PARANORMAL ROMANCE: Bear Naked Satisfaction (Fantasy Shapeshifter Alpha Male Romance Book 3) (Contemporary New Adult Billionaire Steamy Romance Short Stories)

by Audrey Storm

  Amanda smiled.

  “Sure. Keep telling yourself that.”

  Aleesha shrugged.

  “You have only seen me around him twice.”

  “And that was more than enough time to notice the chemistry between you guys. Plus, I have seen the way he treats you. So much more of a gentleman than Neil has ever been.” Amanda looked into her sister’s eyes. “You can try and convince yourself otherwise as much as you can but the truth is that you know something us up with Neil. So follow it up.”

  “I’m just an associate at Mayfield Inc. which means that I get to do most of the work while my bosses sip on their expensive coffee,” Aleesha said.

  “So?” Amanda asked shaking her head.

  “So I don’t have the time to run around playing detective.” Aleesha shrugged. “I work forty hours a week and I still have to be a full time wife when he gets home.”

  “But that’s just it, Aleesha. He never does get home.”

  Aleesha sighed. Her sister was not mincing her words. She was hitting the nail right on the head. For years she had convinced herself that there was nothing to worry about but it was clear from the way her sister was talking that she needed to take action. After all, she had been in what Amanda called a solo marriage for close to two years now.

  “If you need a PI you can rely on, I know a few guys,” Amanda said.

  “What are you even doing knowing a PI?” Aleesha asked and her sister shrugged.

  “Private investigators are kind of in my line of work. Every person acting shifty on my watch…let’s just say I like knowing who I am dealing with.”

  “Well, I am not having a PI follow my husband around like some kind of crazed woman,” Aleesha said.

  “Well, if you change your mind,” Amanda scribbled a number on a piece of paper. “This might come in handy.”

  “Amanda, I am not going to use this,” Aleesha said in a soft voice. “I don’t need to.”

  “Well, you never know when that number might come in handy,” Amanda pointed out, winking at her sister. “Paul is really good at what he does.”

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  After her talk with Amanda, Aleesha just couldn’t shake the feeling that maybe her sister might have been right. She had always prided herself at being the kind of woman who never had to snoop around her husband’ phone when he was in the shower or worse still hire a private investigator to find out if he was cheating. But at the back of her mind, she kept on thinking that there must have been something more. That was the only way she could explain the fact that she only saw her husband once or twice every couple of months.

  “This is ridiculous,” she thought on one Thursday afternoon when she got yet another text from her husband claiming that he had to take off to Tallahassee on business. This would be the third time that month that he was travelling to Florida. She didn’t know why but she had kept the number her sister had given her and when that text from Neil came in, all she could think of was calling the PI. She had expected the investigator to take around a couple of weeks before she heard anything from him so it was a big surprise when he called her less than twenty four hours later claiming to have found something.

  “But you got started yesterday,” Aleesha said shaking her head when the investigator got to her house. “There is no way you would have gone all the way to Florida and back.”

  “Well, I didn’t have to go to Florida.”

  “Why? Do you have a team out there or something?” she asked and Paul shook his head.

  “No, I work alone. That’s how I do my best work.”

  Aleesha nodded and took a long deep breath.

  “So?” she started, twiddling her thumbs nervously. “What’s going on? Why didn’t you gout to Florida?”

  “Because your husband is not out there. He is actually staying at Renaissance,” he said and Aleesha’s eyes grew wide.

  “That’s just an hour away,” she said in a whisper. “But why would stay so close to home and tell me that he is in…” her voice trailed off when she realized that she already knew what Neil was doing at Renaissance.

  “The room was booked under Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield.”

  “Mayfield? That’s my maiden name,” Aleesha said in a whisper. “Why the hell would he do that? Why wouldn’t he just use his own name?”

  “Well, it could be a counter measure. A way to make sure that he is not tracked down. So, I called the hotel just to verify my information and found out that two people had checked into the hotel. A man and a woman.”

  Aleesha forced out a cynical laugh.

  “I should have known,” she said in a low voice. “And to think I put off everything important to me for this. My career, having kids…” she shook her head as a single tear rolled down her cheek.

  “I thought Amanda said you are an associate at Turner Financials,” Paul said and she nodded.

  “I am. But my boss Cole Turner offered me a partnership but I turned it down because I knew it would be a strain on my marriage…especially with the plans I had of starting a family and…” her voice trailed off as she wiped off another tear.

  “Word of advice, Aleesha,” Paul said as he put an envelope on her kitchen table. “Never put your life on hold for anyone. Especially not for a man who doesn’t appreciate the sacrifice of the woman he has.”

  Aleesha looked at the envelope and shrugged.

  “What is this?” she asked.

  “Photos of your husband’s indiscretion,” Paul said before he walked out leaving Aleesha to her thoughts.

  At that moment, if anyone had told her that she would be a senior partner at her firm in just three years and expecting a child too, she would have never believed it. But she had managed to turn her life around and leave Neil in her past so that she could get a chance to have the future she had always wanted. And it was happening. It was finally happening. And apart from all that, she had caught her boss’ eye. In more ways than one.

