Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 22478 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 112(@200wpm)___ 90(@250wpm)___ 75(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 22478 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 112(@200wpm)___ 90(@250wpm)___ 75(@300wpm)
I see him sigh and my heart goes out to him. A part of me wants to open the door and invite him in.
What are you crazy, Jemma?! Did you learn nothing living in New York City?
I lived there long enough. I’ve seen way too many freaks for one lifetime.
But even after all that time and experience with weirdos, my mind is still urging me to invite him in.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
“I saw you in town,” he says. “A few weeks ago.”
“And you stalked me up here?” I shout. “That’s so creepy!”
He sighs and shakes his head, cursing himself out under his breath.
“I guess when you put it like that,” he says, “it does sound kind of creepy.”
I didn’t see him in town. I definitely would have remembered seeing that man.
“Hold on,” I say when it dawns on me. “Are you the prick who honked his horn at me?”
“The one you gave the finger to?” he says with a sigh. “Yeah, that’s me.”
“Here’s another one!” I shout as I slide open the screen and stick my hand out. “Now, beat it!”
“I will,” he says, “but can you come out here first so we can talk for a minute?”
“How about I run you over with my bus instead?”
He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.
The rock he’s holding is so big, but he’s holding it with ease. I keep thinking he’s going to get tired and drop it, but he doesn’t.
I narrow my eyes on him and focus with all my might.
Drop it! Drop it!
But he doesn’t.
“I just need you to come out here,” he says, “and gaze into my eyes.”
“What?”
“You’ll see. Can you just please gaze into my eyes?”
“No, and that’s the weirdest, creepiest question I’ve ever been asked, so congratulations!”
“If you look into my eyes, you’ll understand.”
“That’s not much better!”
“I just…” He drops his head in frustration. “I have to…”
His words drop off, but he keeps talking, only this time, he seems to be cursing himself out under his breath. However he thought this was going to go, it hasn’t gone that way. At all.
My body begins to tingle and ache the longer I watch him.
I squeeze my thighs together and feel wetness. I’m aching for some pressure down there. For something…
I can’t deny the intense pull. The yearning. Every second I watch him, the more I’m drawn to him.
I close my eyes and shake those unhelpful thoughts out of my head. It’s probably because I’ve been alone all this time.
Maybe I’m just lonely. Or, maybe it’s something else.
But whatever it is, I’m not going to let him in. No matter what.
I’ve been a city girl long enough to know that when a naked creep shows up on your doorstep, you don’t open the door, no matter how hot he is.
I’m ignoring my gut, my heart, and my feelings on this one.
My brain is staying in control.
And he’s not coming in.
five
. . .
Michael
You see now? I snarl at my bear. Look what you did, you fucking idiot. She’s terrified of us!
My inner bear growls back.
Oh, shut up. I told you this would happen.
What a mess.
My damn bear has been wandering through the mountains for weeks looking for our mate. He kept me trapped inside and wouldn’t let me out no matter how hard I tried to escape, how loud I screamed, no matter what I said. He didn’t trust me to find her and now look what happened.
We showed up naked on her campground and now she refuses to come out of that bus.
The worst part is, he’s ruined the one moment I’ve been waiting my entire life for. I finally saw her beautiful face. I finally breathed in her sweet essence. I finally heard her ethereal voice. But it didn’t go as I had always planned.
It couldn’t have gone worse.
I’ll have to cut my losses and try again. Standing here naked while she shouts at me to leave isn’t going to change her mind about coming out.
Maybe in a few days, I’ll run into her in town. I’ll have clothes on. There will be people around. Maybe I can strike up a conversation while her guard isn’t on red alert.
“Okay,” I say in a calm voice as I back away, still holding the rock over my cock. “I’ll leave. I wasn’t trying to hurt you. I just…”
What does it matter? She’s not going to believe anything I say anyway.
I step into the forest, toss the rock, and jog away. I barely get to the river before my inner grizzly bear has a full-on meltdown.
He’s snarling my ear off and thrashing around.
Easy, I try to tell him, but that just sets him off more.
“No!” I gasp as he makes a break for the surface. He’s so strong. I’ve never felt this kind of strength from him before. It’s like seeing our mate has leveled him up.