RANCHER BEAR’S BABY(71)

I gasped when he replaced his fingers with the hard shaft of his dick and thrust himself into me. He stretched me just past the point of pleasure, but something about the light sting made it even better. I arched my back and took another inch of him in. “Yes!”

Michael gripped my ass and lifted my body until he was almost completely out of me. Then, he pulled me back to him fast, starting a rhythm that had my head spinning. “Tell me if I hurt you.”

I let him work my body up and down on his manhood, the water making gentle waves around us and lapping against my lace-clad nipples. I was enjoying every second of it. When I arched backwards so he’d hit a certain spot, his mouth closed on one of my nipples over my sheer bra and he devoured it with his tongue and teeth. Then, he moved to the other one, building me up, higher and higher.

He moved up my throat, to our mark, and flicked it with his tongue. “You’re mine.”

I lowered my mouth to his and kissed him for all I was worth. “Then act like it.”

The provocation worked. He growled and then swiftly moved us up to the bank. He laid us down and wrapped his arms around my shoulders. With his eyes glowing, he looked absolutely wild. When he pushed back into me, his movements were fast and hard.

I could feel the pressure building in my body as he kept up his uninhibited pace. It started at my core and worked its way out until my entire body felt like a rubber band that had been stretched to capacity.

He reached between us and rolled his finger over my clit. “Come for me, Daisy.”

The rubber band snapped. My walls squeezed around him and pulsed in tune with my pounding heart as my orgasm flooded my body and tingled my every nerve ending. It was too much for Michael. I felt him jerk and shudder and then he was orgasming with me. I raked my nails over his shoulders and bit my bottom lip to keep from screaming loud enough to alert the entire town to what we were doing.

It was needless, because the roar Michael let out as he came surely did the job.





CHAPTER 12: Michael




My mate had tried to suck the life right out of my cock. Her body was too tight, too hot, and too willing, for me to last longer than it took for her to reach her climax. I rolled off of her and let my arm fall across my eyes. My chest was heaving and I didn’t know if my heart would ever calm down. My mate was one hot lady, that was for sure.

It’d been different. Without the anxiety about my bear, I’d felt everything a little clearer. It was a double-edged sword, because I didn’t know if I’d ever last longer than a few minutes with her.

Daisy trembled next to me, her body still reeling from her own climax. I wanted to crawl between her thighs and taste her, but I didn’t know if I could move.

She rolled into me and I wrapped my arm around her. Her soft breath on my chest had my dick hardening again, but I ignored it. If I listened to him, I’d screw myself stupid, or my mate lame.

“You never answered me earlier. I asked you not to leave me again and you didn’t answer.”

I looked down at her and frowned. “I don’t deserve you.”

She started to argue, but I rolled onto my side so we were facing each other and cut her off. “I don’t deserve you, but I’m going to have you. I’ll work at being worth your time, and I’ll work as hard as I’ve ever worked at anything. I can’t stop this thing between us. I was an idiot to try.”

She blinked. “You’re done running?”

“I’m done running. I know this is a little crazy and I can only imagine how weird it is for you, but we belong together. I barely know you, but I… know the things that matter. You’re passionate and willing to fight for a man you don’t owe anything to.” I took a deep breath in. “I already love you, Daisy.”

She hauled off and landed a smack on the side of my head. “Shit. That wasn’t exactly what I was expecting.”

“That was for giving me such hell.” Then her eyes welled up with tears. “You love me?”

I laughed and nodded. “Yeah, I do. I have a lot of things to try to understand about myself, but that’s one thing I know for sure.”

She swallowed. “I think I love you, Michael. I let you stay away for longer than I should have because I was trying to make sense of all of this, but I don’t think I have to. We can learn along the way.”

My chest felt like it was going to fly away. “You think you love me?”

I had a lot of exploring to do with my bear and I knew everything wasn’t as simple as John had made it sound, but hearing her say that she even thought she loved me made me feel like I could conquer anything.

“I don’t know why I said that.” She cupped my face. “I know I love you.”