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  “It can be different now.”

  She glared at him, her eyes filled with anger. Finally, she pushed him. “Get the hell out of here. You don’t think I remember you saying that to me before? ‘I’ll be back in time for dinner’ or ‘of course, I’ll be here for our date.’ I’ve heard it all from you, Ash.”

  She shoved him, and he finally moved back, letting her loose. “Things are different. I’m different.”

  “Well I’m not. I’m still the same. And I still have the same expectations. I want a relationship between two people, not me and a cell phone,” she growled.

  “It won’t be like that. I love you.”

  She rolled her eyes and stomped away. “Right.”

  His bear roared. She didn’t believe him. That’s the one thing he’d been open to her with—his feelings. He didn’t do much of the romance, but he’d told her exactly how he felt. He stomped after her, stopping her by an empty table. “I was always truthful about my love for you, Kari.”

  “Really? Love? You call it love when I have to sit at home wondering when I’ll see you again?”

  “I told you—”

  “I’ve gotten more love from my battery-operated toys, thank you very much. At least they stick around once I’m done.”

  His anger rose, and a rumble sounded in his chest. His bear pushed at the skin, wanting to shake some sense into his mate. He yanked her to him until he held her close. He slid one hand behind her back, grabbing a handful of her ass and pressing her pelvis close so she could feel his erection on her belly. He gripped her long hair, holding her face mere inches away. “You’re playing with fire.”

  She licked her bottom lips and let out a short breath. “Why? I’m telling the truth. I got more love using my toys. Don’t get angry when you know it’s true.”

  “You can’t compare a piece of plastic to me, not after the kind of response I got from your body.” He rubbed his erection on her. Her sharp intake of breath was enough to let him know he got the point across. “Don’t downgrade what we have always had.”

  “Had,” she spit through clenched teeth. “Had. You fucked me. That’s all there was to it.”

  “Oh no, baby.” He squeezed her ass. He loved her body. She was so fucking hot with all her curves and that mouth that made him crazy. “What we had wasn’t just fucking. I did fuck you, but there was more to it than that.” He pressed his mouth to hers and quickly pulled back, unable to resist the tempting sight of her full, lush lips. “I owned your body. I didn’t just take you. I stamped myself into your soul.”

  He watched arousal brighten to life in her eyes, growing with every breath she took.

  “It was just sex.”

  He rocked his hips and watched her eyes glaze over with passion. “It was a lot more than sex, and you know it. You gave yourself to me fully. I don’t give a fuck what you say now. We both know better.”

  She opened her mouth, and he saw the denial in her eyes. The bear pushed him, and he relented. He kissed her, hard. She struggled in his arms, and he loosened his hold only to have her grip his tux and shove the jacket open. He groaned. Kissing her felt so good. Her lips on his was better than anything he’d had in the past year. Memories didn’t do any justice to how much he liked touching her. She curled her tongue over his and raked her nails down his shirt, tugging it from his pants.

  When he first met Kari, he’d known at first sight she was the woman for him, not because of his bear’s mating instinct, but because when she smiled, the world stopped. His heartbeats had slowed to a crawl, and nothing mattered but seeing her smiling again.

  He turned her around and steered her to the table at her back, until she was sitting on it, her legs cradling his crotch. Fuck, he wanted to be inside her so bad. For the past year, his every fantasy revolved around having Kari in his arms, naked, showing her how much he loved her.

  She moaned into the kiss, jerking back and meeting his gaze. He saw the same need he felt reflected in her eyes. “Ash, we’ve been done.”

  “Not even close,” he said, fluttering his lips over the racing heartbeat at the base of her throat. Her deep breaths pushed at the straining material of her gown, pushing her breasts out over the neckline of her dress. He kissed his way down to her chest and yanked the bodice down, freeing her tits. Fuck, that’s one of the things he loved about her. She was full-figured all over. Big tits, big ass, big hips. Sex with her had never been about worrying over her being too fragile or delicate. He could pound into her to his heart’s delight, and she’d only ask for more.

