“Yes.” Dom nods. “He would growl at everyone who approached the trashcan, so I wandered over to see what was going on… and somehow, I don’t know why the growling stopped.”
My heart flutters, something deep inside of me giving a primal pulse as if to tell me he’s going to protect the family we bring into this world together.
I should find that sentiment laughable.
A family?
But there’s something so protective and compelling about him, and the fact that Lucky warmed to him right away proves he’s a good person.
“I’ve always believed animals know people better than most people do,” I murmur.
“So what you’re saying is if Lucky likes me, I can’t be that bad, eh?”
He smirks at me, moving even closer, the same way he did outside Lucky’s room when I was certain he was going to kiss me. He moved so close then, his lips bare inches from mine, his eyes telling me he was going to devour me like I’m prey and he’s my predator.
My predator… nobody else’s.
“I guess so.” I let out another nervous giggle, my cheeks getting too hot, my body too clammy with him this close to me. “So you said he has a special diet? And he’s diabetic?”
I need to change the subject before I do something silly like leap at him, my hands moving through his hair, gasping for him to touch me back.
“Yes,” he says. “Let me show you where we keep his things. And then I’ll show you to your room.”
My room.
The word flutters around my mind, setting my nerves alight.
I remind myself that this place is huge and maybe I’ll hardly ever even run into Dominik, giving me plenty of time to get over this craziness that has taken hold of me.
“That sounds good,” I murmur, quite impressed with myself that the words come out without trembling.
Chapter Five
Dominik
After showing Daniella to her room and where Lucky’s food and injections are, I escape into the sauna. I was exhausted when I returned home, ready to bake in the sauna and then crash for a few hours before heading back into the city.
But now I find myself sitting on alert in the sauna of my ensuite, my body caked in droplets of sweat, completely wide-awake and with no desire to close my eyes and disappear into oblivion at all.
I can’t believe how quickly Lucky padded over to Daniella and nuzzled himself against her.
Something atavistic shattered inside of me when he did that, as though the little man was telling me, This is her, this is your woman, this is the person you’re going to spend the rest of your life with.
As I watched her pet him, I couldn’t stop myself from imagining her aiming that same maternal kindness at our children, her face lighting up in that intoxicating way of hers.
Her eyes wide when Lucky rolled onto his back, offering his belly for scratching, pure captivating delight shivering across her features.
I take a slow breath, trying to push thoughts of her from my mind.
Lucky has finally found somebody he’s bonded with.
Daniella has agreed to take the job.
I can’t do anything to upset this new equilibrium, no matter how badly I want to kick open the sauna door and charged shirtless through the house, push open her bedroom door and throw her to the bed.
My cock stiffens, pulsing when I think about peeling off her tight-fitting skirt and revealing her round ass cheeks, smoothing my hand over their lustful bareness as she shivers and makes that cute-as-fuck giggling noise.
When she giggled like that – nervous, shy, and sexy all at once – I thought my manhood was going to explode out of my pants, erupting out of my zipper as my helm throbbed and glistened with precome.
Even now my hand twitches to reach for my hard cock, the image of her bouncing breasts surging up inside of me. It’s so damn wrong when I should be focusing on how good this is for Lucky, but when she was stroking him I couldn’t stop myself from staring at her breasts, at the way they jiggled and danced alluringly for me, begging to be palmed and played with.
I know I should be focusing on the bond she instantly developed with Lucky, but it’s difficult not to let that bond spiral to other thoughts in my mind… to how she’s going to aim that same care at our family, to how she’s going to be around the estate a lot now, tempting me with her every move.
I groan and make for the sauna door, knowing if I don’t I’m not going to be able to resist the urge to grab my cock as my thoughts flood with images of her.
I know I need to put her job role before my desire for her, because Lucky really has bonded with her with stunning speed, with the sort of speed I never would’ve guessed he’d bond with anyone.