Page 72 of Bria and the Tiger

“Not yet,” he growled. “I need more.”

“Okay,” she almost moaned. Her hands rubbed across his collarbone and she gasped again when he slid his hands inside her skirt and gripped her bare ass.

He squeezed the firm flesh before tracing the thin strip of material between her ass cheeks. This time she did moan, a soft sound that set his skin on fire with need.

“I feel so bad about doing this to you.” She pressed her mouth against a particularly deep bite mark on his shoulder.

“You shouldn’t.” He squeezed her ass again.

“I feel like I should make it up to you, somehow.”

“Maybe you should.” He bent his head and sucked on her bottom lip.

She purred, and his cock throbbed at the sound.

Her purring fucking did him in every time.

“What do you want me to do?” She licked his mouth and he groaned.

Despite how much time they had spent mating over the weekend, he wanted her again with a desperation that would have been funny if it hadn’t been so ridiculously pathetic.

“You can go with me to my cousin’s engagement party this weekend.”

She blinked in surprise at him as he gave her his own look of shock. Where the fuck did that come from?

She pulled away from him. He let go of her ass with regret, and she folded her arms across her torso. “You want me to go with you to a family thing?”

“Yes. My cousin Ashley is getting married, and we’re having an engagement party for her. My entire extended family will be there.”

It was the wrong thing to say. Her eyes widened, and she took another step back. “Your entire family?”

Goddammit.

“Yes, but there will also be friends there. One of them is a lion shifter named Marilyn.”

She gave him a blank look and he forged ahead. “I’ve known Marilyn since we were kittens and she, uh, she has a bit of a crush on me.”

Her eyes flashed golden fire for a moment before returning to their normal blue. “So what? You want me to go with you and pretend to be your girlfriend, so Marilyn leaves you alone?”

He nodded. “Yes, that’s exactly what I want. I know, I sound like an asshole, but I have tried everything else with her – including flat out telling her I will never be interested in her as anything more than a friend. The woman is relentless.”

“Do you think me posing as your girlfriend will actually make a difference then?”

“I do. When Tabitha and I were together, Marilyn didn’t…”

His face turned red and he cleared his throat. “Anyway, you’d be doing me a huge favour by posing as my girlfriend. What do you say?”

“I’m not sure, Jace. It’s weird to pretend when I…”

She stared at the marks on his chest before taking a deep breath. “Yes, I’ll do it.”

“Thank you, I really appreciate this.” He hesitated and made a sudden decision. If they left Friday night, he would have an excuse to spend the night with Bria. Maybe she’d want to sleep with him again. “It’s an overnight trip. We’ll leave Friday after work and we’ll be back in the city by Saturday evening.”

Before she could reply, the door opened, and Lincoln poked his head in. “Hey, I’m going for a drink. Do you want to come with – holy shit, man, what the fuck happened to you?”

Jace grabbed for his shirt as Bria, blushing furiously, skittered past Lincoln and out the door.

“Christ, you look like you’ve been put through a meat grinder,” Lincoln said.

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