STORY EXCERPT

“You’re pouting.”

His observation had her looking up at him. He was still amazed at the way his chest would warm every time he looked into her baby blues. And to think that was never going to go away.

“I’m sorry, Leo.” She dropped her spoon on the saucer with a loud clink and crossed her arms as if frustrated. She gazed down at the table, but he could tell she was just looking right through it. “I guess I’m not going to be much fun tonight.”

Leo reached across the table and pulled one of her hands away from her body until she held it out to him. “If you’re comparing it to last night, I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much about that,” he said softly with a wink.

Her deep giggle brought a smile to his face. It was the first time she’d laughed all day. It was much too long to go without her utmost happiness.

“Yeah, I guess I kinda screwed myself with that one, setting the bar so high,” she replied, shaking her head.

He cupped her cheek in his hand. “Naw, you got us for that now, darlin’.”

She laughed again at his corny joke, her bright white teeth like a ray of sunshine in the thick, mundane air of the room. She leaned her cheek deeper into his palm, holding it there with her dainty hands. “You know, even when I’m sad, I still feel like I’m the happiest woman in the world.” She blinked, and a single tear from each eye fell atop her rosy cheeks.

He might not have known much about his new mate, but he did know one thing. “I love you, Scarlett.” He swallowed hard. Don’t cry, you damn pansy.

“I love you, too, Leo.”

As they went back to finishing their lunch, he couldn’t help but wonder just what Scarlett’s life was like back in Dallas. Not that anything she’d done in her past mattered to him. What really mattered was she was there with them now, where she belonged. But anything having to do with Scarlett sparked his interest, and his curiosity was beginning to get the best of him. “Scarlett, baby, would you mind if I spent a little time in my office this afternoon?” He wiped his mouth with his napkin and placed it on his lap. “I shouldn’t be more than an hour, and then I’ll be right back to keep you company.”

She swallowed down her last bit of sandwich then wiped her hands on her napkin. She reached back over the table to grab his hand again. “Honey, you don’t have to ask me that. I’ll be okay on my own, you know.”

“I know, baby doll, but I wouldn’t blame you for feeling uncomfortable being alone. You’ve been through a lot and¬”

“And it’s all the more reason for me to slowly gain my independence back,” she interrupted. She sighed then smiled at him as she ran her thumb across his bottom lip. He felt the spark travel from his mouth to his hardening cock. Just one touch, that’s all it ever took with her. “Besides, I’ve been dying to watch that old movie you’ve been telling about with the woman with my name. The one you said I reminded you of.”

He couldn’t resist kissing the finger she still held at his lips. “Gone with the Wind. It’s because you’re as bewitching as you are breathtaking.”

He watched another tear escape her pretty eye. “There you go again, Doc. Making me feel things I never felt,” she teased.

Leo stood up and walked around the table to stand in front of her. “Just promise me, Scarlett,” he brushed a stray lock of hair out of her face, “promise you’ll never let anyone else let you feel that way.” She smiled up at him, and he could see the utter trust and admiration in her eyes. He hardly felt worthy of that heavenly look, but he’d take it without pause. His heart fluttered at the thought that she’d soon give them babies as beautiful as she was. Human babies void of the curse of the shifters. The lifestyle may have had its benefits, but hardly any parent would want their child to spend their lives pretending to be someone they’re not. Fooling people to believe a shifter was just a normal human wasn’t an easy existence.

“Leo,” she began as she wrapped her small arms around his hips, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“And I pray you never do.” He ignored her confused expression as he knelt down to kiss her forehead. His lips lingered on her soft, sweet skin before turning away and walking out the door.

Leo made his way down the porch steps before stripping down completely naked. He closed his eyes and imagined his beautiful baby doll wrapped in a red silk sheet, wearing the reddest lipstick he’d ever seen. He’d dropped on all four hooves before he’d even realized he was shifting. A bull-shifter who imagined or saw his mate in red made a world of a difference in how much more comfortable the shift was.

He made a mental note to himself to frolic the ranch more as he approached the clinic door. He was breathing pretty hard, and he knew his endurance wasn’t what it used to be since the new clinic cut down on a lot of his free time. But he knew that if he wanted to be the best shifter he could be and protect the most precious gift he’d ever received, his Scarlett, he’d have to make sure he was fit to protect her. His mate deserved everything in the world, and he’d promised himself the moment he saw her he’d die working to make that happen.

He quickly dressed in the extra jeans, T-shirt, and boots he’d kept in his office. As he sat in the chair in front of his laptop, he was aware his heart was racing at the anticipation. He typed “Scarlett Rose Dallas, TX” in the search engine and clicked enter.

As he quickly read through the first few articles that came up, his smiled widened and he shook his head with disbelief. “Just when I thought she couldn’t be more perfect.”

ADULT EXCERPT

Leo moved to the nearby doctor’s chair then rolled closer in on his sexy, innocent little mate. He gently placed his palms on her inner thighs, and he could feel the small tremors going through her body. Her eyes had already darkened with desire. “Did you hurt yourself anywhere else, my little patient?” he asked. He swallowed hard, trying his best to hold the thread of control he inwardly grasped on to.

