Destiny's Dream by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jupiter Press
Published: 2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00

7

“Uuuggggghhhhh.” Destiny kicked the covers to the side and sat on the edge of her bed, rubbing her temples. “Please tell me I didn’t do anything stupid.” She replayed the events of the night before. She glanced down, remembering Mason helping her out of her skirt. She could still feel his lips on her cheek.

That last thing she remembered was watching Mason stroll out of her bedroom after covering her with the sheets.

Whew. Nothing happened.

Other than her behaving badly.

Ruff. Ruff. Ruff.

She jumped. Her feet tangled up in the sheet. She twisted and turned with her arms flapping wildly, trying to maintain her balance.

But then Coop came racing in, and his tail smacked her legs, sending her crash-landing to the floor with a thud.

“Coop. Get back here.” Mason’s voice filled her mind. The sultry sound set her skin on fire. “Are you okay?” He stood over her with both his hands stretched out. “Sorry. I thought I had secured your door last night.”

“What the hell are you doing in my house?” She did her best to wrap the sheets around her half-naked body, ignoring his offer to help her to her feet.

Right now, she’d prefer to stay right where she was.

“I didn’t feel comfortable leaving you alone.”

“I wasn’t that drunk,” she muttered.

He bent over, tucking one arm under her legs. He lifted her off the ground with ease. “Put me down,” she demanded. She hated being manhandled by an alpha male almost as much as she despised taking a fist to her face.

“Coop, move over.” Mason gently set her down on the bed. To his credit, he made sure she stayed covered up. “When I left last night, someone was in the wooded area, and they left a couple of Ho Ho wrappers behind. I sent them to the lab hoping to get prints.”

Her head throbbed with every syllable that flew from his mouth. She heard each word but struggled to connect them to the bigger meaning. “I’m not sure I’m following.”

He fluffed a pillow and had the nerve to sit next to her on the bed with his arm around her, tucking her head into the crook of his shoulder. His fingers glided across her temples, massaging gently, easing the pain. It felt so good she moaned.

“Someone was here last night?” she asked.

“Whoever it was, I chased them to the park where they had a car and drove off. It wasn’t a car I recognized. Do you know anyone with a Mercedes?” He talked so fast that the words collided together in a hodgepodge of sounds. It made the room spin.

“Could you please talk slower and softer.”

His stomach rose and fell with a throaty laugh.

“It’s not funny.”

Coop sighed, resting his head on her legs. She ran her fingers through his thick fur, scratching behind his ears as she snuggled into Mason’s body. It felt way too comfortable. Like she’d spent every morning of her life with this man and his dog in her bed.

Or maybe it was just the familiar feeling of a past life where she was happy for five minutes.

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