smoky sweet scent was everywhere, and I was drowning in it. I didn’t want to come up for air.

His hand cupped the back of my head, both holding it in place and stopping it from hitting the car. Even when ravaging my mouth, he was looking out for me.

His actions gave me the warm mushies, and I was seriously tempted to tell him to forget the date as long as we could keep making out.

Eventually, he pulled away, a slightly remorseful look across his features. “I don't want to stop doing that, but the restaurant is just around the corner, and if we don’t stop soon, we’ll miss dinner.”

“I'm okay with missing dinner.” I shrugged, making Eli chuckle as he gently pushed me away from the car.

“Come on, the least I can do is feed you first,” he said.

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