Dirk's Love by Marisa Chenery (top 50 books to read txt) 📗

be happening, I can assure you.” She sighed dramatical y. “Al right, you win. What do you have in mind to fil the rest of the time?” Dirk kissed the tip of her nose before he slid out from under her and got off the bed. He quickly tucked his stil hard cock inside his jeans and did them up, then turned to face Ryann. She lay on the mattress in al her naked glory, making him almost rethink what he’d just told her.

Almost.

“I thought we could work on some ads for the launch of the website,” he said, doing his best to hide the fact that seeing her like this, stretched out on the bed in open invitation, made him horny as hel .

She smiled coyly. “Are you absolutely sure that’s what you’d rather be doing? We could always work on them sometime later.”

Ryann didn’t know it, but she was playing havoc with his good intentions of easing her into his world first, before taking her as his mate. She had no idea how much he wanted to climb back on that bed with her and finish what they’d started. Already, his mating urge had dug its claws even deeper into him because he’d only come in her mouth.

Instead, Dirk forced those thoughts away. “Positive.

I’m not going to mess up what we’ve started.”

“Fine,” she said with a pout as she climbed off the bed. “Have it your way. But al I have to say is that we’re off to a pretty good start, in my opinion.” He was about to answer her when his cel phone started going off. Dirk reached inside his front jeans pocket and took it out. Seeing the number, he silently groaned to himself. It didn’t take a brainiac to figure out why she was cal ing.

He hit the “send” button to answer, and said, “Hel o, Roxie.”

“Good, you answered,” she replied. “That must mean I’m not too late.”

“Too late for what?”

“To make sure you don’t forget about my rules when it comes to mortal mates. I know Ryann is yours. Since you’re the last of the Protectors to get matched up, I’m going to make sure you do everything by the book.” He sighed. “So far so good. Okay?” Dirk fol owed Ryann’s movements as she gathered up her clothes before she put them back on. With each bit of skin she covered, he wanted to groan in disappointment.

“I guess, but the question is, how long wil that last?” Roxie asked. “Al your brothers-in-arms caved. Are you with Ryann now?”

“Yes.”

“What are the two of you doing for dinner?”

“I’d planned to take Ryann out somewhere.”

“Come to my place. Have dinner with Beowulf and me. Jager and Daylen wil be here as wel .”

“I don’t know, Rox. I promised I’d take her someplace nice.”

He was met with a short silence before Roxie said,

“Are you insinuating my house isn’t? Or that I’m not a good enough cook? You’ve eaten enough of my meals to know that’s not the case.”

“You know that’s not what I meant. Gee, don’t bite my head off or anything.”

“Then you two wil come over. And just so you know, that’s an order from the foretold one.”

“I guess my answer has to be yes, doesn’t it, since you real y haven’t given me much choice. But I’m stil going to ask Ryann first if it’s al right with her.” Dirk covered the mouthpiece of his cel with his hand and spoke to his soon-to-be mate. “It’s Roxie, and she’s invited the two of us to come over and have dinner with her and her husband, Beowulf. I know it won’t be just the two of us going out for a meal, but it should be fun.” Not. He had a feeling Roxie would be watching him like a hawk to make sure he fol owed her rules.

Ryann nodded. “Sure, I’d love to. I know she’s a good friend of yours, and that she helped you set up Mate Connection.”

He pul ed away his hand, then said into his phone,

“Rox, Ryann said she’s fine with it. So I guess we’l see you for dinner. What time do you want us over?”

“How about we have a late meal, say around seven?

That way, I can get the baby to bed beforehand, so I can eat with no interruptions.”

“Sounds good. We’l be there. Bye.”

Dirk ended the cal and put his cel phone back into his pocket. He closed the distance between him and Ryann and wrapped his arms around her waist to hold her close.

“Thanks for agreeing to go over to Roxie’s. She was real y quite insistent about it. Knowing her, if I refused, she would’ve just kept cal ing until she’d worn me down. She real y does want to meet you.”

Ryann laughed. “No worries. So what time are we going over there?”

“She wants us to arrive at seven.”

Ryann went on tiptoes and kissed his chin. “Then we’d better get cracking on those ads you want to work on.

And maybe we should have a little something to snack on now to tie us over until then. I make some mean nachos.” Dirk smiled. “I’m not one for turning down food.” As he walked with Ryann out of the bedroom, he hoped Roxie wouldn’t hover over him too much this evening. He loved her like the sister he never had, but the state he was in, he’d only be able to stand so much.

Chapter Five

Ryann sat in the passenger side of Dirk’s BMW

convertible with the top down, enjoying the wind in her hair as he drove them to Roxie’s place. Since it wouldn’t be dark for another couple of hours, when Dirk had asked if it were okay if he took it down, she’d quickly agreed. She’d never ridden in a convertible before, or a BMW, for that matter. Ryann had had a feeling that her new boss had money, considering some of the things he’d said while they’d talked on the phone. The first and