Bearly Awake (Providence Paranormal College Book 1) by D.R. Perry

Author:D.R. Perry [Perry, D.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Lynn

When the elevator doors closed in front of us, I almost expected Bobby to pull away. He didn’t, instead, wrapping his arms around me and leaning forward to put his forehead against mine. Behind me, he reached a hand up and stroked my hair. I barely dared to breathe, wondering whether he’d kiss me again. I wasn’t sure he would but decided not to care about it for now.

“I need to ask you something, and I don’t know how without sounding like a cad.” Bobby’s mood couldn't be deciphered by looking into his eyes, but they were too close for me to do more than try not to go cross-eyed. Maybe that was his intention.

“Don’t worry about how you sound to me.” The left side of my mouth tilted up. “I dish out so many plates of fresh insult and injury, I’d better learn how to take it. And for the record, I can’t believe someone in the twenty-first century actually used the word ‘cad.’”

“Okay, then.” He took a deep breath. “I want to try to find my mate.”

“Get your hands off me, or whoever she is will think you’re taken.” Bigmouth strikes again. Filterless Frampton was out in full force.

“That’s the thing, Lynn.” He blinked slowly, then stared into my eyes. “Ever since we met, I can’t stop thinking about you. That hasn’t happened to me ever. I want to see if you’re my mate.”

“I thought you said the only way to find out for sure is in a dream.” There was no way I’d let him sleep, big blue eyes and sweet talk or no. He had to know that.

“It’s the way my mom’s side of the family knows, yes.” He cleared his throat.

“But it’s not the only way.” I didn’t need to ask. I’d been studying ahead and already knew. Any shifter’s animal would come forward and try to claim a potential mate in the throes of passion. “You’re propositioning me, then.”

The elevator dinged, its doors shaking slightly as they opened on the fourth floor. A girl with white-blonde hair and wide amber eyes blinked at us, her hand covering her Cupid’s bow mouth and beaky nose in a gesture too fast to be human.

“Hoo, boy! I’ll take the stairs.” She backed away from the elevator, then turned on her heel. The last thing I heard before the doors closed again was a muffled “Sorry,” punctuated by the stomp of her booted feet.

Bobby threw his head back and let out a laugh. I joined in, unable to help myself. He leaned against the wall behind him, and I stumbled into his chest. I turned my head, laughing so hard tears that squeezed out of the corners of my eyes. Laughing like that felt very good; I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d shared that kind of mirth with another person.

There was no way I could be Bobby’s mate. He was much too special for the likes of me. But then I looked up at him through bleary laugh-tears.

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