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He rocked even harder, reaching under her to fondle her clit, but she shoved his hand away and did it herself. And that aggressive act pushed him past his control, until he was fucking her like he owned her, and she owned him.

She screamed as she came, and he followed soon after, the orgasm blinding him as he poured into her with more than just his seed. It felt as if a part of him left, joining with her.

As if he’d seared himself into more than her womb, but the spirit deep inside her.

Thoughts and feelings cascaded through him as he caught his breath, but her scent and warm body calmed him, so that by the time he came back to himself, he couldn’t recall what he’d been so concerned about. Not when he had the perfect woman in his bed.

He slowly withdrew and grabbed a nearby towel to clean them up. It had been necessary with all the sex they’d had the night before. He wanted to be more concerned about coming inside her, but everything inside him knew it had been more than right.

“Laura?” He turned her over in bed to face him.

Her eyes sparkled, such joy and care shining there. “Ger-Bear.”

He grimaced.

She laughed. “Oh wow. I feel like I’m flying.”

“Yes, I’m like a drug.” He kissed her. “Careful or you’ll get addicted.”

“A-dick-ted. I see what you did there.”

He chuckled, loving this side of her. “You’re actually a lot funnier than you look.”

“Ha ha.”

Gerald caressed her shoulder, her arms, her breasts. “I love everything about you.”

She blinked. “Ah, you do?”

“Well, except your inability to know when you’re wrong.”

“Excuse me?”

And they went from teasing to arguing to snuggling in the span of minutes.

“You’re still a major pain,” she grumbled as she settled into his arms.

He kissed the top of her head. “Takes one to know one.”

Chapter Sixteen

Laura sat on the couch next to her…lover? One-Nighter?

Mate?

Just the thought sent her mind tumbling head over heels. She’d finally found her bra, which Gerald had conveniently tucked under all her other clothing in a drawer. Now fully clothed once more, she felt as if she had a layer of defense, meager as it was, against the man burrowing his way into her heart.

She had no idea how he’d done it. It had been so fast. One minute she’d been yelling at him to get in the damn SUV. Then he’d been injured. They’d played a game. Then he’d been buried balls-deep inside her.

She sighed. The memories of last night—and hell, earlier this morning—still made her tingle. It was as if her hormones had taken over, and her whorish bear had decided to claim the man more than half the town wanted. So why did Laura feel like some great sex had sealed the deal, made them more than mere lovers?

“Hey, why the frown?” Gerald asked as he rubbed her feet. “Am I not hitting the right spots?”

“I’d say you hit all those and more, earlier,” she said tartly, which had him grinning. Her heart raced, the sight of his smile doing something to her insides.

It wasn’t fair the man was so handsome. Everything about him appealed to her, especially the way he could argue. She had no idea why, but she found his contrariness sexy.

“I do live to serve.” He chuckled.

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