Page 52 of The Bear's Chosen Mate
“Let go,” Lara said quietly, as if all of the fight had gone out of her.Her head hung low.
Shockingly, intense concern hit hard.
“What’s wrong?”Alex demanded.
She shook her head.
Dammit all.He put two and two together and came up with something he didn’t like.He bet anything she was pulling a fast one.First on Amber, now on him.
Maybe it was time to throw a little bait.He caressed his thumb over the back of her hand, the softness making his entire body tighten with need.He shoved down his desire and focused on doing what was needed.He had to make sure Borealis Gems was safe.“I have no problem helping a friend.”
Lara stiffened.Her head slowly tilted until her gaze met his.“Really?”
He spoke softly, intimately.Enticing her to share.“Of course.Tell me—there’s something going on, isn’t there?”
For one moment her eyes softened.Instead of tugging away, her fingers wrapped around his as if she wanted to stay close.As if the sensation screaming through his veins that wanted him to strip her down and make her his was driving through her as well.
Heavy with desire, craving more.
She opened her mouth, and in the instant before she said something, the sensation he had won thrilled up his spine.She was going to spill the beans, and he hadn’t truly committed to anything.
Lara went absolutely motionless.Her gaze flickered.
She licked her lips.Slowly.
He couldn’t resist.He stared at her mouth hungrily, because having her this close, he could imagine what that tongue would feel like against his.What she would taste like.
What he could do to her to make them both howl.
Unexpectedly, she moved.She pressed herself against him and tangled her fingers in his hair.Something clattered to the floor—her shoes?—as she kissed him, hard, wild fire and need flaring in the instant before he reacted.
And react he did.The next thing he knew, they were fighting for control as he kissed her back as if possessed.
He didn’t care.He picked her up, pressing her body against the nearest wall—and his inner bear rumbled with delight and a fair bit of gloating.
See?Animal.Go on…
Alex ignored the beast as best he could, sliding a foot to the side when his arm hit the intercom system for the building.Then it was all about her taste flooding his system, sexual tension rising at high velocity until he was nearly mad with want.
Lara scratched at his shoulders and tugged at his buttons until she succeeded in stripping away his shirt.He bent and licked the skin on her neck before biting lightly.She let out a soft scream and dug in her nails hard enough to leave marks, which only made the whole fucking thing that much hotter.
Alex swore, dragging his lips from her skin.“This is wrong.This is all wrong, but dammit, I want you.”
She wiggled, and he set her down.Then her hands were on his waistline and she was working his button and zipper, pushing his pants from his hips, pressing him back toward the wall at the bottom of the stairwell.
He clutched the railing with both hands behind him to catch his balance.He had one foot on the first stair, the other on the landing as her hand dipped into his dress pants and her fingers wrapped around the hard length of his cock.
Alex’s head fell back, smacking into the wall as she worked him through the fabric of his briefs.
This might be wrong, but no way could he tell her to stop.Pleasure rippled through his body even as he fought to regain control.She was pressed up against the side of him, one hand behind him, but it was the other hand that had one hundred percent of his attention because—
Holy freaking hotness.
The next thing he knew, Lara wrenched herself from him.She jerked to a stop four feet away and stared with an unreadable expression.Her chest rocked heavily as she panted, trying to catch her breath.She was all ruffled, strands of her hair having escaped her ponytail.Her clothes were messed up, shoes scattered on the floor by her feet.
Bare feet, with pale pink toenails.
“Come here,” Alex ordered, reaching for her—
