was standing under the spray when he thought about how she had felt against him. Her body had been perfect for his—breast to chest and groin to groin. She wasn’t tall, but Christ, she was beautiful.
Long hair that had been tousled from sleep when she’d opened the door. Dark and curly, he remembered the silken strands as they’d slipped through his fingers. Her skin had been creamy and soft, her neck, damn, her neck had beckoned him to bite. Austin had felt his canines lengthen when he’d licked her pulse. He wondered if he would have, would have bitten her and marked her if she hadn’t hit him.
Austin reached down and stroked his cock. He could still taste her scent in his mouth, the rich taste of female. His female had been delicious. Up and down he fisted his cock until he felt his balls tighten up. He wanted to take her, find her now and press her over something and take her hard and fast. She’d scream when she came, scream out his name as he leaned over her and bit her. Austin moaned and his cock spurted as he came. Hot streams of cum splashed against the wall as he imagined fucking her. Even as he leaned against the wall for support, Austin knew he was in trouble.
He found his mom in the solarium. She was pruning her herbs and tying them together in small bunches. He’d built this right after they’d built the house five years ago. He knew she found comfort in the flowers and plants she grew there and had already planned to have one put on the little house he’d wanted to buy for her. He was going to have to figure something else out.
She spoke before he could.
“Dallas left. He told me that you are going to avoid the Webber girl. Is that true?” Well, that explained her being in here, he thought.
“Yes. I don’t need the complication of what she might be as a mate. Plus, I’m not going to be her…how did you figure out what she was to me anyway?”
She didn’t turn around, but continued to snip plants. “She told me that you licked her neck.
I’ve never known you to have a woman be pissed off at you for being…friendly, so I guessed.
I’m right then, aren’t I?”
“She’s Webber’s daughter. I can’t be mated to a woman like her. You have to see that, Mom. She is probably just as nutty as he was.”
She put some parsley in her basket and turned to him. “Probably. I’m going into town to get the last few things I need for Thursday. Would you like to come with me? I still have to pick up the turkey from the meat market and get some things at Pansy’s.”
He wanted to tell her to stay away from the Webber girl, but knew that if he did she’d see her anyway. Instead, he simply told her that he had work to do. She was gone about ten minutes when the house phone rang. He answered it on the second ring.
“Hello Mr. Force. It’s Phil Campbell here. I have spoken to my client and she has decided to sell you the property. She would like for you to give her until—”
“What do you mean she’s decided to sell? I thought that…after this morning, I didn’t think she’d…what the hell?”
Campbell laughed at the other end and for reasons he couldn’t explain, Austin was embarrassed. “Yes, quite. If you would like to meet me in my office sometime on Monday, I’ll have the papers drawn up. Like I said, she will need until this Friday to move the last of her family things out. There is the matter of her rig. She is currently trying to decide if she is going to sell it or go back on the road, so if you could see your way to—”
“She’s not going anywhere.” Austin flushed again. “I mean, she and I have to talk about some things. She…I’d like to have a few minutes of her time before we sign off on the papers if she’s agreeable.”
There was just enough silence on the other end that Austin was sure he wasn’t going to like what the lawyer had to say. He was sure of it when he sighed.
“I’m sorry Mr. Force, but CJ is leaving today. She won’t be back
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