by Ruby Shae
“I love seeing your t-shirts stretch across your ample chest, and I love the way your jeans cover your delectable ass. You’re absolutely perfect, just the way you are, and I’m so thankful that you’re my mate…even if you are taking your sweet ass time to get on board. I wear suits to work because I have to, and sometimes you might have to dress up with me, but after hours? This is what you get.”
Dress up with him sometimes? That she could totally do.
She thought back to the few times she’d seen him not in a suit, and she realized he was telling the truth. Why hadn’t she ever noticed before?
The answer was simple.
She was too busy getting in her own way.
“I want to kiss you, too, Ian.”
***
Ian stood up so fast, the legs of his chair scraped angrily against the hardwood floor, and then the whole seat tottered back and forth on both sets of legs before it finally righted itself.
He reached out his hand, and when CeCe slid her palm into his, he hastily pulled her toward him. Her soft body crashed into his hard one, and he knew she could feel his hard dick pressing into her tummy.
A soft gasp released from her lips, reminding him he needed to exercise some control, and her free hand snaked around his waist, branding him with her touch. His skin tingled in her wake, and he could feel the heat of her palm resting on his lower back.
He wrapped their linked fingers behind her back, and touched his other hand to her cheek. He slid his palm into her hair, and forced a calming breath as he looked into her warm brown eyes.
She was so beautiful.
The large bump on her head caught his attention, and he hesitated. She’d been in an accident, and although it was minor, she needed rest, and to be taken care of. Their kiss could wait one more day.
He opened his mouth to say…something…but CeCe spoke first.
“Don’t even think about it,” she whispered. “I’m fine.”
“You bumped your head,” he stated the obvious.
He wanted to do the right thing, but he also wanted to know what it felt like to finally taste his mate, and he couldn’t make his legs move to step away from her.
“My bear would tell me if something was wrong,” she said, “and she’s not saying a word. I know my own body and mind, and I want this, Ian. I want to know what it feels like to be kissed by my mate.”
His lips landed on hers in a tender caress, but it wasn’t enough.
It would never be enough.
He kissed her again, and when her lips parted, he took the opportunity to slide his tongue inside her mouth. CeCe opened wider, and welcomed his tongue with her own. He explored her mouth with perfect, feigned control, but she was killing him.
She tasted sweet like the chocolate they’d eaten after dinner, combined with something else he couldn’t name. Something unique to his mate that called to the primal animal of his bear.
He pulled back, intent on retreating, but she captured his lower lip, and scraped his sensitive flesh with her teeth. The action sent shockwave straight to his cock, and the flesh throbbed, aching to sink into her warmth.
He pulled her closer, wanting nothing between them, and CeCe slid her free hand over his abs, chest and shoulders and rested it on the nape of his neck. She tried to pull his head down, but he resisted.
She was making him crazy, and he wasn’t sure if he could be gentle again.
Her smile faded, and he knew he was close to losing her again.
“I want you so much, but I don’t think I can go slow,” he admitted.
“So don’t.”
He didn’t.
He crashed his lips onto hers, and shoved his tongue inside her mouth. Unlike the tender teasing from before, this kiss was unyielding, wild and possessive. CeCe welcomed the assault, and stroked his tongue with the same desperate urgency.
He broke the kiss, and lifted her into his arms, the same way he’d done when he’d carried her from the car, and she squealed. Now that she wasn’t in shock, he half expected her to protest, but he was happy when she didn’t. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and nipped his collar bone.
Her teeth felt like heaven, and even though it wouldn’t seal their bond—only his bite would do that—he couldn’t wait to feel CeCe’s canines buried in his flesh.
He growled and raced to the bedroom, and his mate had the nerve to giggle. The sound was glorious, and he silently vowed to keep her giggling for the rest of their lives.
He set her down next to the bed, and tore his t-shirt over his head.
“Take your clothes off, or I’m ripping them off,” he said.
The patient bear was gone, and her objection would be the only thing to make him stop now.
He finished undressing, and looked up to find his mate had only removed her jeans. Her hands stalled on the hem of her shirt, and her small intake of breath let him know how much she liked his body. His bear growled, and the sound vibrated from his chest. CeCe caught her lower lip between her teeth, and smiled at him.
Even though she was pleased, she still hadn’t removed her shirt.
“Want to slow down?” he asked.
“No, it’s just that I have quite a few of these shirts, and I’m deciding if I want you to rip it off me or not.”
It was one of her agency shirts, and he stepped forward, pushed her hands out of the way, and grabbed the fabric in both hands. The material easily parted under his strength, and his mate giggled again as the smell of her sweet arousal filled his nose.
Her panties weren’t the emerald green he’d been hoping for, but the deep electric blue lace did match her bra. The dark color seemed accentuated all of her curves, and it was his turn to appreciate her body.
“You’re beautiful, sweetheart,” he said, taking a step toward her.
He pulled the scrap of material down her arms, let it drop to the floor, and then he slid his hand over her silky covered mound. He worked two fingers under the damp fabric, and slid the digits into her sopping wet core.
Fire raced over his skin, and fueled the familiar tingling at the base of his spine. Her passage was hot, wet and ready.
“And very naughty,” he said, moving his fingers in and out of her core. “You’re soaking wet, and I love that these pretty panties match your bra.”
CeCe moaned and her cunt tightened around his fingers like a vice. She was so tight, and he couldn’t wait to feel her tighten around his dick.
