wearing thin. “I asked what you’re doing here.”
“I mean. It’s me. Brett.”
She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Not even the squeak she usually did when someone said something shocking to her. Nope. Nada.
“I—what?”
He tried to come to her again, but she shook her head. “You stay right there and talk or I will get back in this car and you can forget all about me listening to you.”
He stopped. The glow in his eyes told her he wasn’t happy at being told what to do. Too fucking bad. She didn’t appreciate being deceived. “Did you know? Who I was?”
“I didn’t know who you were that night,” he replied. “I found out after. When I looked at your employee file a few days ago.”
She gasped. “That’s why you started with the questions about my personal life.”
He shoved his hands into the pocket of his jeans, not appearing at all contrite. “I needed to know more about you. Not just the fact I like going deep into you.”
She raised a hand, stopping any sexual talk. The last thing she needed was to go there right now. “Why were you so interested? I told you it was one night. I wasn’t going to run around after you, stalking you.” She raised her brows. “In fact, you have been the one who won’t stop. Why?”
He clenched his teeth. “I can’t get you out of my fucking mind. I’m not even going to try. I know you’re mine.”
That talk of mine spoke of mating. Something she hadn’t even thought about. Okay, maybe she’d thought about it a little... or a lot. The problem was, she hadn’t known he was her boss! “I’m not your mate.”
He laughed, it sounded like a harsh bark. “You’re in denial. You know you belong with me. Just look into yourself.” He said, pinning her with his stare. “Listen to your tigress, Valentina. She wants me. Not just to fuck you and cool her need for me. She wants me by her side. You want me too. Admit it. You want me inside you, owning you. You want me as your mate.”
She did. Damn stupid animal trying to play matchmaker too now. She had to stay objective. Her happiness and that of her baby was on the line.
“You should have told me who you were,” she pressed again.
“When? When you were getting yourself off with the rabbit while I was hard as a rock and uncomfortable as hell,” he growled. “All the cold showers in the world didn’t help me that night. All I wanted was to show up at your door, and fuck you then and there. Screw the living daylights out of your tight little cunt. Yeah, don’t look so surprised. You have that effect on me. My only train of thought for the past few days has been stamping my mark on you.”
My, he was a growly thing. But his words only warmed her from the inside. Her tigress rubbed under her skin, loving the fact he and his wolf wanted them. Stupid animal didn’t care they were from different species. She was in lust with the wolf.
The wind howled around her, shoving her hair into her face. If the direction changed to his way, he’d notice what she hadn’t told him. She couldn’t tell him until she knew more about what he wanted.
“Why me, Brett?” She said, finally using his name. He tensed his arm and the muscles shifted under his T-shirt. She bit back the whimper to beg him to take it off. Focus. She needed to focus on where this was going.
He ran his fingers through his hair. The move made her want to do it for him. She could tell he was stressed and aggravated. Could sense it.
“I don’t have words to explain why it’s you. All I know is that it is. Yours is the face I see every time I close my eyes. It’s your purring I hear when I think of something sexy. It’s your body I crave. It’s you I want to be near.” He blinked golden eyes at her and caressed his gaze down her body. “From the moment I got your scent, I knew there was going to be nobody else. Not only because your tigress captured my wolf, but you, the woman, attracted me like no woman has