  Part 3

  The night had been better than Aleesha anticipated. Cole was every bit a gentleman her ex-husband was not. He was not all about banging it out and leaving. He cared…really cared. He had stayed overnight, fed her rubbed her feet and made love to her again before they both fell asleep with her cuddled in his arms. When she woke up the next day, she expected to find herself alone in bed but Cole’s arm was still around her. A smile played on her lips as she gently pulled herself out of his embrace, careful not wake him up. She looked at him as she put on her bathrobe and then looked at the clock on her night stand. She sighed when she noticed the time. She only had three hours to get to the hotel. Heck, they both had three hours.

  She took a long deep breath and suppressed a grin. Today was the day that all her hard work finally paid off. It was finally the day that the acquisition was going to be made public and Cole had insisted on her saying a few words since the whole thing was her idea. Aleesha hated the whole idea of standing in front of people especially given the fact that she was so self-conscious lately.

  “Think about it like this,” Cole had explained in an attempt to make her feel a little more comfortable. “A few years ago, the Las Vegas financial management pool was like an episode of Survivor as the two big players tried getting the upper hand but suddenly, that is not the situation anymore and we have just got twenty eight million in new clients and assets.”

  “I already know all that,” Aleesha had said rolling her eyes.

  “Then you also know that I want the world to know what the woman responsible for getting me so much money in billable hours has to say.”

  She knew that he would not give up until she did what he wanted, so after a long back and forth, she agreed to do it.

  “I know that a five year anniversary does not really warrant a two day celebration but given what we have achieved in such a short time, I guess we deserve it,” Cole had said.

  Aleesha was still smiling as she looked at a sleeping Cole. She was not sure how long she had been looking at him before she final
ly spoke.

  “Cole,” she whispered as she looked down at him. “Cole,” she called again when he didn’t respond the first time.

  His eyelids fluttered open and he stirred in bed.

  “Hey there,” he said in a groggy voice.

  “Hey there yourself.” She sat down on the edge of the bed. “I hate to wake you up but we have to be at the hotel in a few hours…but it’s not like I am throwing you out or anything.”

  He smiled and took her hand in his.

  “I know you are not throwing me out,” he said before he pressed his lips into her hand.

  “I was just going to have a quick shower,” she said.

  “I’ll come with you,” he said but she shook her head.

  “You and I in the bathroom together…it won’t end well.”

  Cole frowned.

  “Was I really that bad last night?” he asked and she smiled.

  “You were amazing but we both know that a shower together guarantees that we are both going to get late plus you need a change of clothes.”

  “Yeah, that I do.”

  “Yes, you do.” She pulled her hand from his. She got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom.

  “Aleesha,” he called out when she got to the bathroom door. She looked at him over her shoulder and he smiled at her. “The robe. Take it off.”

  “What?” she asked as she raised an eyebrow over the other.

  “I want to see you. All of you.”

  “You already saw all of me last night.”

  “Well, if I don’t get to see you in the shower then this is the least you can do for me,” he said in a soft voice. She flashed him a smile and gently let the robe slide off her body. She did not know what it was about him that made her so comfortable, so content. She made her way into the shower and turned on the water. As she stood there, water trickling down her body, she could not help but smile. This was the first time in a long time that she was actually happy with her choices. With the man she had chosen. And it had been a long time coming too. She closed her eyes and tilted her head upwards. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she did not even hear Cole walking into the bathroom. She gasped when she felt his hands on her waist and then slowly working their way down to her hips.

  “What are you doing?” she asked as she leaned against him. “I thought we had an understanding.”

  Cole swept the wet hair to one side and kissed her wet shoulder softly.

  “It’s kind of hard to just lie there and wait all the while knowing that you are in here.” He brought his hand up and gently cupped a feel of her breast. “Naked.”

  She whimpered when he kneaded her full breast. She could feel his cock pressing against her ass.

  “We are going to be late,” she whispered as he turned her around and pinned her against the tiled wall, away from the water.

  “So what?” he asked in a low voice.

  “So what? I have a speech to give,” she said. By this time, he had interlaced his fingers with hers and pinned them above her head.

  “It’s a big day for Turner, Mayfield and Associates, baby. The party doesn’t start until we get there.”

  “Cole Turner, what exactly do you have in mind?” she asked as he worked his way down to her chest and then kissed her breasts softly. She moaned softly as he traced his lips down her tummy and lingered on her sensitive belly button before he got on his knees. She instinctively spread her legs and his mouth found her already moist pussy. She bit her lower lip when she felt him running his tongue on her swollen clit. She was moaning and he was breathing into her. She could feel just how much he wanted her just by the way he was running his tongue on her and in the way he was sucking her. She was shivering as he thrust his tongue into her depths. She was having a hard time understanding how he was able to thrust his tongue into get considering the position he was in. When he finally pulled away from her pussy, her legs were shaking so much that she was no longer sure she could hold her own weight up.

