Love's Taming(84)

“Carl,” Shane bit out and Carl jumped. “You are going to talk to my partner Detective Dixon. And I’m going to be in there as well. And after you finish with him, you and me are going to have a little chat.”

“Great,” Carl moaned as he followed them down the hall.

Two hours later the detectives were finished, at least happy that they had some possible descriptions, including tattoos, to go on. Shane and Carl had their talk, Carl looking decidedly unhappy. Annie walked over to him, giving him a quick hug. “I’m sorry I drug you into this,” she said.

He nervously looked over her shoulder as he hugged her back, seeing Shane’s glare. “It was my idea to go with you, doc.” Letting go of her, he smiled as he said, “See you on Monday,” before he turned and walked out of the door.

Annie slowly turned around to see Shane standing off to the side. Pulling her lips in, she walked over to him keeping her gaze on his. Reaching up, she placed her hands on his chest, feeling his heart beating underneath her fingertips. “Are you still mad?”

The anger and fear that had been at an all-time high several hours ago had waned. Taking a deep breath, he shook his head as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close. Kissing the top of her head, he said, “No baby. But we do have things to discuss. Things like how can Jobe keep you safe when you are just supposed to be shopping, and we don’t know where you are? We’re supposed to have trust, sunshine, but you knew when you went out this morning that you were deceiving me. And Carl? You drug him along not understanding the dangers of this world I’ve been telling you about.”

Annie just nodded her head against his chest, feeling the tears welling up again. “I was scared,” her quiet voice said. “I don’t understand how people can be so cruel to animals.”

Closing his eyes, he pulled her in even tighter. What would she think if she knew some people treat their children worse than those dogs? Glad that his sunshine did not deal with those horrors, he just said, “Lots of shitty people in the world, baby. I gotta deal with them, but I don’t want you to. So no more, right?” He gently pulled on her hair so that she raised her eyes up to his. “No more investigating? No more going out on your own? No more putting yourself in danger, right?”

Nodding, she agreed. “Yeah. Just doing my job from now on. I’ll be the vet and you be the detective.” Lifting her eyes back to his sky blue ones, she pleaded, “But Shane?”

He looked down into the green orbs that he swore held his soul. “Yeah, sunshine?”

“I can’t sit by and do nothing if there is some way I can help.”

“I get that, baby. But don’t go off by yourself and don’t drag your friends into it. Tell me. Let me step in and do what I need to do.” He held her gaze for a moment. “Promise?”

“I promise,” she said, and stood on her tiptoes to reach his lips. Kissing him lightly, she lowered back down. “I loaned my car to Carl to get home and he’ll bring it to me on Monday. Can you take me home?”

Smiling as he tucked her into his side, throwing his arm over her shoulders. “Nowhere I’d rather be than with you, babe. Nowhere at all.” Giving a head jerk to Matt, he took her home.





Chapter 26





Waking up slowly the next morning, Annie couldn’t help but smile. Last night, Shane had showed her just how much he loved her as he worshiped her body. Stretching, she felt sore in a few muscles that had gotten a workout. Before she could roll over a muscular arm snaked under her breasts and pulled her firmly back against his rock-hard chest. Immediately she felt his erection pressing into her ass and his lips raining soft kisses on her neck.

“Ummmm,” she groaned as she felt herself get wet and her nipples harden as his hand cupped her breasts. “Morning,” she said, twisting her head to capture his mouth.

He slid his tongue into her mouth, immediately turning the kiss into a hard, wet, possessive mating of tongues. He felt her meet him stroke for stroke, inflaming him more, and he slid his leg between hers separating them. He slid his fingers into her folds, noticing how wet she was. That’s my sunshine, always ready for me. He pushed his swollen cock into her welcoming body, driving into the hilt.

Sliding in and out, he began with slow, deliberate strokes before the sensations overtook and he started to thrust wildly. One hand held her hips, pulling her back to meet his strokes, and the other held her breast, tweaking her nipple. Come on, baby. Come for me.

Annie threw her head back as the friction sent electricity pulsing through her pussy to deep in her core. One final roll of his fingers on her nipple and the explosion had her screaming his name.