I was happy as fuck that crime was nil in Timber Ridge because it meant that I hadn’t bothered to lock my door when I headed over to the hospital. I was able to keep Peppa in my arms as I turned the knob and shouldered the door open. Kicking the hard surface shut behind me, I headed straight for the stairs and our room. When I dropped her onto my mattress, my wolf eased even more. “I never thought I’d be this fucking lucky.”
“I can’t be that much of a surprise.” Peppa got up on her knees and arched a brow. “Every shifter grows up hearing about how magical the moment is when you find your mate.”
I kicked off my shoes and ripped off my jacket and shirt before I explained, “Not me. I grew up listening to stories about the awful luck the males in my family have when it comes to finding their mates.”
Her plump lips curved down at the edges, and her golden eyes filled with sadness even as her gaze stayed glued to my bare chest. “But Damon and Trinity found each other and just had twins. Didn’t that give you hope?”
“Nope.” I shook my head as I undid the button on my jeans and slid the zipper down. “Before me, there hadn’t been a generation where more than one male Kemp ended up happily mated. I thought I’d end up like our brother Aaron, destined to be alone for the rest of my life. But then I walked into the hospital, and there you were. My miracle. My mate.”
Tears welled in her eyes, but her smile was blinding. “My food has been called a miracle before but not me.”
“Because you were meant to be all mine, baby.” With my jeans hanging low on my hips, I crawled onto the mattress and nudged her until she was sitting on her ass. Then I wrapped my hand around one of her ankles to lift her foot so I could remove her shoe and sock. While I did the same to the other side, she shrugged out of her jacket and tossed it onto the floor. “I’m going to spend every minute of the rest of our lives showing you how grateful I am to have been blessed by fate.”
“Look at you with all these hard muscles.” She trailed her fingers down my chest, and my cock tried to bust through my boxers at her touch. “But you’re a big softie on the inside, aren’t you?”
I chuckled and shook my head. “Only for you. Everyone else thinks I’m a cranky bastard.”
“Maybe we should do something to improve your mood.” She traced my happy trail down to the waist of my boxers, licking her lips.
Fur brushed against my skin, my wolf urging me to get on with it already. “That sounds like a fucking brilliant idea to me.”
Her hands went behind her back, and I slid her bra straps down her arms after she undid the clasp. Her plump, round breasts spilled out, the pebbled peaks practically begging to be sucked. I couldn’t resist. Lowering my head, I wrapped my lips around one tip and flicked it with my tongue. Peppa arched her back, pressing her tit deeper into my mouth as her fingers dug into my scalp. After I gave the same attention to the other side, I pushed her back onto the mattress and trailed kisses down her body.
Kneeling at her feet, I pulled her pants down her legs, hooking my thumbs in her panties so they came with. Her pupils flared, and the scent of her need filled the air. I loved the fact that she’d never felt desire before me. That no other male had seen her with her walls down in an intimate moment. That I was the only man who’d ever see her naked body sprawled beneath them with her blond hair spread out like a halo around her head. Every inch of her belonged to me and only me.
“You’re so fucking gorgeous.” My nostrils flared. “And I bet you’re going to taste even better than you look.”
Peppa lifted her leg to press the sole of her foot against the rock-hard bulge in my jeans. “I bet you do, too.”
Just the thought of her plump lips wrapped around my cock had pre-come leaking from the tip. “That’s going to need to wait until next time, baby. I wouldn’t last very long if you got your mouth on me.”
“I don’t think I will, either,” she admitted on a gasp as I lowered my head to lick over her pubic bone.
I flashed her a cocky grin. “Yeah, but we don’t need to worry about how long it takes me to make you come the first time because I plan on getting you off over and over again tonight.”