As if reading his mind, she reached around her back, undid her bra, and dropped the fabric to the floor. Her bared breasts were magnificent, and he cupped one in his free hand, loving the weight of the generous globe.
“I’m going to suck on these pretty little nipples soon, but not now. I need to be inside you, sweetheart. Right now.”
She started pushing her panties down her legs, and he reluctantly stepped away so she could get completely undressed, and then he watched her wiggle her ass as she crawled on the bed. The two fingers that had been in her cunt smelled so good, and he sucked them clean just to have a taste of her. There were so many ways he wanted to fuck his mate, but licking her cunt soared to the top of his list.
When she got to the center of the bed, she laid flat on her back, and spread her legs open with her knees bent. He didn’t need another invitation.
He joined her on the bed, covered her body with his, and sank his cock into her pussy in one, swift thrust.
Holy hell!
She felt amazing. In fact, he’d never felt so connected to a woman. Fate knew exactly what she was doing when she’d picked CeCe as his mate.
He moved his hips slowly at first, sliding his dick out until only the head remained buried in her sweet pussy, and then thrusting it back in. Hard. CeCe moaned and locked her ankles at the small of his back, but he wouldn’t be rushed.
He continued the measured, controlled thrusts until her pussy clenched around him. His cock pulsed wildly, and he thrust faster until his mate fell into the abyss and scream
ed her release. A second later, his roar shook the windows of the cabin as he exploded deep into her cunt.
He stayed buried in her pussy, and kissed her deeply.
“We should have done that sooner,” she smiled.
“A lot sooner.”
He pulled out of her warmth, and laid down beside her on his back. He opened his arm, and she eagerly accepted the invitation and plastered her body against his side.
His mate was—finally—exactly where she was meant to be.
***
CeCe smiled, and arched her back off the mattress.
She was having the best dream, and she spread her knees open further to accommodate the width of her mate’s wide shoulders. His tongue swirled around the opening of her pussy, and then sank inside her wet hole.
Though Ian had woken her twice during the night, their lovemaking had held the same urgent desperation as their first time, and she’d loved every minute of it.
He still hadn’t marked her, but, surprisingly, she was okay with that and she didn’t want to examine why. She believed he was attracted to her, that he wanted her as his mate, and yet…something was missing.
Unfortunately, she had no idea what that something could be.
Maybe they just needed to get to know each other better.
Ian’s tongue licked her lazily, but she could feel her orgasm building, and she needed more. She tried to lower her arm, and press his face into her cunt, but the limb wouldn’t move.
She opened her eyes, and looked around the room.
Not a dream.
Ian’s head was between her legs, and her wrists were bound to the headboard with her ripped t-shirt from the day before.
Her pussy throbbed, and she tightened her thighs on his shoulders.
Ian looked up, swirled his tongue around the rim of her channel one last time, and then placed a hard, chaste kiss on her clit before pulling his mouth away completely.
He stayed between her legs, but he’d raised his upper body up with his forearms, and she couldn’t stop the whimper that escaped.
“Why am I tied up?” she growled, tugging on her arms. “And why did you stop?”
He’d left her wrists very little wiggle room, and the fabric wouldn’t budge.
How dare he edge her to the brink, and then pull himself away. Her pussy felt like it was on fire, and he was the only one who could put out the flames.
She wanted his face between her legs…now.
She tried to raise her hips, to rub her needy cunt against any part of him, but he draped one arm across her stomach and held her down.
“I tied you up because the roads are clear, and I have a very persistent, very nagging, feeling that you’re going to try and leave.”
His words stunned her, and she stopped squirming.
He thought she would leave him?
After last night, the thought hadn’t crossed her mind. Something might be missing, but now that she had Ian in her arms, she wasn’t willing to let him go so easily. Her insecurities were hers, and hers alone.
“I’m still afraid I’m not good enough for you,” she said, honestly, “but I’m not going anywhere, until you tell me to.”
“That will never happen,” he said. “You’re perfect, and if you don’t know it yet, then I’ll just have to change your mind. No matter how long it takes. I love you, Cecelia.”
Love.
That was the missing piece.
She hadn’t known it, but she’d needed to hear him say the words.
“I love you, too, Ian,” she replied.
“Will you be my mate, and bear my mark, for the rest of our lives?”
Tears filled her eyes, and the ache between her legs intensified.
“Always,” she nodded. “Ian…please.”
She was so turned on, so desperate to be filled by him and bear his mark, that she knew any touch would send her careening out of control.
Luckily, Ian knew it, too.
“Get on your knees, sweetheart.”
He released her bound hands, and she quickly flipped onto her knees.
Ian filled her pussy in one swift thrust, and she didn’t hold back as her cry of pleasure filled the room. When his canines slid into the soft flesh between her neck and shoulder, the sounds that came out of her mouth were unrecognizable, and a second later, she felt rather than heard his accompanying release.
Ian licked the wounds on her neck, and then collapsed on the bed beside her, pulling her down with him so that her back was to his front.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, my gorgeous mate,” he whispered.
Everything in her world seemed to right on its axis, and she knew their mating would be a bond that would last forever.
“Happy Valentine’s Day,” she smiled, closing her eyes.
The warm rays of the sun had just started to peek through the bottom of the window, signaling the start of a new day, but CeCe knew it was the start of something more.
It was the start of her new life...
The one she would now share with Ian.
Always.
The End
From the Author
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