  * * *

  FOUR

  Kari gasped at Ash’s first suck of her nipple. Lord, she’d missed his mouth. That tongue! He was amazingly good with it. He curled it around in circles and sometimes did a motorized rotation that sent moisture straight down her pussy.

  She shoved his suit jacket off and tugged at the shirt. Buttons popped and flew all over the place. She had never been able to do that to a man before. It spoke of her desperation to touch his skin.

  Smooth, hot flesh met her palms as she stroked him under the shirt. His muscles bunched and shifted, making her fingertips tingle. She’d been in love with his body from the first moment she saw him naked. He wasn’t even huge when it came to muscles. He had a well-defined body: washboard abs that made her think of licking her way down his body and a cock worthy of a damn trophy.

  He sucked on her nipple, flicking his tongue back and forth and dragging moan after moan out of her. He tore her dress off. A quick glance down and she saw his hands no longer human. The soft sound of his claws tearing at the sides managed to turn her on even more. He pushed the pieces of gown away and left her in nothing but a pair of silky, wet panties.

  He stepped back, his gaze roaming down her body. “This,” he said. “Is mine.”

  She had a hard time finding the voice to argue with him, not when he pushed her tits together and licked from one to the other. Not when he moved down her belly rolls and kissed them on his way to her pussy.

  Spreading her shaky legs wider, she tugged at the ties at the side of her panties before he got a chance to tear them off too.

  “I can’t fucking wait to eat your pussy out.” He tugged the panties off her, leaving her folds open for his view. “You love my tongue in you, sucking down your honey and making you come.”

  How could she deny the truth? Sex between them had to be one of the most amazing experiences of her life. He’d been the first man to give her an orgasm with his mouth and his cock. For most of her life, she thought she’d been too frigid to have them during sex. Her exes said she thought too much and didn’t get into it. Ash knew every touch that enflamed her. He knew what to say, what to do, and when to do it.

  As much as she wanted him licking her pussy and giving her an orgasm that would leave her begging for more, she missed him inside her. Clutching clumps of his short hair, she pulled him up to his feet and met his golden gaze with her own. “Fuck. Me.”

  If she was going to give in to temptation, then she’d take him inside her now, before common sense returned.

  “I intended to fuck you with my tongue first.” He winked. There was the flirt she’d fallen far. “I wanted you all nice and wet, ready to take my cock.”

  She shook her head, breaths burning their way in and out of her lungs. “No.” She slid her hands down to his waist and messed with his fly. His pants flew south, and his fully erect cock filled her palm. “I want you to fuck me. Drive your cock deep inside and remind me how good we were together.”

  His features tightened with wild arousal. “I can do that, baby.”

  He hauled her closer to the table’s edge and placed the head of his cock at her entrance. “I missed you so fucking much, Kari.”

  She didn’t want words that would make her confused. She just wanted the touch. Skin to skin. His body taking, owning, possessing her. For now, that was enough.

  He pushed forward with a groan, their eyes locked in a battle of wills. She refused to speak of her love, not when she’d felt so hurt and alone in the past, but she would accept the pleasure only he could give her.

  She leaned back on the table, holding her body up with her elbows. He pushed her knees up until her feet pressed at the table’s edge, her pussy spread wider for him. She gulped at how much heat there was in his eyes. That spark of ownership he’d always shown in his gaze when he glanced at her curves. He moved forward in a swift thrust. Her lungs ached from lack of oxygen. She choked out a moan and gripped the tablecloth under her palms.

  “Ash,” she gasped. “Yesss.”

  “Like that? Like me deep inside you?”

  She nodded, her muscles tightening without her consent. “Do it, Ash. Fuck me like you used to.”

  He pulled back, almost fully out of her, and pressed forward again. “I missed your body, baby. I missed every dip,” he said, grabbing one of her breasts with his hand and thumbing her nipple. “Every curve. I missed how you scream when you come. It’s so fucking hot. I missed the feel of your pussy sucking my dick when you were on top.”

