Chapter 0025
Chapter 0025
Shaking the thoughts away, I dip the applicator into the medicine.
“Let me apply it for you,” Ethan says, and then he lowers tinself and kneels before me. I go still, taking in a quick breath when his hand circles my ankle and slowly slides up my calf. Tingles zip through my body and settle in my core, making me shift.
“Be still.”
“Yes, sir,” I whisper. I mentally slap myself for the breathy needy response. When he holds his hand out, I place the applicator in his hand and watch with every bit of my attention as he cups my thigh.
My entire body burns with need as he gently pulls me closed by tugging on my thigh.
Warm breath fans across my sensitive flesh just before he slides the applicator across my cut. I wince and gasp at the spark of pain that flares in my injury.
Then I gasp for a whole different reason as Ethan’s thumb brushes tenderly back and forth along the outside of my thigh. I shift as my core floods with heat, and Ethan pins me with his eyes.
“S–sorry,” I whisper again. How is this the same man who’d yelled at me in his office: How does he switch from detached CEO to attentive lover.
Carefully, Ethan finishes applying the medicine before bandaging my injury. 1 stay silent and still like he asked until he’s put the medicine away. I can’t help but let my mind wander as he makes his way to the bathroom to clean up
Would Ethan really want me as his partner for an entire year or would he get tired of me in a few days and drop me like Jack did?
Ethan
After applying Fiona’s medicine, I wash my hands in her bathroom and then take a minute to compose myself. Her scent surrounds me and it’s not only the scent of her arousal. I can scent her fear and anxiety,
“Stay with her,” my wolf urges. “She needs us.”
Sighing, I rake my hand through my hair and take a deep breath. I don’t want to be attached to this woman, but I’m not a complete asshole.
“Fine. Just for a bit,” I tell him, and he howls in triumph.
Walking back into the bedroom, I make my way over to the bed and pull back the covers.
“You need to rest,” I tell her. At my words, the nervous scent lessens, and I sigh–She’s not just worried about what happened earlier. She’s nervous because of me.
1 kick off my shoes and climb in beside her, watching as her eyes widen.
“Sleep,” I tell her and not giving her time to respond, I turn the light off and roll over. I wrap an arm around her and pull her to my chest.
“Mate,” my wolf rumbles, but I shove him aside.
“I’m only doing this because she’s scared.” He huffs in disbelief, but I ignore him. I don’t need him badgering me right now.
At first, she lays stiffly, so I brush my hand slowly over her hair until her body relaxes and her breathing deepens.
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Chapter 0025
+25 BONUS
Once I know she’s asleep, Islide out of the bed and head to my home office. Ryan is waiting for me when I enter, and he stands, a serious expression on his face.
“What now?” I ask.
“The son of the Blue Moon Pack’s Alpha challenged you to battle of strength,” Ryan informs me. “He announced that he believes your time in the human world has weakened your strength and fighting abilities.”
My wolf and I growl at the same time. This weakling from a new pack dares to call me out when he hasn’t done anything of importance or repute?
“Then it’s time to settle this uncertainty for all the packs, tell him, clenching my jaw in annoyance. Like I don’t have enough on my plate already.
Ryan opens his mouth, but hesitates before speaking.
“Go ahead.”
“What about Fiona? Is she… You’ve always been fair and impartial when it comes to disputes or conflict, but today you intervened in the legal system for her,” he says, clasping his hands behind his back. He straightens up a bit more before adding, “Is Fiona your mate?”
“No.” I tell him, even as my wolf screams, “YES!” in my head.
“She’s just my sexual partner for the year,” I say, sitting at my computer. Ryan raises an eyebrow, and I know what he’s thinking. I’m thinking the same thing. I’ve already done so much for her, more than I’ve done for any other woman.
Have I done too much, though?
