accepted the mate bond, Zoe, and I’ll wait for as long as I need to for you to decide you want it as well.”
Her pace faltered, but only for a second. Then she leaned forward and wrapped her hand around his throat before pressing a kiss to his pulse. “You’re the sweetest thing I’ve ever tasted Liam.”
Then she rode him like she meant it. Combined with the pressure on his neck and her words…Liam came so hard his vision blacked out and still she didn’t stop. He felt his canines shift to sharper points as the urge to claim her became overwhelming.
He was vaguely aware of the nonsense he kept saying as his brain shut off. She was so fucking tight, so sweet, and so sharp that all he could do was hold on as she took his soul for a second time, milking him for all that he was worth.
Finally, she came, and Liam managed to catch her as she collapsed, rolling over one last time to milk her orgasm the same way she’d done to him, wringing every drop of pleasure from her that he could until she was shaking just as badly as he was.
Both of them were breathing hard as they came down from the high, sweat slicking their skin and the mess between them felt like it was everywhere. They should have been more careful, but honestly Liam didn’t care. He was all in no matter what.
Zoe ran her fingers through his hair over and over. It made him sleepy, but they needed to clean up. He should get her a snack since it had been a while since she’d eaten.
“I should have told you to wear a condom,” she muttered. Zoe sounded irritated, but she pressed her lips to his forehead with a tenderness he honestly would never have expected from her.
“Shifters can’t carry diseases which includes STDs. But I can’t say I wouldn’t be excited if you ended up pregnant,” he teased, kissing her again. Liam didn’t think he would ever get over kissing her at every opportunity.
“I’m on the pill you asshole,” she snapped, pushing him off of her.
He might have been hurt if he hadn’t been able to smell how embarrassed and aroused she was. Liam laughed and slid off the bed. He grabbed her and carried her into the bathroom. “Let’s get cleaned up. Then I’ll let you sleep in my bed since we made a mess.”
Liam could feel her staring at him as he shifted her weight so he could hold her with one arm and turn the shower on with the other.
“Will you stay with me tonight?” she asked.
The small voice was so out of character for her that he turned to inspect her face. “Of course. Did you think I wouldn’t?”
“It sounded like you planned to sleep somewhere else,” Zoe admitted, resting her head on his shoulder. “And I’m the one who should be helping you clean up.”
“Mm, we can agree to disagree on that one.” Liam waited for the water to warm up, feeling a little weird, but he couldn’t put his finger on why. “Zoe, I wasn’t going to assume you wanted to sleep in the same bed with me.”
“Says the guy who just told me he wanted me to have his babies,” she muttered.
Liam couldn’t help laughing. It instantly eased that strange precariousness between them. “Like I said, it’s all your choice. I’m not going to pressure you with my own feelings. If you don’t want to have kids, that’s fine with me too.”
“I’ve never met anyone as easygoing as you,” she told him, staring up at him with wide eyes when he set her inside the shower. “How could none of that normal shit matter to you?”
“Why would it matter when I’m just happy I get to be with you?” Liam stepped inside and started rinsing off as quickly as possible so he could be the one to wash her hair this time. “If I had to choose between everything else and you, I’d pick you. The only person I couldn’t give up for you would be Noah.”
Her cheeks were pink again as she stared up at him like she couldn’t believe any of this was real. “I would never ask you to.”
“Good. Then let me help you get clean. I’ll grab a few snacks, and then we can go sleep in my room. I’ll change the sheets in here tomorrow. I’ll sleep anywhere you want to, as long as I’m invited.”
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