Page 29 of Her Shifter Babe

“Three sets in one family?” I gaped at Tanner. “How many more are there?”

“That’s it, here anyway,” Tanner said with a grin. “Though we’ve got distant cousins in the Rockies, and there’s three sets there too.”

“Wow. That’s incredible,” I breathed.

And how lucky are all those women? It’s like threesome city!

There was a knock at the door, and my stomach fluttered with butterflies. Was that for me? I didn’t want to ask because how self-centered would that seem?

Tanner went off to answer the door, because after all, it was his house. He came back however, staring at me with a sparkle in his eye. “You’ve got a visitor.”

I got to my feet, assuming it was Tommy coming back for another kiss or something more. But it was my handsome chef, dressed in a casual shirt and trousers. “Hey,” I managed.

“Hey, David!” Nancy called out. “You want a drink? Coffee? Tea? Wine?”

He glanced over at Nancy and offered her a perfunctory smile. “Thanks, but I can’t stay long. I have to get back to close up soon.” Then his dark eyes slid over to me. “Can I get a moment with you, Stacey?” He seemed anxious but also very determined.

I had a feeling that was how he would often be unless our connection grew. I smiled at Nancy and took my cup of tea with me as I walked toward David, “Yeah, sure. Ah... I was about to go upstairs to lie down. Do you want to come up with me so I can take my shoes off? My feet are kind of killing me.”

He nodded and his gaze flared with heat.

I swallowed the squeal that rose in my throat and made my way up the stairs and into my room without glancing backward. “The bedrooms here are huge,” I said, jabbering away with nerves. “There’s a full sitting room as well.” I pushed open the door and indicated to the two lounge chairs. “Please, have a seat.”

I set my cup of tea on the bedside table and sat on the mattress so I could pull off my sandals. As soon as I was done and my feet sank into the soft, plush carpet, I sighed. “Oh, that’s better.” Despite my pregnancy fatigue, I managed to get back to my feet and walk back over to where David still stood, paused in the middle of the room. “Are you okay?” I asked hesitantly.

He moved so fast I didn’t see him coming. In the next instant his hands were on my face, cupping my jaw and holding me close. His mouth was a hairsbreadth from my lips and his eyes were staring straight into mine. “I need to kiss you,” he said. He wasn’t asking permission, that was obvious, but he was waiting. He wouldn’t claim me against my will.

I melted and couldn’t prevent myself from saying the only thing that made sense. “Okay.”

The next moment, his lips were on mine, and I was robbed of breath, reason and sanity.

Oh, God! He tastes divine.

My eyes slid closed, and I moaned as pleasure swept through me.

David’s hands moved to my arms, then down to my waist where he grabbed me and held me tight to his hard body.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, running my fingers through his long, silky hair.

He broke our kiss abruptly, making me stumble forward and onto him. His breathing was labored, his chest rising and falling. “I have to go.”

“Why?” I asked, my fingers still digging into his shirt for balance, for some kind of anchor in the storm of passion I’d just found myself.

His eyebrows lowered as he stared at me. “I came here to see if you wanted me like you want Tommy.”

There was only one way I was going to be able to prove to David just how much I actually wanted the man in front of me—a man I’d only met today—who lit my body on fire. “I want you,” I said, biting into my lower lip. “But I’m afraid my belly’s going to put you off.”

“Show me,” he said.

Fear gripped me.

Holy shit, this is really happening.

But I couldn’t back out now. I’d thrown down the gauntlet, and I couldn’t pick it up again. I took a step back and grabbed my dress, pulling it up and over my head before dropping the fabric on the carpet beside me. I stood before his hungry gaze in only a tiny pair of maternity panties and a bra that barely contained my overflowing breasts.

His gaze grew dark as he stepped toward me, unspeaking. His hands went to my belly, cupping both sides of the bump and staring for a moment as if concentrating before lifting his gaze to mine. “You’re exquisite.” Then he kissed me again, and I melted into his arms.

I wanted him so much, but how could I be with David while Tommy was at home? I turned one brother down tonight only to become entangled with the other.

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