Read Some Bear to Love: BBW Bear Shifter (BWWM) Romance Standalone for Free Online

tell Bart later, then.”
    He hopped into the water to chase her. The others were on the other side of the boat, so they didn’t see her make a break, giggling, to evade questioning.
    But she was smaller than him, something his body kept noting even as it noted she was also strong and vivacious, and it was easy to catch up in a couple strokes. Within minutes, he had her against his body, and once again, he liked the feeling far too much.
    She struggled helplessly and then gave up, looking up into his eyes with ones that gleamed like polished silver in the sun. “Fine, I give,” she said, biting her lip and pushing her long braids over her shoulder as she looked up at him.
    “Good,” he said, still encircling her in his arms, telling himself it was so the current couldn’t pull her away. “Now tell me what happened with Wilson.”
    “He made a move on me,” she said. When he let out a low growl, she corrected herself. “Just tried to grab my hand a couple times. I don’t know. I didn’t look back after the first one. Maybe that was you.”
    He tried to keep down his anger. He didn’t like the violent reaction he had to another man coming on to her. It suggested things about his bear that he didn’t like. Like he’d found his mate. And he was never going to let something like that dictate his life the way it had his father’s.
    But the Wilson thing, that was worrying. Should he tell her outright about the shifter thing? Presumably, she already knew he could sense her and she could sense him. But had she picked up on Wilson yet? The man wasn’t a very strong alpha and wasn’t putting out a very intense scent.
    “You should be careful around him,” he settled on saying. “Maybe not go off alone with him.”
    She nodded. “Yeah, I think I’m in agreement there,” she said. Then she gave him a playful look that made him want to pull her close and kiss her. “But who will be my partner?” She gave him a coquettish stare.
    Damn, she made it hard to stay serious. Or angry. “Me,” he said. “I’ll partner you.”
    He only meant it for activities, but it seemed to mean more once the words hit the air, taking on a flavor that was slightly romantic. “It’s only for a few days,” he amended. “Not a big deal. I’m enjoying being out in the water anyway,” he said.
    She went silent then, as if considering everything he’d said, everything that had passed between them. Maybe this female was more serious than he’d first thought. She’d seemed so flippant, whether she was stealing his boat or making fun of him for losing his captain position… or falling off the back of the boat.
    But she was a lawyer. There was a smart brain inside that tenacious body. She pushed out of his arms and broke the magical contact between them, becoming that irritating female that was always in trouble once again. She swam away with a laugh.
    “We’ll see. Maybe you and Wilson can take turns,” she said.
    “Not if he makes a habit of touching you when you haven’t asked for it,” he said with a growl.
    She turned back with a grin, a few feet away. “He’s not the only one.”
    That was it. He swam after her and caught her again, taking her by the arm and whipping her back against him so he could take her lips in a hard kiss. She gasped in shock, but he smothered it with his kiss, diving deep, swiping possessively through her with his tongue, owning and claiming and letting her know he was a man who took things seriously, even if it were kissing some sense into the most beautiful, frustrating, infuriating woman he’d ever met.
    When they pulled away, she was panting softly. There was fury in her eyes, along with something else. Something much more primal that called to him.
    “Honey, you’ve been begging me for it from the moment you saw me,” he said gruffly, keeping a hand around her soft waist. “And if you pretend it’s the same with anyone else, I’m going to give it to you.”
    She bit her full lower lip