A Matter of Pride by Harte Marie

Author:Harte, Marie [Harte, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2012-07-23T22:00:00+00:00

She was going to be majorly pissed when she realized he wasn’t letting her go. He still didn’t know how it had happened. For most of his life, when he thought of Stacey Bermin, he got a hard-on and a headache from gritting his teeth. The woman annoyed him like nobody’s business. But he’d never been inside her, never had a chance to see her softer side when she smiled up at him with her heart in those pale blue eyes of hers.

Love. Hell, he’d fallen for her hard. For a woman who intended to leave his home at first chance, and who thought him a bumbling hick with a cock that wouldn’t quit. He’d impressed her with his body, or so he hoped. She’d had her share of orgasms, and she acted as though she liked him at times. Now how to build that parcel of affection into deep, ooey-gooey love?

Dean knew women better than he knew himself. They liked flowers, candy and compliments. He gave them attention and didn’t look at other women when with a special girl. A one-at-a-time man who knew how to have fun. But Stacey was different. To her, flattery was an insult. She had beauty, brains and money. Everything a successful woman might want.

The thought depressed him, until his cat reminded Dean she didn’t have him.

He’d sensed earlier what she hadn’t said, so he’d said it first. But he knew. The woman was lonely. Her family loved her, but they were family. She needed a lover, someone to care for her and her alone. And who better than Dean to give her what she needed?

He cast a glance in her direction. She paced alongside him, haughty, sexy and not as strong as she’d have him think. He never would have believed it if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, but Stacey Bermin had doubts. She worried, she loved. But could she love him was the question.

Not sure about how much they’d shared, Dean felt as if he’d missed something important. Their scents mingled—as close as they’d been and as much as he’d come inside her, they’d blended. Physically, and on his part, emotionally. Of all the women he’d made love to—and there had been more than a few—none had left him breathless and eager for so much more.

He liked looking at her. Touching her. Seeing through her eyes the world around them. She brushed against him as they moved, and the glide of her fur over his just felt right.

He couldn’t explain it, but he was ready to mate her. He’d paid particular attention to Burke and Grady when they’d talked about claiming a female. Not wanting to bond with any of his former girlfriends, Dean had kept his emotional distance. But with Stacey, he was ready to give over his heart. Almost.

Once he’d tricked her into loving him, then he’d tie them together. No way would she ever believe she’d fallen for a plain, lowly Chastell. He had to find a way to look bigger and better in his eyes.

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