The Baby Shift- Hawaii by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Robert

Eve’s scent haunted him. In his car, in his condo, at the store. Worse, it was all over the Lionheart Lodge. He couldn’t stop thinking about her. Worse still, everyone was mentioning her.

“That chocolate tart she made yesterday? Rob, I’m gonna gain twenty pounds at this rate this summer. I can’t stop eating it.”

“The steak tartare was orgasmic.” This, by both Pepper and Ginger, who were absolutely crushing on Eve.

“You should get her to cater the initiation event.”

The last comment was scary because no non-shifters had ever been allowed to see the Initiation event, least of all the chef. They’d always made special arrangements to get a fellow Shifter to cook. Or they all banded together.

“What’s the use? She cooks us all under the table, and we’re all tired of doing our silly potlucks. Let her do it,” Pepper said when he thought aloud about how problematic it might be to include Eve. The comment stung. Partially, because he’d like to believe that they all had traditions they respected. Yet, as time wore on, it seemed like that mattered less and less for the Shifter kinds.

It seemed like almost every day, he was receiving an e-mail from some far-flung cousin or distant clan member who had announced that they were mating with a human. He didn’t care. Not really. His parents had never been against Shifters mixing with humans.

“Share the love,” his father said. Easy for him to say. He’d never cared about what people thought. That’s probably why he’d made such a good leader. Robert smirked. Well, he did care that Robert had yet to be mated or have children. Maybe that’s why his father was so open about mating. He knew that Robert had never found a Shifter woman to his liking, not for lack of ignorance, but simply that it felt like Shifter women were all like family. They had plenty of non-blood relatives in the Clan through marriage and various “sister” clans, but still. He’d never found the one.

And now, he was thirty—going on thirty-one. He broke at his desk with a start. Wow. It was right after his thirtieth birthday that his clan members had begun teasing him about not being mated. He’d just realized!

Eve wasn’t helping things. She smelled of babies, thanks to Joan, and sweet seaside air. Every time he found himself around her, his inner lion was roaring for him to make a very unprofessional move. He clapped a hand to his face and sighed—long and heavy sigh.

“Everything ok, boss?” Jacob asked. Robert hadn’t even noticed him pop his head in to collect the usual tray of espresso cups.

“Work,” Robert lied. “Per usual.”

Jacob grinned, none the wiser. “No worries. Ms. Eve has made a killer lamb dish today.”

“Can you bring it to me in my office?” he asked, sitting up straight as a board. Yes, then he wouldn’t have to see her. Jacob’s eyes flickered for a moment. It was rare that Robert declined to stop in on all Lionheart operations.

“You got it.

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