Chapter 234
CASSIE let the water drip down her back. She caressed her belly roll and grinned. A baby. She’d been wanting children for a while now. Especially since she got to hold little AVERY.
It was like her life was finally going where it needed to be. Even if she hadn’t been expecting it. Not really. She’d been on birth control since she was a teen, and it had never failed her until now. This was surreal.
TALEN had gotten her pregnant on a one-night stand and then, after he sent someone to tell her she was nothing but sex, he decided to show up and assume she’d just fall at his feet. Idiot.
She leaned her head forward under the spray and tried to imagine what her baby would look like. Would it be a boy or a girl? Would he or she have TALEN’s fair skin or her darker one? Would he or she be grumpy or fun-loving? The image of a little girl like AVERY popped into her head. Then one of a little boy with TALEN’s eyes and her no-nonsense attitude.
A pair of hands grabbed her from behind, caressing her back and sliding down to her hips.
She whirled around, sputtering water and wiping her eyes to glare at TALEN.
“Are you out of your fucking mind?”
He raised his brows. “No. Why would I be?”
“You’re in my shower,” she said matter-of-factly. “I didn’t invite you in here.”
“You want me in here with you, CASSIE. You miss me, my mate.”
She tried to shove him back, but there was little room in the tiny shower. “You have your own room. Go take a shower over there.”
“I’ve missed you. I have dreamt of holding you for the past few days.”
She snorted. “Yeah. Right. Tell me why you’re really here, TALEN.”
He cocked his head and pursed his lips. “I’m here because you’re my mate. I want you. I want you by my side, and I want our offspring with both of us.”
She tried to stay angry, but she wasn’t used to arguing with a naked man while she was naked as well. It was taking her out of her anger zone, watching his abs tighten and his arm muscles shift.
“Put some clothes on!”
His lips lifted into a naughty grin. “Why?”
“Because… because I can’t argue with you when we’re both naked.”
He nodded and instead of turning to get out of the shower, he came closer, taking over her space and curling one hand around her slick waist and cupping her neck with the other. “I don’t want to argue, mate. I missed you.”
No. She wouldn’t fall for that one. “TALEN, this isn’t the time or the place—”
He dipped his head and cut her off, taking her lips in a sweet kiss. Had he been rough or wild, she might have had an easier time pushing him away, but as it was, her heart fluttered with the swipe of his tongue over her lips. He met her gaze and pulled back enough to let her grab a breath of air.
“I missed you so much. Let me show you.”
She gulped back the desire wrecking her thinking ability and making her belly churn. She should send him to hell and ignore her body’s basic needs, but she wanted him, and she wanted them on better terms. He was her child’s father. She didn’t want a hateful relationship with him. Not when she still had the hopes of something flourishing between them. It was stupid, but she couldn’t stop the hope.
She leaned forward, giving him her response with her lips. She curled her arms around his neck and grazed her nails over the back of his neck. God. He was so soft, his skin so warm and smooth. She was taken by surprise when he curled his hands around her ass, palming both cheeks, and picked her up. Her legs immediately went around his hips. He pressed her back against the tiled shower wall, water pounding over both of them.
She couldn’t wait. She slid a hand between them, guiding his cock into her entrance and met his gaze.
“Please,” she murmured.
She might not want to want him, but she did. Right now, all her thoughts strayed from being angry to being his again.
He took her lips and dove his tongue into her mouth at the same time he drove his cock into her sex. He held her firmly against the tiled wall and grasped the back of her shoulder with his other hand while he fucked her. She felt the moment his fingers shifted into claws, and the sharp points dug into the back of her shoulder.
He growled something that sounded a lot like “mine” between kisses. Her heart fluttered wildly with each of his driving thrusts. Her body beckoned for more. More of him. His cock. His delightful possession of her.
It went on, the warm water falling over them as he continued scratching her shoulder and fucking her like the end of the world was near. Maybe it was. At this point, she couldn’t find it in her to care.
She clung to his neck, kissing hard and rough. His hips pulled back and drove in at a speed she couldn’t keep up with. Her back stayed pressed on the wall while he filled her with his cock.
“God,” she moaned the one time she gasped for breath.
“Your welcoming heat is driving me crazy. I can’t hold on much longer.”
She shuddered at the intense pleasure that suddenly took hold of her. The orgasm had been unexpected. It rocked her hard. His drives slowed until he held stiff, his shaft thicker and bigger than before. Streams of semen filled her. She felt her body grow boneless and was glad he had her securely in his arms.
He carried her out of the shower, still firmly inside her, to the bed. He lay with her on top of him and draped a long towel over her back. Her long wet hair was pushed to the side.
“Give me a chance.”
“A chance for what?” She worried what he truly wanted because she knew he could hurt her more than he knew.
“To prove to you we can make things work. You’re not alone. Baby or no baby, I want to be with you.”
It took her a moment of debating, but her heart was telling her to stop worrying so much and give the shifter a chance. She had never dated one of his kind, and he might prove to be a better man than those in her past.
Plus, her hope was he was being honest because she wanted them to give their baby a family—a happy one. She would never chance it if she thought he might not be there for the right reasons.
“One chance, Tal. Prove to me you’re here for me and not to get your way, and we might be able to make things work out.”
“I won’t let you down.” The convictio
n in his voice brought a smile to her face. She hoped he didn’t. She really hoped.