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“Thank you,” Lucy said.
“It’s a little cool out, but I’m in the mood for a walk. There is a trail around that park across the street from the inn.”
“I’m game,” Lucy said.
Lucy linked her arm around Micah’s as they walked. She had always enjoyed her time with Micah. She felt safe with him in that she could be herself. She could say what was on her mind. If he didn’t agree, then they debated the different points, usually ending with them agreeing to disagree.
It was starting to flurry and Lucy stuck her tongue out to catch the snowflakes. Micah laughed at her antics and then joined her.
“What would your father say if he saw you now?” Lucy asked.
“He would have a heart attack, which is why the first law I’m going to make when I’m alpha is that every member of the clan has to be outside when it snows to catch snowflakes on their tongue.
“I don’t know yet,” Micah said, in mock seriousness. “Give me some time to think.”
By the time they went back to the inn, Lucy had laughed so much that her jaws hurt.
Micah wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to him and brushed a kiss on her cheek. Then, with a rakish grin, he unlocked his door and disappeared inside.
Lucy smiled as she closed her own door. She loved hanging out with Micah.
She hung her coat on the back of the chair and got undressed for bed. Lucy slid between the cool sheets and closed her eyes.
A warmth had swept through her body when Micah’s lips had brushed against her cheek. She wondered what would have happened if she had turned her head at the last minute and his lips had pressed against her lips.
She lightly touched her lips. She pictured herself staring deep into his beautiful emerald eyes. Lucy ran her hand over her body, lightly touching her nipples. In her mind, it was Micah who was touching her. She pictured his sexy, naked body posed above hers as he touched her. She could almost feel his large shaft pressing against her, begging for entrance.
Lucy had seen Micah naked often, as they stripped before they shifted. He was incredibly sexy and, in the last year or so, her knees went a little weak each time that she saw him.
Her fingers found the hard pebble that was above her aching pussy. She rubbed it gently and then a little harder, rolling it between her fingers. She used her other hand to lightly pinch her nipples.
It didn’t take long before she felt the tingling build up inside of her and she felt the warmth of release exploding out of her.
She felt a little embarrassed when she was done. This wasn’t the first time that she had fantasized about someone when she touched herself, but usually it was a celebrity who had turned her on.
“Oh well. Actual sex with Micah is about as likely to happen as it is with any of those movie stars,” she told herself.
After washing up and brushing her teeth, she fell back into bed, almost instantly asleep.
The next morning, the café was busy as usual. Dean came in at the end of the morning rush.
“Do you want to have lunch with me?” Dean asked.
When Lucy hesitated, he held up his hands and said, “No pressure. Just as friends.”
Lucy thought about it for a second and then said, “Sure, but my lunch is later, since I need to work through the rush.”
The two of them went across the street to a small Indian restaurant. She ordered the hyderabadi dum biryani, as she loved spicy food, and this was one of her favorites. Dean had the chicken tikka masala.
Dean kept his word during the meal. They talked about her plans to get her degree and to eventually open her own practice. Her goal was to work with young people who suffered from PTSD. Dean praised her and told her that was a worthy goal. He expressed the same frustration with being an alpha that Micah did, the main one being too many meetings.
She checked her watch and told him that she needed to get back to work. He walked her back across the street, and he hugged her a little tighter and longer than normal.
“Dean, stop. I love you as a friend and as nothing else. There will never be anything more than friendship between us.”
He let her go and grinned at her as he got into his car. Lucy rolled her eyes as she went back into the café. An hour later, a huge bouquet of flowers arrived. They were from Dean.
“This is starting to get annoying,” Lucy said. “He doesn’t understand that I could never see him as more than a friend.”
