Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 28245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 141(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28245 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 141(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
Always so humble. I just hope everyone realizes it was because of his determination and hard work that the agency changed to a more ethical and helpful one. If it weren’t for Cain, there would still be agents out in the world hunting down poor helpless lovesick shifters who were desperate to connect with their mates. Instead, they find them before they can cause any damage, and they help them find their one true love.
Every time I hear about a successful connection, it brings tears to my eyes. We were once like those poor lovesick mates, separated and desperate to lay eyes on one another.
I smile as he goes on, remembering how I walked into this very place so long ago and he burst into my life like a wrecking ball. How he swept me off my feet, literally. Our first amazing night together and all the incredible ones since.
Gratitude fills me as I watch him making his speech. I built a beautiful life with this man. We had five children together and are up to twelve grandchildren (and counting). We live on a beautiful ranch in Montana with horses and a few other happy animals wandering around. I love to wake up and feed the goats. They always make me laugh when they scream at me.
I spend my days reading philosophy and writing essays on all of the greats that I publish on my modestly successful blog. There aren’t a ton of readers itching to learn about the early poetry of Empedocles, but I do have some regular readers who do. I’m just happy I get to do what I love.
“But the person I want to thank most,” Cain says as those dark brown eyes find me once again, “is my smart, beautiful, endlessly fascinating mate, Mindy Shields.”
Practically the entire room turns and smiles at me. I’m blushing hard as my mate looks at me with that look that is so familiar, yet can never get old. He’s looking at me like I’m the most precious thing in the world to him. It always makes me feel so special.
“Mindy,” he goes on, staring at me like we’re the only two people in the room. “You are my everything. You are the air I breathe. You are the pulse in my heart. I love you so much and I can’t wait to retire and spend every waking minute with you.”
He’s not just saying it for the crowd either. He means it.
It feels like my chest is expanding as we gaze at each other through the crowd. I’ve never felt so close to him before. I’ve never felt so loved.
I can’t wait to lounge in bed all day on Monday morning with him by my side. We’ll spend all day together, making love in every room in the house. I’ll treat him so well, he’ll never think about the office again.
Cain announces the new director and calls him up. It’s a young hotshot, just like Cain was, and the crowd cheers for their new leader. He starts his speech as my man walks down the steps, his hungry eyes locked on me.
I can feel the heat swirling around my core as I watch him walk toward me in his sexy black suit. He’s such a hottie. A true silver fox.
I swallow hard as he takes my hand and kisses my lips.
“I’m all yours now,” he whispers as the speech goes on in the background. I’m not listening to any of it. I’m too focused on my sexy man. “Don’t get bored of me.”
“I could never get bored of you,” I whisper as I squeeze his hand. I step on my toes and put my lips as close to his ear as I can get them. “In fact, I’m craving you right now…”
Those dark lustful eyes snap to me. “Let’s go.”
I giggle as my cheeks begin to blush.
“The speech isn’t done,” I whisper.
“Well,” he whispers with a grin. “I’m retired now. So, I can do whatever the fuck I want.”
“And what do you want to do?”
“You,” he says as I feel an intense need emanating from him. “Always you.”
“But we can’t just—“
I gasp as he suddenly picks me up, tosses me over his shoulder, and walks out of the reception hall for the second time in my life.
And just like the last time he swept me off my feet, he spends the rest of the night rocking my world.