Page 14 of Purrfectly Trapped

Mate.

Oh fuck.

Mine.

Slow down.

No.

She was it. She was the one.His one. Reg’s true and fated mate.

Holy fucking shit.

“Uh, hi, I’m Gretchen. You can, um, put me down now,” the woman said.

She smiled tightly, and raised her eyebrows expectantly, but there was no fucking way he was letting her go.

Mine, growled his beast, but Reg remained silent.

“Um, yeah. Okay, buddy. Thanks for the rescue, but it can’t be easy holding me like this, so, you can just put me down, yeah? Like now.”

Eyes narrowed, the tiny female pushed against his chest as if she could possibly move him. He was grinning like an idiot, but he couldn’t help it. He was so damned happy.

A mate! Whooopeeee!

“Dude, what the heck?”

Shit.

He realized belatedly that she was trying to get away. Reg loosened his hold as sanity slowly came back to him. What the fucking fuck had just happened?

“Are you hard of hearing? Put me down.”

“Sorry.” He cleared his throat to try to get the Tiger out of his voice, while letting her slide to the ground.

“I didn’t expect to meet you. I guess, I’m shocked is all.”

“What are you talking about? Who else did you expect to meet in my salon? Who are you?” Gretchen asked.

“Well, I mean, I came to get a haircut---”

“Okay, great,” she said, pushing herself out of his arms.

Reg frowned. He missed the feel of her already and was about to step closer when he saw her expression. Shit. She was not loving this.

Okay, he could back off. For now. But fuck, she was warm and soft, like a living dream. One he could hold close and keep safe forever in his embrace.

Fuck, he sounded like an idiot even to himself.

She was talking again, and he tried to focus on her instead of his own insecurities, and his randy Tiger urging him to claim her right there.

“Congratulations! You’re my very first walk-in client here atCut It Out,” she announced proudly.

“Excellent,” he grinned, following as she proceeded to walk in front of him with the cutest little sway to her hips he’d ever seen.

His Tiger peeked out from his gaze, and it was all he could do to wrestle the beast back down. Reg was simply struck by this woman on a level he’d never experienced. Could it be the universe had answered his most fervent wish? Had his mate finally been revealed?

Anticipation was climbing as he waited to see just what the sexy little female would say or do next. He already knew he would do anything for her. She was astounding, exceptional, purrfect for him in every way.

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