Page 46 of An Unexpected Claim

It occurred to me that it might be the perfect time to bring up the paternity of the baby. But I was still battling with my wrath over her stroll in the woods and I didn’t want to start that talk until I could focus on it alone.One angry confrontation at a time.And in truth, I was still holding out to see if she would finally tell me herself. It was a strange reaction, and I didn’t know why it mattered to me.

She took a step another toward me and I couldn’t help being a little impressed with her ability to dominate a room, to make her other opponents feel as though she were twice her size.However, I wasn’t just any opponent. “I’ll give you a few more days,” she said. “If we haven’t made any progress on finding this guy, I’m done. I’ll disappear. I’m very, very good at it.”

I raised an eyebrow. The fact that people thought they could run and erase their trail so they couldn’t be found was laughable. Even the WITSEC had exploitable weaknesses. But Peyton had never struck me as being a fool, so her claim was surprising.

I didn’t bother to refute it because it was moot. I wouldn’t let her leave.

“You have a killer gunning for you, Peyton,” I growled. At this point, I was only a couple of feet away from her and she instinctively backed up a step, then seemed to realize what she’d done and squared her shoulders, standing as tall as she could.

“And?” she snapped, jamming her hands onto her hips.

“And”—I closed the distance between us by another foot and she retreated another couple of steps—“you can’t go running off while some psychopath is intent on seeing you dead.” I shook my head and moved forward again, forcing her to back up. When she hit the wall, I closed the gap between us completely.

I pressed my palms on both sides of her head and bent forward until we were nose to nose. “You aren’t going anywhere, Peyton.”Not you and not my cub.

My body dwarfed hers and I felt the heat radiating from every inch. She moved restlessly and it brushed her nipples against my chest, only separated by her thin T-shirt. When she opened her mouth, I’d lost my patience with her sass and I decided to try out my theory for shutting her up.

I grabbed her biceps and lifted her up so we were face to face before I sealed my lips over hers. The instant they touched, lust slammed into me and I lost all sense of reason. Peyton hesitated for a beat, but this insane attraction wasn’t the least bit one-sided, and she fell into the kiss.

My hips pushed forward, seeking her heat, pressing her against the wall. Peyton moaned and wrapped her legs around my waist, her heels digging into my ass as if trying to draw me closer. She wrapped her arms around my neck and there wasn’t an inch of space between us, but I felt the same need. My body and mind both demanded to be inside Peyton, to consume her being until we were one.

The chemistry between us sizzled and sparked—I wouldn’t have been surprised if the air around us combusted. My wolf was pushing me hard to claim her and I barked at him to back off. I would take Peyton, finally feel her hot body wrapped around me again, and mark her from the inside. But biting was off limits. He knew better, yet he still butted his head into me and snapped his teeth.

Peyton wiggled and the sensations shooting through my body distracted me from the argument with my wolf. A groan ripped from my chest as I slipped my tongue into her mouth. It felt like lifetimes since I’d tasted her sweetness.

I kept one hand on her hip and pushed my knee between her legs to support her. With the other, I shoved up her shirt and cupped a full, round breast. Her peaked nipple pressed into my palm as I gently massaged the globe as my tongue explored her mouth. I loved Peyton’s scent, but it was even more delicious tasting it in her mouth and all over her body. Like smooth honey and spicy cloves. I couldn’t get enough.Fuck, I need to getinside her.But first I wanted to see her give herself over to me as she let go and shattered into a million pieces.

I ripped my lips away and glided them down her throat to her breast. Raising it up, I sucked the tip into my mouth, feeling myself swell uncomfortably when she moaned and arched her back. She moved restlessly on my leg and I thrust it up, then rubbed it against her pussy.

“Nathan!” she cried out as she tangled her hands in my hair at the back of my head. The bite of pain from her firm grip shot bolts of pleasure straight to my shaft and I groaned.

I worked her on my leg while I gave her other breast the same attention. When she was writhing on my thigh and trying to get herself off, I stilled and lifted my head. I waited until she slid open her passion-glazed eyes and growled, “You know the rules, baby. I decide when you come.”

Her emerald pools darkened, and the gold flecks swirled with a mixture of lust and defiance. I loved the way she turned into a wildcat and fought for dominance. It made winning so much more worth it. Especially when she finally gave in and let herself submit to the rapture like she really wanted to. It was so fucking hot.

“Listen up, you son of a—Oh, fuck!”

I’d shoved my hand into her shorts while she’d been cursing, and I drove two fingers into her tight, wet channel. I caught her mouth in another sizzling kiss as my fingers pumped in and out, without touching either of her most sensitive spots.

“Nathan!” she shouted as she pulled away. Her voice was filled with rage. But it melted into a ragged moan when I curled my fingers inside her.

“Do you want it, baby?” I purred.

“Yes,” she panted.

“You know what to do, Peyton.”

She shook her head even as she tried to rock on my hand and gain the friction she was desperate for.

“Too bad,” I sighed as I began to withdraw.

Her fists tightened in my hair and she was practically yanking it out when she clenched her jaw and grated out, “Please.”

I barely managed to contain my climax. It was hot as fuck when she begged.

With my mouth at her ear I crooned, “Such a good little kitty cat.” Then I grinned into her hair when she stiffened and hissed. But her tense muscles only exploded that much harder when I pressed the heel of my hand to her bundle of nerves and curled my fingers into the sweet spot inside her.

Her head dropped back and she screamed while her body shook from the force of her orgasm.

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