Scarlett grinned and bit her finger. “There is one more place.”

“And where would that be, baby?” His voice had lowered tremendously since she’d decided to come in his office to give him the hottest surprise of his life.

“Well, I’m not sure what to call it, Doctor Lenox.” She dropped her gaze as she pretended to shyly point to her pussy. “I hurt myself right here.”

Damn, just that angelic look on her face alone was enough to make him come right then. She was his walking fantasy in white and pigtails.

“This, my sweet patient,” he slowly lifted the hem of the button-down shirt, “is called a pussy. And it belongs to me.” He slowly trailed gentle kisses from her knees on up. “Tell me it belongs to your Doctor Lenox.”

 Scarlett moaned as he lowered his face between her thighs to inhale her feminine desire. “Yes, Doctor Lenox, it all belongs to you. Every part of my body.” Hearing her call him by his last name, very soon to be her own, made his protective instincts spring to life, along with his cock.

“And I promise to always be here to make it all better,” he said as he licked his lips, preparing for the young slice of cherry pie staring him in the face.

“Can you kiss it for me, Doctor? I have such an agonizing ache inside of it.” She gave him a look of pained impatience, and he couldn’t help but to smile up at her. She couldn’t be more perfect at this role.

“Anything to make my patient feel better,” he replied.

He used his thumbs to spread apart her pussy lips, revealing more of her pink cunt right in front of his face. He pulled a whimper out of her as he gently tugged on each of them.

“You see these?” he asked. Scarlett nodded down eagerly at him as she licked her lips.

“These are your pussy lips.” He then used his thumb and forefinger to pull back the hood covering her little clit. Her body immediately jerked from the contact. “And you’re going to come to love this pretty pearl. That’s your clit.”

Scarlett may have been a virgin yesterday, but anyone could tell she was a well-educated young lady. Knowing she was playing ignorant made him smile at the naughty woman he and his brothers had brought out.

He could see she was already breathing heavily from the rapid heaving of her large, perky breasts. She whimpered when he began to ever-so-softly pinch the little nub in his fingers. He looked closely at her cunt, and his mouth watered as he watched her clit swell right before his eyes.

“Please, Doctor Lenox,” she begged. “Make the ache go away. Please.” The desperation in her voice almost had his inner beast unleash from within.

He then watched as the cream from her tight pussy began to pool in her cute, girly, puckered hole. He growled loudly, and the sound vibrated against the walls of the clinic.

“I’ll make you feel real good, baby, if you do one thing for your Doctor Lenox.”

“Promise you’ll make it feel good?” She pouted and batted her lashes as if suspicious and fearful of his answer. But he knew that she knew exactly how much he was wrapped around her little finger.

“Scarlett, baby doll, I give you my word from this moment on that I will never lie to you.”

She gasped as he continued to roll her clit in his fingers. Her hips softly bucked atop the wooden desk.

“Hmm”—he licked his lips and softly kissed her puffy clit, causing her to shriek from the contact—“Now, show me those beautiful tits, darlin. I want to look up at them as I lick your pussy.”

“You mean these, Doctor?” She opened the large gap of the shirt and out bounced the most delicious pair of creamy, round C-cups he’d ever seen. His attention quickly faltered as he hissed through his clenched teeth then leaned up to capture one hard nipple in his mouth as his hand tugged on the other.

“Oh, Doctor, I feel so funny down there,” she said through her moans and whimpers.

“Right here, darlin’?” He pushed his hand between her trembling thighs then softly grazed his fingers up her moist slit.

“Oh, yes. More,” she pleaded then began to suck on his earlobe. Waves of sexual electricity traveled from her tongue straight down to his raging-hard cock.

He couldn’t control the need to taste her amateur pussy any longer. Leo dropped back down on the chair and buried his face between her thighs.

Scarlett cried out as he rubbed his face and tongue back and forth hungrily into her warm, moist pussy. Her scent was intoxicating, and her flavor danced across his tongue as he speared it in and out of her. Her screams and moans filled the clinic, and it was music to his ears. His body filled with triumph at the intense pleasure he was giving his mate. She deserved to feel as good as he could possibly make her feel. She deserved everything.

After a few moments, he came up for air and to gaze at his angel’s sweet face. Her tits looked swollen and flushed from her pleasure, and his cock throbbed as he stared at the puckering areolas.

Leo reached up and softly pinched her nipples.

“Oh, yes, Doctor. Make it all better.” Her head fell back, and her mouth stayed slightly open as she moaned.

“Ooh,” Leo drew out as he stood with his hands still planted on her tits. His eyes darted back and forth as he watched them jiggle rapidly in his hands while he shook them. “Fuck, darlin’. These are the most perfect pair of tits I’ve ever seen.”

“Mmm,” Scarlett moaned. “Does this mean I pass my physical exam, Doctor Lenox?”