pussy. Stiffening her nipples. She shuddered. Spasms
shook her and she clutched her mate. Her True Mate . The male she was
made for and who was made for her. He pumped harder. Striving to join her.
Match her. “Ah, Joe. I want you. Now.”
He froze, buried deep in her. His face twisting with an
agony of pleasure. Then he jerked. His cock twitching while his cum spurted
inside her. Marking her as his True Mate in return. She kissed him and he
lowered his head to hers. His rough cheek brushing hers as a tortured moan
escaped him. The thrill of feeling him slowly relax against her swept her
senses. She ran her fingers through his soft hair. Loving the way the dark
strands felt like silk in her hands. Then she ran her fingertips along his
shoulders, holding him close. The connection was profound. So much more than
the experience earlier tonight when they’d fucked each other in a frenzy.
“It’s because this time we know,” he whispered.
“We know what?”
He lifted his head. “We know we’re True Mates. Meant to be
together. It makes it better.”
“More intimate,” she agreed, sighing as he pressed a soft
kiss against her ear.
“Yeah.”
Joe stroked her cheek tenderly and gently lifted himself off
her body and she let him go, but reluctantly. He pulled her into his arms and
grabbed the blankets, tugging them up. Covering them. Mandy slid her arm around
his waist and settled her head into the curve of his shoulder. He kissed her
forehead.
They held each other and slowly, softly drifted to sleep.
Bliss making everything right.
Chapter Six
Mandy burrowed into the warmth of the bed. It had been a
long time since she’d woken up feeling this good with her cheek pressed against
warm skin. She blinked her eyes open and looked up, smiling as she looked into
Joe’s lazy, warm gaze. He ran his fingers through her hair and brushed them
along her cheek.
She dropped a kiss on his shoulder, stroking his hard chest.
This male was all hers—for now and for always. How did she get so lucky?
“I’m the lucky one,” he breathed, tipping up her chin and
pressing his lips to hers. “After years alone, I finally found you.”
Joe gently shifted her to her back and looked down into her
eyes before softly kissing her. He brushed his mouth over hers, along her jaw
and over her eyelids. She sighed as he stroked her body. His thumb grazed her
nipple, waking the desire they’d only begun to explore the previous night.
Mandy ran her palms along his arms and up to his shoulders.
She cupped his cheek with one hand and swept her thumb along his lower lip. He
tilted his head to kiss her wrist. It was bliss to wake in the arms of her True
Mate. In fact, she didn’t want to get out of bed to face the day. Joe smiled.
“But you know we have to, right?”
“Yeah. Even with the late night last night, everyone else
will be rolling out of bed soon. I just don’t want to face it all.”
“We may not want to, but we have to.”
“I know. Eddie and Carly thrive on making things
complicated.”
“It’s their job.”
“Why?”
“’Cause they’re your parents,” he chuckled, dipping his head
to catch her in a loving, good-morning kind of kiss. Mandy opened her mouth for
him, tasting his early morning flavor…and she liked it. She’d never liked
anyone’s morning-after taste before.
“I’m glad you like how I taste, angel.”
“Me too. It would be kind of hard to avoid kissing you in
the morning until after you brushed your teeth,” she grinned.
He trailed his hands under the blankets and down the length
of her thighs, gently pressing her knees apart. “Open up and let me in, Mandy.”
Mandy spread her legs, raising them alongside his hips as he
pressed against her. He was only half-hard but she knew he’d rise to the
occasion with a little bit of encouragement, which she had every intention of
providing. She wrapped her arms around him, running her fingers down the muscles
of his strong back. As she
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