The Dragon's Bidder (Tahoe Dragon Mates 3)

He tilted her head upward with his fingers. "There is a way you can do that and enjoy the process, I think."

"Oh?"

His pupils flashed a few times before he growled, "Let me make you scream two more times in the next twenty minutes. It'll make man, beast, and my female happy."

Just the thought of Wes licking her pussy or teasing her clit made wetness rush between her legs again. "I want to say yes, but maybe we should try to get some actual work done?"

He lifted her against him until she had to wrap her legs around his waist. His cock was still hard and currently nestled against her clit.

So close, and yet so far.

After moving to her ear, he whispered, "Challenge accepted, then. I'll make you scream twice in ten minutes, and then we can have a little time to discuss work and the future."

Before she could say yes or no, Wes moved into the living room, set her on the back of the couch, and knelt between her thighs.

Ashley quickly forgot about anything but Wes's tongue, fingers, and even a little bit of teasing with one of his talons.

Her dragonman knew how to distract her, that was for sure. That just meant Ashley would have to find a way to resist him.

But not quite yet. No, she wanted to be thoroughly distracted until she screamed his name twice more.

Chapter Nine

Two hours later, Ashley leaned over, bracing her arms against her thighs, breathing heavily and trying not to think about how much she'd hurt the next morning. "How in the hell do you do that almost every day?"

Ryan Ford flashed a grin. "You just have to build up some stamina."

A woman's voice she recognized filled the air. "Which comes in handy for more than just training, by the way."

Standing fully upright, Ashley turned toward the dragonwoman named Gaby Santos-Ford and snorted. "I swear dragons only think about sex."

"Not only. But it definitely makes life a lot more fun." Gaby walked—or, more appropriately waddled as she was eight months pregnant—to her mate and leaned against Ryan. "Just don't kill her by mistake, okay, Ryan? I think Wes likes her."

It took every bit of Ashley's training not to show her emotions. While she rarely succeeded in hiding them anymore with Wes, her cheeks didn't color for Gaby or Ryan. "The pair of you should like me, too, considering how I coordinated the dragon lotteries and ultimately selected both of you to participate. Otherwise, you wouldn't be mated with a baby on the way, now, would you?"

Gaby chuckled. "No. But I'll admit I cursed you for a few years because of never picking my name for the lottery. However, in all seriousness, I don't think I've ever really thanked you. Because I never would've found Ryan otherwise."

As the pair stared at each other lovingly, each of them resting a hand over Gaby's protruding belly, a thread of jealousy shot through Ashley's body.

It shouldn't matter as she all but had Wes as her own. But Ryan and Gaby could be affectionate or hold each other, or tease without being scrutinized.

Unlike Ashley and Wes.

The sight of the loving couple only made Ashley more determined to find a loophole where she could keep her job to help the dragon-shifters as well as claim her man. And fast.

Speaking of which, she checked the time before heading toward her belongings off to the side of the large training room. "I'm supposed to meet Wes and then visit Tori, so I should be going."

Ryan replied, "So you'll be back tomorrow for more training?"

She picked up her purse, water bottle, and towel. "I'll try, but I won't know until tonight if I'll have the time. I'll let you know either way by text."

Ashl

ey waved goodbye as she exited the room. However, after taking a few steps into the hall, someone grabbed her wrist. Looking up, she met the determined brown-eyed gaze of PineRock's head of security, Cris Juarez. Ashley frowned. "I didn't think I had a meeting with you."

"You didn't, but you do now. Stay quiet until we reach my office."

From her time working with the dragonwoman, Ashley knew better than to try and ask for more details until they did as she said.