The Alpha's Other Woman by Vielle Nye (read a book .txt) 📗

She smiled a bit, so I decided my words were working so I continued. "And you know that didn’t go so well. You wouldn’t talk to me properly and just got more angry and stubborn, so I let you walk away. My wolf spent the entire time we were apart miserable about you and furious with me. He blamed me for losing you." I pulled off her shirt, exposing her smooth stomach to my eyes. I splayed my hands on her abdomen, hoping that it would keep the pain at bay.

Her soft brown eyes were watching me curiously, even while another pain took her. "And then Max found your location, and I went to your home—like a stalker—to try to win you back, because I didn't want to live without you. And then you let me in, and let me mark you. Can you imagine how happy my wolf was when you sank your teeth into my flesh in return?"

Tears welled in the corners of her eyes.

"Babe, I'm not trying to make you cry."

"Can't help it. I'm a mess." She wiped her eyes. “It’s not my fault.”

“I know it’s not your fault.” I stripped off my own shirt and pants, and pulled off her skirt as well. Lying beside her on the bed in our underwear, I looked into her eyes. "Never. And I need you to understand that I'm never going to leave you or toss you away. You know you're my other half. My wolf could never care for someone like he cares for you. I couldn't care for anyone like I care for you. I don't know how to make you believe that, though."

She looked into my eyes. "I believe you."

"Do you?"

"Yes. I just wasn't thinking."

"Or you were overthinking?"

"Maybe." She moaned again. "You know, this heat thing is miserable, Jason."

"Well, I should be able to help with that." I waggled my eyebrows in an attempt to lighten the mood.

She smiled a bit, then it faded. "I'm sorry for doubting you."

"I forgive you. And, you don't need to worry. You met Andrea, she's sweet but exhausting. I don't know how Trevor does it, but I am impressed with his fortitude."

Carrie was thoughtful, like she was really taking in my words. I in turn took in the fact that thoughtful-looking Carrie was really hot, just like all her other moods.

Another thought managed to push itself past my increasing enthusiasm to get this started. She smelled like a dream, better than anything I could have imagined, and it was messing with my mind more than normal. "Before I see if I can take away your pain, should we use protection?" My wolf and I loved the idea of her swollen with my offspring, and if we didn't use condoms, the odds of pregnancy were through the roof.

She narrowed her eyes at me. "I thought we talked about this already."

"I just want to be sure that now is the time. Things probably won’t be easy going forward, even after Bluegorge is put in place."

"There’s never going to be a good time. Do you want a baby now?" she asked, all the softness from her voice gone in her seriousness. It was exactly the tone she used when she expected compliance as a luna.

"Carrie—"

"Yes or no? I need to know what you actually want and not what you're worried I'll want."

I sighed and admitted, "I still do want children with you."

She relaxed. Maybe I'd been worried about pressuring her for nothing. "Me too. And we’re not getting any younger..."

I wanted to ask if she was sure again, because this moment would change our lives, but she gave me a stern look that effectively sealed my mouth shut. Then she whimpered, nature's sadistic way of forcing us towards reproduction, and there was only one thing I could do to really relieve her suffering. “Then I guess the only option I have left to relieve your pain is to have sex with you. Oh no, whatever will I do?”

She smiled at my joking.

A nobler person might regret the situation, but I only wanted my mate again. She smelled better than ever, and that was saying something, since she always smelled delicious. Bringing my mouth to hers, I kissed her hard, and she returned it with full enthusiasm.