Broken River - Ruby Shae Page 0,31
toward the cabin.
She raced up the stairs toward their big bed, but as soon as she cleared the top step, Liam tackled her and threw her on the mattress. His big body covered hers as he held her arms above her head, and the kiss he placed on her lips was hard and possessive.
His cock was also hard, and when he ground his hips against hers, she opened her legs so she could feel him sliding against her clit. It didn’t matter that there were several layers of clothing separating them, either, because his cock against her core always made her wet.
He nuzzled her neck, and scraped his teeth against the juncture between her neck and shoulder, but then he pulled back and looked her in the eyes. His face was the same mask of granite that she had seen a million times before, and she knew that he was trying to figure out the right words to say next.
“So, you love the oven?” he said, finally.
“Yes,” she laughed, “very much.”
“Obviously, we need to talk.”
“Obviously. But…maybe fuck me first?”
He growled again, but then he started kissing her, and he didn’t stop until she screamed his name for the third time, and her pussy had milked him completely dry.
Liam watched Elle nearly devour her sandwich, and a sense of pride filled his chest. Okay, it was stupid male chest-thumping pride, but he didn’t care. He had satisfied his girl—over and over again—to the point that she was starving, and she wasn’t hiding the fact from him. She ate with vigor, not trying to hide that part of herself from him, either, and he couldn’t stop the smile that formed on his lips.
“What?” she asked, looking up at him as she picked all of the crumbs off of the paper that the sandwich had been wrapped in. “I’m starving.”
“You’re adorable,” he said, “and I love you.”
She stopped searching for crumbs and looked at him.
“You do?”
“Yes, very much.” He leaned forward and placed a chaste kiss on her shoulder, mostly because he couldn’t reach her mouth from his position, and he just wanted to touch her. “Feel better now?”
“Yes, thank you.”
She crumpled up the sandwich wrapper and handed it to him, and then she took a long drink from her water bottle while he threw her trash out. When he got back to the bed, he sat down beside her and linked their fingers together. He didn’t need to see her face when he told her about his bear, not since she’d already figured that part out and seemed okay with it, but he was happy not to have to look at her when he explained how he’d met Gavin. It was a dark time in his life, and though it all worked out, his behavior still shamed him.
“So, how did you figure it out?” he asked.
“That you are the bear?”
“Yeah.”
“At first it was just a feeling. He reminded me a lot of you, and the two of you were never around at the same time, that kind of stuff. But after you opened up to me, and we started having sex, I noticed a lot of other things, and some things about the other bears, too. When I started watching them closely, really closely, I realized they each had at least one thing in common with their human forms, and I became more convinced. I wasn’t one-hundred-percent sure, of course, because…I mean…this is kind of unbelievable, but I figured if it was true, then I wanted you to know that it didn’t bother me, and the best way to do that was to tell the bear how I feel.”
“I love you for that, by the way,” he said. “And even though I was hesitant at first, it only took me a few days to realize that I never want to let you go. I know you have dreams about opening a bakery, and that a business like that won’t survive around here, but…if you can still trust me, I hope you’ll stay with me anyway. Maybe together we can figure out something that will make you happy.”
“Liam, I’m already happy. Happier than I have ever been in my life, and I have you to thank for that. Lacey wants to expand the store into more of a small café type venue, and she and I have already been making plans. Plus, when the weather cools down, I might be able to do some indoor fairs or festivals. It will be different than