Bearlebrity: (BWWM) Paranormal BBW Bear Shifter Romance Standalone Read Online Free PDF Page A

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    He guessed he couldn’t leave after all. He walked downstairs to do the deadbolt on the door and shut the drapes in the front room. He hoped his Jag was safe there on the street. Neighbors would probably wonder though, and talk.
    That was something he did not miss about small towns.
    But overall, he had to admit he missed the quiet, the privacy you could get here, a lot when he was back in Hollywood.
    Coming here really did feel a bit like coming home.
    He checked the downstairs once more and walked back up the steps as quietly as possible. He settled in a soft chair across from the bed and closed his eyes.
    Hopefully, he’d sleep light enough that if she needed something, he’d wake up easily.
    After all, it was his fault this had happened. He owed her.
    He also wanted her. But that seemed a little less important at this exact moment at time.
    Riley shifted his large body in the uncomfortable chair, and thought of all the ways she could make it up to him later.

4
    W hen Riley woke , he stretched slowly, looking around the foreign room. It was still mostly dark, and he checked his watch to see it was very early in the morning.
    He sat up to get into a better spot for more sleep but froze when big, dark brown eyes that were nearly black locked on his.
    Sparkly eyes with lush lashes. A mass of curly hair around a gorgeous face. Full lips that were pouted in slight surprise as she watched him.
    “Um, good morning?” he said, scratching the back of his head with a wide yawn.
    She continued to stare at him like he was some kind of space alien, and he decided maybe playing dead was the best way to deal with this until she remembered the events of last night. Like what he did to her bar and what his friend did to her leg.
    He heard an angry exhale of air as he curled into the chair with closed eyes, and a second later a pillow came sailing across the room to knock him in the head. He sat up and chucked it away. “Hey, what was that for?” he asked, rubbing his head.
    He’d barely slept. A part of him had kept him from going into a deep sleep so that he could keep an eye on his mate.
    Wait, mate ?
    He blinked. Was he still asleep or did he really just think the word mate?
    He shook his head. Not possible. Maybe his bear was just going a little crazy due to lack of sleep. Except it was probably his inner bear that had kept him from being asleep when he wanted to be.
    So, his bear thought that this would be his mate? Hm, sure. Last time he trusted that animal, he lost the woman who was most important to him in the whole world, so he probably wasn’t going to be listening to that dude again.
    Leslie stretched, and her low-cut dress pressed against her generous breasts. He tried not to look, but the damn things were like magnets.
    Her eyes met his and he grinned guiltily with a shrug.
    She leaned forward and put a hand up to her forehead. “What happened?”
    “I brought you home last night. You got a little drunk while you were closing up.”
    She pursed her lips adorably while she was thinking, and he felt that familiar tightening in his groin he tended to always feel when she was around. She winced and reached for the sheets, lifting them to look at her bandaged ankle. Then she looked at the clock by the side of the bed.
    “Doctor’s office won’t be open for another couple hours,” he said. “I googled it. Do you want some pain meds now that your liquid courage has worn off?”
    She nodded reluctantly. “The meds are in the cupboard over the sink.”
    “Tylenol or Ibuprofen?” he asked, pushing himself out of the chair with a groan and heading for the small bathroom adjoining the bedroom.
    “Whatever I have,” she said with a shrug.
    He felt her eyes on him as he walked past her. I guess there are a few benefits to having a Hollywood body , he thought with a grin. There was a cup by the sink so he rinsed it out and brought it back to her, along with two small pills.
    “Ibuprofen,” he said. “That’s