Bear in a Billion: EXPOSED (#1) by Zola Bird

Author:Zola Bird
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, paranormal, fantasy, shapeshifters, BWWM Paranormal BBW Bear Shifter Romance
Publisher: Bear Shifter Romance Press
Published: 2015-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

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Ethan opened the bottle of wine and Haley started to feel better. She was always like this, she thought, always going after the big prize when the thing she wanted was right in front of her. Like Ethan. Why couldn’t she be grateful for what she had? Ethan was wonderful. He was passionate. He was caring. He had saved her life. She got goosebumps just speaking to him. His soft, husky voice, his clear blue eyes, his smile. But then, her mind wandered off to the shifter again. Why hadn’t he showed? He had said he would, and then he didn’t. Things didn’t happen without a reason. What had happened to cause the shifter to change his mind?

Ethan refilled her glass.

“Are you trying to get me drunk?” Haley asked.

“No, not at all. You’ve only had one glass, right?”

“Yup.”

“Good. Because I’ve got something to show you.”

“What?”

“Forget the what, where, and why for the rest of the night and let me take care of you, Haley. You’re going to love this.”

Ethan walked back to the van and pulled the two longboards off the rack on the side. Haley saw what he had in mind.

“Oh, no. No, no, no.” Haley didn’t like the idea. Not one bit. “No way, Ethan. That ocean got the best of me and I’m fine with that. I’m cutting my losses. I didn’t even bring a bathing suit.”

“You’ve got shorts and a T-shirt. You’ll be fine.” Ethan put a surfboard under each arm. “Just follow me. Nature has a special treat for us tonight, Haley, and I want you to have a front row seat.”

Haley just stared at the surfboard. She felt a surge of fear well up within her. Real fear. “That’s not a seat,” she finally said.

“You’ll be fine.”

Haley didn’t think so. Her mind flashed back to her near drowning. To the rip current she couldn’t possible swim against, to the terrible waves pushing her farther and farther down. Her lungs had felt like they were going to burst. And then she had blacked out entirely. If not for Ethan, if he hadn’t rescued her, she would be… dead. And now he was asking her to go back in? Again? After what had happened to her? Every ounce of her being recoiled at the thought.

“Haley,” Ethan said. “Do you trust me?”

“Yes,” Haley replied. She trusted him. He had saved her life, after all. But it didn’t mean she was going back in there. She could enjoy nature perfectly well from dry land.

“You know I would never let anything happen to you,” Ethan said.

“Yes.”

“And you’ve heard the expression, ‘get back on the old horse’?”

“Of course.”

“Then give me your hand. I won’t let anything happen to you. Ever.”

Why did he have to be so damn convincing? She didn’t want to do it. No part of her wanted to go back into the ocean. But she didn’t want to be a coward, either. She didn’t want to be afraid. And she knew there was only one way to get over your fears.

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