Bunny Hearts Bear by V Vaughn & C J Oliver

Author:V Vaughn & C J Oliver [Vaughn, V & Oliver, C J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugarloaf Press
Published: 2019-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

HILLARY

I’m dragging my ass today. I’m tired and didn’t sleep well last night. My dreams were filled with images of naked Alec, water sluicing down the planes of his hot, hard body. A body that has definitely replaced the boyish form of him in my memory. Desire smolders in my lower belly as I think about him. It’s a mate thing, and it’s part of why denying Alec is so damn hard.

I wanted him so badly yesterday that I almost let go completely. And the truth is I would have if he hadn’t been so hesitant to go further than a kiss.

I know I told him I shouldn’t have let us get carried away, but I’m not sure that’s true any longer. I’m so afraid to trust him, yet when I begin to, I’m the one who sabotages whatever good thing we have going.

I open the back door of the diner to take a bag of trash to the dumpster in the alley. My nose twitches when the foul odor of rotting food fills my nostrils. After I toss the garbage, I lean against the brick wall to think. I regret it a moment later when my bunny takes advantage of my lull in activity to mount another argument about Alec.

Why can’t I be with my mate? She demands. Again. Man, she can be annoying. Mates in love. We belong together.

I sigh. Arguing with her is pointless. My animal side is all about pleasure. She doesn’t understand the nuances of trust.

I’m startled by the door opening, and Mandy comes out carrying another bag of garbage. One that isn’t full, making me pretty sure she was just looking for an excuse to come back here to talk to me.

“You all right, hon?” She tosses the bag into the dumpster. Her smile is casual, but I can see the concern in her eyes.

“I shifted with Alec last night, and we went to our favorite spot, and… we kissed,” I admit to her.

“Was it a good kiss?”

I groan, “Yes, god help me.”

She shakes her head. “I knew this was going to happen.”

I pout. “Please don’t lecture me. I’m feeling a bit raw about it right now.”

“You know what we need right now?”

“Pie?”

“Even better. A girls’ night out.” She swings her arm around my shoulder. “Call up your Lexi girl, I’ll ask my mom to look after Daniel, and the three of us can get some wine, and sit around and talk all of this through. What do you say?”

“You’re taking a night off from motherhood to be with me?”

“Who says I’m taking a night off from mothering?” she teases, and I smile.

“I’d love it. Thanks.”

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