  Lord, she’d missed that too. She’d missed him so damn much. She whimpered at the back of her throat as he moved faster. Harder. Deeper. Her body clamored for more of his thrusts. Every slide of him into her only made her want more. It was an addiction, a hunger she’d pushed to sleep. Now awake, she couldn’t get enough. More. She needed more of him. All of him.

  He pushed in and out. Over and over. Faster and harder. Her breasts bounced up and down. Her belly quivered with every drive.

  “This is how I’ve been dreaming of you,” he grunted, his abs contracting with every thrust. “Wide open. Wanting me in you. Begging for more of my cock.” He licked his lips. “Do it. Beg me to fuck you, Kari.”

  “Please, Ash,” she whimpered with no hesitation. “Fuck me more. Don’t stop.”

  “I never planned on stopping,” he breathed the words out in short bursts. “I won’t stop. Not until I take you back as mine.” His voice turned into a low growl. “Not until I’ve come inside you. Over you. Until my scent is everywhere on you.”

  Passion curled into a tight knot at her core. She could taste the oncoming orgasm. “Oh, my, god.”

  “Ah, baby. That’s deep,” he groaned, his hips rocking in a motion that pushed her body up on the table, but he yanked her back down with his hands. “Your pussy’s deep and tight. So fucking wet and hot. I can’t hold it much longer. I want to fill you with my cum.”

  Ash slid his hand down, rubbing her exposed clit with his thumb, and she choked out a long scream, her body unravelling. She lost control of her limbs. Everything shook as waves of bliss bathed her body with joy. Her pussy contracted hard around his cock. He stopped suddenly, his hands on her hips and his nails digging painfully at her sides.

  “Fuck!” he roared as he came, filling her in long spurts with his seed.

  She gasped, her legs shaking as she tried to sit up. He helped her up and stumbled back, falling into a chair and setting her down on his lap. She sat there for quiet moments, trying to catch her breath.

  Once her common sense returned, she pushed away the feelings of guilt. She wasn’t seeing anyone else, and she knew Ash well enough to know he wasn’t either or he wouldn’t have gotten her naked. Not that it had taken much to get her naked, but whatever.

  She slipped off his lap and stared at what used to be her dress with a frown. What the hell was she supposed to wear now? His suit jacket was strewn next to her gown. She picked it up and put it on without saying a word. It would be easier to tell him this wasn’t going to happen again with clothes on.

  “So what prompted this?” she asked, turning to face him and catching him zipping up his pants. He made no attempt to put on the shirt. Bastard.

  FIVE

  His brows rose, and a grin floated over his lips. “What? Me finally kicking my own ass and coming for the one woman I’ve ever loved?”

  She didn’t want to let it, but his words warmed her. She’d never truly believed he loved her. Not because he didn’t say the words, but he just wasn’t there to prove it. She’d lived most of their relationship alone.

  “Yeah.” She cleared her throat. “Something like that. Why now? Why did you wait almost a full year to do something about us?”

  He shoved his hands in his pocket and leaned back by the restaurant’s bar. “Stupidity. I wanted you to come back to me. I knew you loved me. I didn’t think you were serious at first. That you really wanted to leave when we both knew we were right for each other. So good together.”

  She pursed her lips and folded her arms over her chest. “You really thought that sex would bring me back?” She shook her head. “You must not really know me then.”

  “It’s not that I don’t know you. I was so busy, Kari. Too busy. I thought you understood the responsibility I had in my hands. It was too much for one person to handle on his own.” He scrubbed a hand over his jaw. “I realized after you left that I needed to take on less work and have a life.”

  Lovely. He’d realized, once she’d gotten tired of sitting around alone, to make time for a woman. She didn’t want to ask him how many he’d been with in the past year. She’d later found out he was a bear-shifter and researched as much as possible about his species. It didn’t surprise her to know he could turn into a giant bear. She’d known shifters existed and he had that big body that most normal men didn’t have. Besides, she knew shifters loved them some curves. It surprised her to know how committed they could be when they found their mates.

