Page 26 of Bear In Mind

Opening the medicine cabinet, he pulled out a white tube.“Give me your left arm.”

Extending my arm towards him, I watched as he squirted the clear gel on his fingers.I braced myself for a dull ache to encase my forearm, but it never came.

Ever so gently, he worked the cream into my bruised flesh.His nostrils flared and he ground his teeth, but it never affected his touch.He was careful.He handled me with a tenderness devoted to the most precious treasures on Earth.

I found myself studying him, observing him with wonderment.My mom would have loved Bear.He was everything she wanted for me.

Abruptly, tears stung my eyes.It’d been a little while since I’d thought of her.

“Shit.”It was a breathless curse as he stilled, concern creasing his brows.“Did I hurt you?”

Shaking my head negatively, I bit my lip.“No.You were great.Perfect, really.”

With a nod, as though he understood this wasn’t about him applying medicine to my wound, he closed the tube and put it back in the cabinet.Placing another kiss on my forehead, he slid around me, securing my back to his front as he guided us out of the bathroom.“Let’s go, beautiful.”He flipped the light switch off as we passed it.

Chapter Seventeen

Bryn

He settled me on the sofa in the living room before going to the garage.When he returned, he carried his phone and a small white bag.Sitting beside me, he passed me the bag.“What sounds good to you?Anything we can’t order, I can have one of my guys bring us.”

I bit my bottom lip, focusing on him for a moment.I shrugged my shoulders.“My go to is an extra cheese pizza and cheap wine.”

With a single nod, he scrolled through his phone and called the only pizza place in town.Essentially, it was a kitchen with a sign out front.There was no dining area; the only options were pick-up at the counter or delivery within the town’s limits.

Opening the bag, I frowned.I pulled out the phone, covered in a teal case.A Bluetooth remained unopened in its packaging still.Pushing the home button, I found that the phone was already on and set up.Holy crap.I recognized the phone as the newest model.Even with a new contract it was three hundred dollars, and I wasn’t eligible for an upgrade for another seven months.The case was a double-layered encasement that was probably non-slip, waterproof and shatterproof.

Glancing sideways, I found him watching me, even as he ordered the food.A quick calculation said this cost at least nine hundred dollars altogether.I couldn’t remember the last time I had nine hundred dollars in my bank account all at once.It was too much.

The moment he ended the call, I shook my head negatively.“It’s way too much.”

He fixed me with a glare.“You’re not leaving this house without a phone.I need to be able to reach you and know that you’re okay at all times.”His irises glittered.

His response halted my rebuttal, instantly softening my determination.Setting the device aside, I moved to straddle his lap.His hands gripped my hips as I leaned into him, stealing a kiss.“Nothing’s going to happen to me, Bear, and if it does, I’m certain that a phone wouldn’t have prevented it.”

Sucking in a deep breath, he considered me.“I know it’s stronger for me than it is for you right now, but you have to understand, honey, you’re mine, ours.You are half of my heart.If anything-” His jaw clenched, his nostrils flaring as he exhaled harshly.“If anything happened to you, not only would I never forgive myself, but I would never be the same.”He squeezed me tighter.“I love you, Bryn.I know that’s probably hard for you to believe, but, I do, and I’d do anything for you, honey.Anything.”

“It’s hard to resist you when you say stuff like that.”I smiled at him, my heart skipping a beat.In the last couple hours, he’d said everything a woman wanted to hear, but had actually meant it.It was scary and heartwarming at the same time.

His hands slid around to cup my rear asset.Grabbing my globes, he tugged me flush against him.“Then don’t.”

The feel of his upper body was enough to make any woman want to strip.“I thought we needed to talk?”I quirked a brow.

His eyes visibly darkened.“It can wait.”

I chuckled, leaning in closer.“How long until the pizza gets here?”

“Thirty minutes.”He didn’t take his eyes off of me.His grip tautened even more, to the point where I wondered if his handprint would be on my rear asset tomorrow.

Biting my lip seductively, I watched him for a moment.“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

“Fuck yes.”He yanked the tank and my bra up over my breasts in one quick move.He grabbed my breasts, rubbing his thumbs over my nipples.

A soft moan escaped me as I sunk into his talented hands.Tingles spread across my chest, seeming to zap my pussy with desire.Seizing his lips, I rocked my hips along his erection, teasing him.

Abruptly, he snarled, lifting us upright.Standing behind me, he nearly ripped his shorts and my own layers trying to rid us of them, yet somehow managed to avoid my bruise.Dropping back onto the couch, he pulled me into his lap.Supporting my back, he angled me just enough to capture a stiff peak between his lips.My cry was strong this time as he suckled and teased the bud, sending liquid heat sliding down my channel.

Rising up on my knees, breaking from his mouth, I aligned his cock at my entrance before plunging downwards.

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