Cherished Mate: Cybermates by Ayers Candace

Author:Ayers, Candace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lovestruck Romance
Published: 2019-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

13

Laila

Walking to my car after a long day of work, the last thing I expected to see was Gray leaning against it. My heart instantly beat out an increasingly rapid tempo until it felt as though I had a big bass drum behind my rib cage. I stumbled on thin air. Fortunately, I caught myself before I took a tumble on the pavement and made a fool of myself, but I couldn’t do anything about my warming cheeks except curse them and force a smile. “Hey.”

Gray flashed a grin that lit up his face. He looked genuinely glad to see me and his eyes held a twinkle that made me suspect he knew something I didn’t. “You didn’t think you were getting out of wolf lessons, did you?”

I made sure to keep a little distance from him as I skirted him and dropped my bag into the backseat of my car. “I didn’t know if that was still on or what.”

Chuckling, Gray just nodded and reached out to lightly run his finger over my cheek. “Make a wish.”

I swallowed so loud that I didn’t think anyone needed wolf senses to hear it. Jammie and October probably heard it inside the salon. “W-what?”

“Eyelash. You’re supposed to make a wish.”

“Oh, yeah. Thanks.”

“Come on. Wolf lessons. Back in the marsh, before it gets dark and spooky.”

At a loss for words, I just nodded and got into my car to follow him. I wasn’t sure what I’d been expecting. Well, I knew what I’d been thinking all day. That I’d put out so fast and easy for him, and now that he’d gotten what he wanted, he wouldn’t be back to bother with me. There he was, though. Bothering with me.

As I followed him to his house, I tried to make sense of what he wanted with me—why he was still showering attention on me. I knew he wasn’t the dating type. Everyone knew that about Gray, despite the fact that so many women on the island were intent on trying their hand at changing it. So, what was he doing spending more of his time with me? Was he truly just set on helping another wolf get her shit together?

A sliver of a half-formed thought crept into my mind. Could it be that he and I were mates somehow? No, that was ridiculous. Sure, I felt an incredibly strong attraction to him. But, so did the majority of the women on Sunkissed Key. Plus, according to what Parker said, if I was his mate he’d know right away. And, I couldn’t forget that he’d specifically answered Parker’s questionnaire by saying he didn’t want a mate. I thought back to all the interaction we’d had since we’d first met. He’d been flirty and playful with me, he’d generously helped with Stella’s nursery, the sex had been mind-blowing, but he’d made no mention—not even a hint—about anything having to do with mates.

I swore under my breath as I pulled up and parked behind him. He was just being a stand up guy, helping me out.

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