Figure of Speech by Bell Dana Marie

Author:Bell, Dana Marie [Bell, Dana Marie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: older man younger woman, survivor, Paranormal, Romance, speech impediment, wolf, Shifter, May December romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-03-03T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Welcome home.”

Chloe glanced around, barely able to speak. She was in Jim’s house, being welcomed as a mate.

She shuddered, holding back tears. She’d never thought they’d get to this point. She’d thought he’d never acknowledge her, that all her dreams were for nothing. Then he’d barreled back into her life and changed it forever.

No matter how much she wanted to cry with joy, she couldn’t. The last thing she wanted to do was look like a weak little girl in front of the man who’d once claimed she was too young for him. She stiffened her spine instead and turned to him with a smile. “Thanks.”

His brows furrowed as he stared at her. “Are you all right?”

Jim reached for her but she backed away, turning instead toward the stairs. “Just tired.” She’d head to the bathroom and get herself back under control, then deal with the fact that she was moving into her mate’s home. “Where’s the bathroom?”

He pointed toward a door right off the front, beside the coat closet. She darted inside, waited a moment or two, and then flushed. She started running water in the sink, splashing it on her face. She took a deep breath and toweled her face dry before giving herself a stern look in the mirror. “Okay, Chloe. You’ve bot this. You can do it.” She opened the door and squeaked.

Jim stood on the other side, his arms crossed over his chest, his gaze filled with amusement. “Everything all right?”

She nodded. “Yup.”

“Mm-hm.” He shook his head and took her hand. “C’mon, Chloe. Let’s get you settled for the night.”

She let him tug her up the stairs, unable to look away from him. His scent filled her, so strong here in his home she felt wrapped in it.

“This is a spare bedroom I’m using for storage right now. It wouldn’t be hard to change it to a guest room.”

She blinked, trying to focus as Jim gave her a tour of the upstairs, but everything was a blur other than the feel of his hand in hers.

“This is the guest bath, and this is the second bedroom. I’ve got it set up for guests.”

“It would make a great…” She gulped and shot him a quick look.

“A nursery?”

She couldn’t tell how he felt about that from his neutral tone, but she wasn’t going to lie to him and say she didn’t want kids. No matter how terrifying the prospect was, today had reminded her that her family, and her mate, had her back. “Yes.”

He grinned back at her. “Good.”

The relief made her light-headed.

“And this is the master bedroom.” He opened a door wide, showing a very masculine, very bachelor bedroom. Dark cocoa walls, a king-sized bed with attached end tables and the biggest television this side of a movie theater were the only things in the room.

He seemed pleased by it. He waited for her reaction with a big grin on his face.

It was a good thing she was a shifter, because it was darker than the inside of a troll’s asshole in here.

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