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I’d ruin him for everyone else so I could keep him forever.
Sighing, I ran my gaze over his hair and face. I was close to fearing my own thoughts. I’d become addicted to a person, a man who’d I’d known for less than a day and still barley knew anything about.
What I still wanted an answer to was why his brothers were looking to hurt him in the first place.
A smile tugged at my lips. If I had to guess, I suspected it was from something he’d done to them. I’d ask later.
Goddamn, I didn’t want to look away from him. His head was tipped back as he snored softly, but there was another small noise too. Made me think of his fox.
A strand of his bright hair was close to falling over his eyes. I watched it in fascination as it slowly crept down and down. His nose scrunched up, cute as hell, when his hair tickled it.
I’d never watched anyone like this before. And hell, just the thought of looking away hurt my gut. I couldn’t get enough. My past relationships or hookups had satisfied my baser instincts, but none had captured my attention like Riker did.
They didn’t have me wanting to jump into something more like I did with him.
This really was something else, though.
What was growing, what connected us was different to anything I’d experienced. That Riker was a shifter was the only explanation. Not that I cared if there was some kind of magic at work to get me to notice him. I was hooked.
It didn’t even matter what my brothers would say. They’d give me shit about falling hard for someone. It was what we did to each other. However, I also knew there were some assholes in the club who were bigoted. They’d never done or said anything in front of me, or I would’ve put a stop to it right then, but I’d heard a few brothers make a comment here or there about them.
Guess I’d see how they go when I took Riker in with me.
Although, that wasn’t going to happen soon. I wanted him alone for a while.
First though, I needed coffee. I had a feeling I was going to need it to be on my toes when Riker woke up.
Slowly, I moved out from under him. He rolled away and shivered. I pulled the blanket over him and stood. Grabbing my jeans, I took them from the room to the bathroom. After taking a piss and washing my hands, I slipped them on.
Once in the kitchen, I yawned, scratched at my stomach, and hit the electric kettle. Fuck waiting for a coffee machine or water to boil on the stovetop. I needed that fix sooner. I grabbed two mugs and placed a teaspoon of instant coffee with two sugars in each.
As I waited for it to boil, I stretched and threw my arms up, cracking my back.
Fuck, that felt good.
Not as good as the arms winding around my waist.
“Mornin’,” I said.
Riker hummed under his breath before inhaling loudly with his nose pressed to my skin between my shoulder blades.
Something wet ran over my skin.
“Did you just lick me?”
“Yep. You taste good.” He moved around me, pushing in between the counter and my body. All he wore was his underwear, leaving his stunning body on display.
Fuck me, I wanted to sit him on the counter and just watch him like a creep.
With a grin, he said. “I had the best sleep being in bed with you. I’m going to have to stay again. Or you could come to my place. I’m sure my brothers want to meet you.” He cocked his head to the side. “Though, they could show up here soon to check on me. Unless you want me to call them so they don’t show up and we can have some morning sexy time?”
Snorting, I cupped his cheeks. “Call them. But we ain’t jumpin’ into the sack yet.”
He beamed and wiggled in my hold. “You said yet.”
Rolling my eyes, I pushed him out of the way and toward the phone on the wall. “Call. I’ll make coffee. You want, yeah?”
“No, thanks. If I have coffee, I’m bouncing off the walls. One day Rio gave me an energy drink, and I had to run and run and run to get rid of some of the buzz.” He jumped back at me, kissed my cheek, and skipped over to the phone.
