Page 81 of Family: Posy 4

"That's just the mate bond," I sniffed, tears pooling in my eyes. "You would never even look at me if it weren't for the moon magic binding us."

"Not true." Grabbing my chin in one hand, he tilted my head and kissed me with so much tenderness that my heart melted. "Remember the first time we met?"

I blinked at the change of topic, but nodded.

Peri and her mate, Beta Tyler, had taken me out to dinner two days before Luna Posy freed Landry from his curse. We'd just picked up our menus at Roger's when all of the gammas but Rio walked in. Gammas Nick and Adam grabbed another table and shoved it next to ours so they could join us, and my eyes were immediately drawn to Landry.

Something stirred inside me as I stared at him, which I knew now was the mate bond trying to break through the curse. At the time, I only knew he made me uncomfortable in a rub-my-thighs-together kind of way.

He gave me one long look, then avoided my eyes for the rest of the night, and I was convinced he found me so unappealing, I wasn't worth a second glance.

"I saw your delicious body, beautiful face, and sparkling eyes, and I wondered why I couldn't have been blessed withyouas my mate." He paused to kiss my throat. "The curse shut down those thoughts pretty quick and didn't let me feel anything for you other than disdain, but you can ask the alphas, Beta Ty, or any of my gamma brothers. They'll tell you I've always preferred girls like you."

"You've been with other girls?" My heart sank down to my toes. "But you told me you were a virgin, too."

"I am. I've saved every single first for my mate. But I wasn'tdead," he snickered. "I stilllooked, angel, but that's all I did. I swear on the moon."

"And you 'looked' at fat girls?" I raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"Beautifulgirls," he corrected. "Big, beautiful girls with curves in all the right places."

His hands ran up and down my sides, and I felt a flash of shame for the little rolls he was touching, but he didn't seem to even notice them, and the shame evaporated as his mouth made a meal of mine.

And the mate sparks helped, too.

"I love you, Grace," he murmured when he ended the kiss. "I love your quiet voice and your sweet nature. I love your kindness and your compassion. I love your work ethic and your personal integrity. But this body of yours? I love it so much that I get angry when I hear you say bad things about it."

He cupped my breasts and squeezed them gently through my bra, and I moaned.

"Every part of you is perfect for me, angel. Your little noises are perfect. They drive me wild. And your breasts! Goddess, they're so big! I love how heavy they are! I'm rock hard just holding them while you still have your bra on!" he chirped.

I giggled. I could feelexactlyhow excited he was with his penis digging into my back.

"Can I hold them naked? Can I feel them with nothing between us?" he prattled on. "Can I undo this... What is it called? A buckle? A hook? This thing here."

He pulled at my bra clasp, and I nodded. He didn't waste any time undoing it, then slid the straps down my arms and pulled the fabric away. His hands took the place of my bra, and my breasts filled his calloused palms to overflowing.

"Landry," I moaned and tipped my head back against his chest.

"I'm finally touching Grace's beautiful breasts," he purred.

Humming, he lifted my girls and squashed them together, his hands kneading them a little roughly, and my nipples hardened in response. Ever so gently, he rolled them between his thumbs and forefingers.

"Mmm. I can't wait to take them in my mouth," he breathed in my ear, raising goosebumps all over my skin. Then he sighed. "Much as I could do just this all night, I want to tell you about the rest of your perfect body."

His hands left my breasts to skim down my stomach, and I squirmed against him in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry," I whispered. "I wanted to lose more weight before—"

"Stop that," he scolded as he tickled my jiggly-ness and made me giggle. "Your 'squishy' belly is perfect. I love it. I'm going to bite a big mouthful of it later."

Before I could do more than squeak at that comment, his hands went around to my butt and gripped my round cheeks.

"This is also perfect. I'm going to gnaw on it later, too."

Pleasure spiked through me at both his words and his touch, especially when one hand cupped me between my legs.

"Landry!" I squealed.

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