Page 29 of The Bear's Chosen Mate
James seemed to be multitasking just fine at the moment.He’d shoved the shirt up over both her breasts, cupping them together so he could more easily switch from one side to the next.
Kaylee slid until she was straddling his thigh, needing pressure on other parts of her body.
“Oh, James was fine.Very independent.Or at least it seems that way to me.He and I always end up arguing about the stupidest things.”Like how he shouldn’t be messing with her while she was trying to have a grown-up conversation.
“But he wasn’t feeling well.Summer fever… Or something.”
Oh, really?It was almost as if he’d known James might be teetering on the edge of mating fever.And now the old goat was fishing for information.
Tough luck.Kaylee not only didn’t feel like informing him of any details, she was rapidly losing all interest in the entire conversation.“James?Feverish?Definitely not.When I left his apartment Friday, he was in tip-top shape and just as annoying as usual.”
“Ahhh.”Grandpa Giles seemed confused.
Okay, it was a lie, but it was none of his business and he deserved to suffer a little.
“Sorry, need to run.Glad your meeting turned out well, Mr.Borealis.”
She hung up, tossing her phone onto the couch so she could reach down and haul James’s lips up to hers.
He kissed her for a moment, his smile clear as their mouths connected.He pulled back just far enough to keep dragging his fingernails gently down her back, rocking her over his thigh in an intimate, sensual tease.“Poor Grandpa Giles.He’s probably freaking out right now, trying to figure out what the hell’s going on.”
“Poor Grandpa Giles, my ass.The man deserves to suffer a little,” Kaylee said bluntly.“Did you order enough food to feed an army?”
“I did.”
She slid a hand between them and wrapped her fingers around the thick length of his cock pressed against his thin sweatpants.“How long do we have before the supplies arrive?”
“An hour,” he told her proudly.“Which gives me plenty of time to ravish you.”
She attempted to look as if she were seriously considering his comment as he rose to his feet and carried her toward the bedroom.“I suppose that’s enough time for a modest ravishing.We’ll have to save the thorough ravishing for later.”
“A brilliant plan.”
The modest ravishing was followed by massive amounts of food, and then a thorough ravishing.
The next day’s schedule was pretty much the same, although when Grandpa Giles tried phoning James, he didn’t bother to answer.
By the time they lay in bed six days after the storm had rolled through, Kaylee felt well used and very, very content.
James lay next to her in the bed, stroking his fingers over her belly.He pushed up on one elbow and watched his hand as he caressed.“I think we’ve reached the beginning of the end,” he warned.“I mean, I still want to do terribly dirty things to you, but it’s no longer a dire need… Well, that’s not right.The compulsion to get down and dirty with you is just as strong, but it’s…”
He made a face, and she laughed.She knew what he was trying to say.
James rolled her on top, draping her sated limbs over his rock-solid chest.“Fuck it.This is coming out all wrong because there’s nothing that’s changed in terms of how much I want you.But Icantell the fever’s abating.”
She sighed.“It’s been lovely.I suppose at some point we have to get back to reality.”
His grin said he agreed.Then his expression softened, and he took a deep breath.“So.Do you feel…different?”
Kaylee opened her mouth and prepared to rip out her heart.
12
Kaylee had been thinking hard about this very thing.While she hadn’t had very much time to go online, considering how busy James had kept her, Amber had forwarded her a bunch of links.Kaylee had stolen moments to pore over the data in the hopes she could figure out what she should be looking for, trying to figure out exactly what mating was supposed to feel like in themy God, this is really happeningstages.
None of it seemed applicable.“I don’t think so.I mean, I feel like I know you better—and no making a smartass comment about that—than I did a week ago.I feel closer to you.But in terms of any mystical magical woo-woo… Nothing.”
“It’s okay.It might take time to kick in.”He sounded so confident, the same way he had when they’d been trapped—ha!—in the elevator.
