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A Second Chance (Fated Mate)(29)



“You do that, Dearie.”

“I’m not your Dearie anything. I’m quite positive I’m not very fond of you.”

“I’ll grow on you. Especially, since I’ll be helping to raise your pups.”

Katie turned and gave the older woman a slight tilt of the lips that could never have been mistaken as a smile, and continued down the hall. She had no idea where she was going, but she had to get away from this lady.

She went all the way to the end of the hall passing many open inviting doors. She was looking for the master bedroom, so that she could place her belongings in a different room. At the end of the hall was the biggest room, with a sitting room and a fireplace. She backed out of the room deciding that was the master suite, and went two doors down. To the room she had named the blue room. It had walls the color of Conner’s eyes, and the most comfortable looking queen bed, with an attached bathroom. She was so tired and the room smelled so good, comforting. She put her bag on a chair in the corner of the room, and fully clothed, she climbed into bed.





Chapter 11



Conner beat the punching bag in his gym until his knuckles were bloody. He’d already run on the treadmill and done his usual work out. He was feeling much calmer, but he wasn’t sure how Katie was going to react to him leaving her with Quinn to show around. Mrs. Quinn was a wonderful lady, but she could be direct and inadvertently hurtful. It was that thought that had him grab a towel and head up to his room.

He passed Quinn who was in the kitchen preparing the evening meal, “Did Katie get settled in?”

“Uh hum.” She didn’t even turn to look at him, just kept mashing potatoes.

“What are we having tonight?” He could sense that something was off about Quinn, but he didn’t want to know, one problem at a time.

“Tri tip with mashed potatoes and a salad. Be down with your lady friend in ten minutes. The table will be set then.” She turned and saw him, “Go on, you better shower fast.”

Uh oh. Maybe things didn’t go well with Katie. Quinn was not calling Katie ‘mate’ like usual, but lady friend. He turned and walked to his room, he’d ask Katie about it.

When he turned the corner into his room, he immediately smelled apricots. Katie was in his bed, snoring. He had a sudden vision of them naked in the bed, entwined in each other’s arms, and the sheets, sweat glistening on her body while she rode him like a cowgirl.

He looked down at his cock, which was straining in the workout shorts. Maybe a cold shower would be better. He’d let her sleep until dinner.

Katie heard the shower turn on. Of all the bathrooms in this house someone had to invade hers. She woke up and stretched, pushing the covers to the side, and walking briskly to the bathroom. Now that she was up, she had to go-bad. The bathroom door was open so she yelled in, “Hello, someone there?”#p#分页标题#e#

A moment of silence, then Conner’s voice, “It’s me. I’ll be out in a moment.”

Yum, Katie loved the sound of his voice. She began to picture him naked in the shower, water gliding down his chest and into the small patch of hair at the juncture of his thighs. Wait, no. No more thoughts of naked wet Conner. Bad libido.

“Um, I really need to pee. Do you think you could close your eyes? I would go to another bathroom, but I don’t know where another one is and the ice tea from lunch is calling.”

“Sure you can come in, but didn’t you look around the house? Quinn was supposed to show you around.” He sounded troubled.

She went into the bathroom and tried not to look, but couldn’t help it. She took a peek and saw his distorted form in the shower, and even with the frosted glass she could make out his erection. “Some workout I guess.”

“Hey, if I can’t look, you can’t either. And what do you expect when I find the woman of my dreams sleeping in my bed.”

She had just started to pee when his words stopped her and halted the flow of urine for a moment. “What do you mean your room? The master bedroom is down the hall.” She resumed peeing.

He chuckled, “Yes, I know. I did design this house. I didn’t want to stay in the master bedroom until I found my mate, and then I figured we could move in together.” He sounded embarrassed.

There Katie was, sitting in the bathroom, on the toilet when she fell in love. This man was amazing. He was so giving and gentle, passionate and supportive. Quinn was right, she didn’t deserve him.

Still sitting on the toilet pondering her situation, when the shower stall was suddenly flung open. Conner looked at her and sniffed the air. She tried to cover herself but his powerful arms surrounded her. She was lifted up as he pressed an enthusiastic kiss to her open lips. His wet naked body squeezed her tight while backing her up, and brought her into the open shower, fully clothed.