Page 65 of Plus-Size Mate

And as Eddie pulled back just enough to look her in the eye, his handsome face was cast in the glorious moonlight, making him look like some kind of Greek god with his golden hair turned to silver and his face lit up as if glowing from within.

“Do you believe me now?” he asked, his voice little more than a panting breath as he stroked her hair away from her face, tucking a loose curl back behind her ear.

“I think I’m beginning to,” Winter said, chuckling a little at the disappointed expression on his face.

“I can do this all night long if that's what it takes for you to believe me,” Eddie insisted. His cock still hard inside her, he thrust again as if to illustrate his point.

Winter bit her lip. She most definitely liked the sound of that, but there were far more important things they had to be getting on with right now.

“Later,” she told him, kissing him gently on the lips so not to set him off again. “But first, we have to get this damn potion into Kane's sister.”

She tapped the glass vial that somehow still remained safely tucked inside her dress pocket.

Eddie smirked at that and said, “First things first. You should probably get cleaned up.”

Winter blushed a little as she chuckled at his words. He was right. She could already feel his essence seeping between her thighs, and although she loved the reminder of what they had just done, she knew it was no state to enter a party in. Even if that party was to celebrate their mating.

“You go ahead and I'll meet you in there?” Winter suggested.

“No, come on. I'll take you to the nearest bathroom,” Eddie insisted, slowly easing out of her to do up his pants.

Smiling, Winter leaned up on her tiptoes to peck him on his cheek. “I'm a big girl. I can find my own way.”

Eddie didn't look best pleased, and for a second she thought he was going to protest. Then, he sighed and shook his head. “You are way too stubborn.”

Again, Winter pecked him on the cheek and chuckled in his ear, “You know you love it.”

Eddie scoffed with amusement and reached into his pockets, removing his handkerchief. Holding it out to her, he smiled and said, “For the mess I made.”

Winter's insides quivered as she took the handkerchief and placed it between her thighs to keep his essence at bay until she could reach the nearest bathroom.

“I'll find you in the dining room,” she said, stepping away.

“Of course. I'll be right by your side,” he said, grabbing her hand before she could go any further. She was surprised when he leaned down and pressed his lips to her knuckles. “I mean it, Winter, I truly do love you.”

Winter's heart warmed then, skipping a beat as she remembered the dream in which he had rescued her from the shadow wolves. He had said something similar then, too. Had it really only been a dream or was it something more?

“I love you too,” she admitted, squeezing his hand. She was about to pull away when Eddie yanked her in close once more.

Cupping her cheek in his hand, he kissed her hard and said, “I wish we could stay out here alone, forever.”

Nuzzling her nose against his, she whispered, “Me too.”

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Finding a bathroom in a huge place like Nightstar Manor wasn't at all difficult, and before Winter knew it, she was cleaned up and prepared as she would ever be to face what came next.

Standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, she gave herself a quick pep talk. “You can do this!”

Feeling for the vial in her pocket again, she made absolutely sure that it was there before making one or two adjustments to her hair and finally heading for the door.

Closing her eyes with her hand on the doorknob, she sucked in a deep breath and said one final time, “You can do this.”

But those words never could have prepared her for what came next.

Almost the second she unlocked the door, it burst open, forcing her backwards into the room.

Panic tightened her chest for only a second as the she-wolf forced her back against the bathroom wall.

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