  “Why didn’t you tell me you were a bear-shifter?” she asked.

  He glanced down at the floor before meeting her gaze. “I...I didn’t want to scare you.”

  She huffed a breath and stomped her foot. “Scare me? What the hell do I look like some weak little human? Why would you telling me you were a bear scare me?”

  He grinned. “A lot of women get scared of shifters. They think we’re going to hurt them somehow, during sex or if we become angry.”

  “Those women are clearly idiots.” She rolled her eyes and turned away. “This is the kind of stuff we should have talked about but never could, because you weren’t there. How is it that you’re now ready but still holding things back? Until I asked you, I didn’t see you being forthcoming with the information. Did you think I didn’t realize how hard it was for you to stay human?”

  He clenched his jaw and stared her down. “I would have told you. I wanted us to spend some time together again. I wanted to remind you how much you mean to me.”

  “Right now, all I’m seeing is that you are talking a lot and doing a poor job of convincing me of anything.” She tossed her hair over her shoulder and glanced at the front door. “Do me a favor and take me home. Talking to you is clearly not going to get my point across.”

  He watched her for a long moment, his lips pressed into a thin line. “Fine.”

  She followed him out the door to the side of the restaurant where a bike was parked. “You’re kidding right?” She glanced down at herself, then back at him. “I’m half-naked, Ash!”

  He grinned. “Sorry, babe. It’s either this or waiting awhile until the limo can come back and get us. I promise to take the empty back roads to get you home.”

  She debated for all of thirty seconds and got on the bike. The motor purred to life and vibrated between her legs. She curled her arms around his waist and snuggled tight to his back. She was glad his jacket was long and covered her back, but there was no way to cover the large amount of thigh she showed off. She’d just have to deal with it.

  He handed her a helmet and took off. True to his word, he took empty back roads and quiet side streets until they reached her house. She slipped off the bike and motioned for him to stay on it. “I’m fine. I can get myself inside.”

  He nodded, his features passive. She couldn’t really tell what he was thinking, but this wasn’t the end of things. That much she knew about Ash. Once he’d decided she’d be his, he had been persistent. Not that she had given him much of a fight. She’d been too attracted to him herself.

  “Good night, Ash.”

  “Think about what you want. Because you’ll have to make a choice soon. Really soon.”

  He left her standing there, thinking back to the words he’d said. What did she want? She’d never wanted anyone but Ash since she’d met him. Even when she’d given up on their relationship, she’d secretly hoped he’d come for her, at least at the beginning. After a while she knew his job had been more important than anything they had.

  * * *

  SIX

  The following morning, she’d just gotten dressed to go run some errands when her doorbell rang. She opened the door to Ash, wearing a pair of jeans that hugged his large legs like a dream. A black T-shirt clung to his torso and showed off the abs she’d fallen in lust with.

  “Wow. Wasn’t expecting to see you here.”

  “Good morning.” He grinned, handing her a to-go cup she had a suspicion contained her favorite coffee.

  A quick sip confirmed her thoughts. He was bribing her with her favorite drink, and she didn’t really care why. It was early. She was grumpy without coffee.

  “Good morning,” she grumbled.

  “I hope you’re not too busy today. I have a surprise for you.” He smiled wide. Her heart flipped in her chest, and pleasure heated her blood. In the past, Saturdays had meant him being at work, so for him to be there and not at his office was a pretty big deal in her book.

  “Depends. Is there more coffee involved in this outing?”

  She’d spent the previous night thinking about what she wanted in her life. She still loved Ash, no doubt about that. Why deny the truth? What she wasn’t going to put up with was taking a backseat to his job again. She knew that for sure. If he was sincere in putting her above the crazy amount of work and travel he’d done in the past, then she couldn’t see why she shouldn’t give him a chance. Truth was, she didn’t want to push him away when she knew he was the only man she loved. He’d never done anything to hurt her so badly that a second chance couldn’t be warranted.

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