He grinned just thinking about the look on Rosalee’s face when he had dropped his towel and given her an eyeful. She had practically licked her lips.
The images flooded through his mind again and his half mast became rock hard. He sighed and switched the shower back on. It was going to be a long night...
Chapter Six
28th September
Rosalee awoke to the sounds of banging. God didn’t anyone in this town just want to have a lie in?
She curled into a ball and pulled the covers over her head. Five more minutes...
Loud voices outside intermingled with the banging. What were they doing? One of the loud voices was a little too familiar...
Reluctantly she hauled herself out of bed, throwing on a robe she trudged downstairs to see what the fuss was about. She found Adam and an older man in his forties fixing a new door to her house.
They were laughing but stopped abruptly when they saw her. Adam smiled at her, his cheeks dimpling. “Morning Rose, this is Jase, we’re fixing up your door.”
“Yes I gathered that much...”
“And we’ve put some better locks on your windows and changed the lock on the back door.”
The other shifter gave her a crooked and curious smile. “Nice to meet you Rose.”
He was a good six inches shorter than Adam and a hell of a lot skinnier, but didn’t seem to have any trouble holding the massive wooden door while Adam guided it into place.
“You too, thanks for this.”
“Don’t thank me, Adam here is paying for it.”
“Well he is the one who destroyed the door...”
Adam took a deep breath and stopped himself from retorting. He had resolved that the best way to woo his mate might be to hold his tongue whenever she tried to goad him. “Which is why I‘m only too happy to replace it.”
She harrumphed and folded her arms, making her breasts lift and jut out. She was wearing a shorts and vest pajama set, she had a robe on but she had not bothered to tie it so he could see everything. He almost started drooling as he saw her nipples harden underneath the thin fabric.
Thank god he had insisted Jase himself come out to help. Jase had been happily mated to a human for twenty years and had four children, all coyotes like himself. Jase had wanted to send one of his apprentices but he was glad he didn’t, he might not have been able to cope with an unmated male looking at her.
Adam had offered to pay Jase double to get out here and get everything done that morning. Jase was curious as to why Adam was willing to do that but certainly hadn’t the nerve to ask him.
He forced himself to look away and concentrate on the door. “Liv’s in the kitchen.”
“Umm thanks, either of you guys want a drink or something?
Jase politely declined and Adam said, “nah, Liv’s been plying us with food and drink all morning, but thank you for asking.”
This new courteous side of Adam was a bit unnerving. She could deal with the teasing and sexual innuendo but this made it difficult to ignore how much she wanted him. She cleared her throat. “Okidoke, I’ll just go see what Liv’s up to.”
Both men nodded as she made her way to the kitchen. She found Liv sipping a cup of tea and nibbling some toast. Liv looked a litte tired and once again Rosalee felt bad about her coming over in the middle of the night.
“Morning Rose.”
“Hey, good morning. You sleep okay? You look a little tired.”
Liv flushed. “Yep, fine.” When Alec let her sleep. “I’m actually pregnant, so I’m kind of tired all the time right now.”
Rosalee beamed at her. “Congratulations! No wonder your man’s so overprotective.”
Liv giggled. “No, Alec’s always like that. He’s such a cutie.”
Rosalee tried to reconcile the word ‘cutie’ with the six foot three stern wolf shifter but just couldn’t.
Rosalee lowered her voice. “How long have they been out there?”
“About two hours. Here you should eat something?” Liv offered her a plate of toasted bread. Rosalee took a couple of slices and began slathering them with fruit jellies. Liv poured her a cup of tea and pushed it over to her.
“Why didn’t you wake me?”
“I figured after the excitement last night you needed all the rest you could get.”
Rosalee blushed. Even after the threat of being attacked last night her dreams had still only been filled with erotic thoughts about Adam, which were even more vivid now she had seen him naked.
After wolfing the two slices Rosalee reached for a third.
Liv chewed her bottom lip. “I don’t like the idea of you being all the way out here alone.”
“Me either.” Both women started as the deep voice rumbled through the kitchen. Adam was stood leaning against the doorframe.