  Cole pulled himself up and kissed her lips softly making her taste herself on him. When he pulled away, he took her hand in his and led her out into the bedroom. At that moment, time and punctuality didn’t matter to any of them and especially him. All he wanted to do was to feel her again. To fill her up once more. She laid back on the bed and pulled her legs up. He looked into her eyes and put his hands on her knees before he spread them exposing her to him. She gasped when she felt his finger inside her, testing her wet depths. He was slowly moving his finger in and out of her. He loved the way her insides felt. So perfectly velvety and drenched. He pulled the one finger out and she moaned her disapproval making him push two long fingers into her waiting wetness. He slowly moved his fingers in and out of her gently but she was unwillingly writhing on the bed making his fingers go deeper inside her. She looked up at him, panting.

  “Now,” she whispered. “Please, Cole. Fuck me right now.”

  He pulled his fingers out of her and she took his hand in hers. Cole’s cock hardened almost immediately when she gently took his fingers into her mouth, licking him clean.

  “Come up here,” he said as he pulled her to a sitting position. “Turn around.”

  His voice was gentle but also authoritative. She could not help but get turned on as she noticed the weird kind of Christian Grey thing going on at that moment. She quickly turned around and got on all fours sticking her ass high up in the air for him. Cole climbed on the bed and settled in between her legs.

  “Tell me what you want, Aleesha,” he whispered as he gently caressed her full round ass.

  “I want you.” There was a desperation in Aleesha’s voice that spoke to the urgency of her desire. He was teasing her, getting her wetter by the minute and he was loving every minute of it.

  “Say it again,” he commanded.

  “I want you,” she said again as she looked at him over her shoulder.

  “Are you ready for me, baby?” he asked as he positioned himself at her entrance. She barely had any time to answer him when she felt him working his cock into her. She could feel her walls tensing up as his girth entered her. She closed her eyes and grabbed fistfuls of the bedding as he buried himself inside her. She let out a loud shriek when he went in balls deep and just suddenly went still as if he was waiting for her to do something. Like he was waiting for some kind of reaction. She looked at him again and he pulled back before he thrust forward. He was slowly picking up his pace, holding onto his waist as he fucked her. By this time, she was breathing deep and hard and the fact that he had recently licked her out was enough to make her even weaker than she already was. She let out a loud gasp when he reached for her breast. He caressed her gently and squeezed her making her gasp.

  His thrusts got more tenacious as he rocked her, fucking her long and hard, each stroke longer and harder than the last. Every thrust ensured that her moans got louder as his balls slammed against her wetness. Suddenly, she just couldn’t hold on any longer. She held on to the bedding even harder as she felt her passion taking over, claiming every fiber of her very existence. She inadvertently lowered herself on the bed and let out a loud cry as her orgasm took over. Her walls were quaking wildly and it was as if that was what fueled his fire because he was suddenly pumping into her harder and faster, as if he was not already going fast enough. She could feel herself on the verge of another orgasm when she felt him pulsating inside her.

  “Oh fuck! Aleesha!” he cried as he felt himself emptying into her.

  She smiled.

  ‘Oh fuck’ were the exact words that were on her mind. She was still panting when he pulled out of her wet pussy.

  “I should really get going,” he said in an exhausted voice. “Because at this rate we are definitely going to be late.” He laid next to her and wiped his sweaty brow.

  “And whose fault is that?” she asked.

  “I admit. I might be at fault but you are also to blame.”

  She smiled at him and shrugged.

  “Now, ho
w exactly do I play into this equation?” she asked and he gently ran his hand down her back to her ass.

  “Because you are absolutely gorgeous and sexy.”

  He brought his hand back up and held the back of her neck before he pulled her close for a soft kiss.

  “I know that this is the worst time to bring this up but we will have to talk about it sometime,” Aleesha started. Cole gently ran his fingers through her damp hair.

  “What do you want to talk about?”

  “This…us…if there is even an ‘us’ right now.”

  “What do you mean if there is even an ‘us’. Of course there is an ‘us’.” He gently tucked a stray strand of her curly hair behind her ear. “That is why I am here right now.”

  “Really?” Aleesha didn’t know why she didn’t believe what he said. And she hated that she did because Cole had been nothing but kind to her.

  “Of course. Do you doubt me?”

  She shook her head and sighed.

  “I don’t know…” she shrugged. “I trust you but…” she shook her head.

  “What?” Cole asked. His smile had disappeared by that time. He seemed concerned, maybe even scared at what she was about to say next.

  “I have a lot of baggage, Cole.”

  “So?” he asked. “Everyone has baggage.”

  “Your baggage and mine are on two very different levels, Cole. I’m a divorcee and...” her voice trailed off.

  “Everyone has baggage, Aleesha. I have an ex too, you know.”

  “Office romances never work,” she said as she looked at him.

  “Well, this one will because you and I, we make a great team, baby.”

  She nodded.

  “Yeah, at the office.”

  “And everywhere else if last night and this morning is anything to go by.” She smiled and shrugged.

  “We did not become Turner, Mayfield and Associates by chance, Aleesha. Just don’t overthink everything. Let’s take every day as it comes, okay?”

  She took a long deep breath and then nodded.

  “Fine, a day at a time.”

  “Good.” He kissed her again and then pulled away. “Because I have not waited five years to lose you.”