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Her elbow ploughed into his chest and she growled out, “Are you saying I smell?”

“No, honey, you smell like heaven to me. We recognize our mates from their smell, and I was also attracted to you instantly even though you’re not my usual type. I usually only date models or women who could model.”

This time he wasn’t prepared for the punch she threw at him or the knee she thrust into his cock as she got off his lap and grabbed her tattered clothes. “Okay, I have heard enough. I’m out of here, and I don’t care who sees me. I don’t have to listen to this crap.”

She shoved on his shorts and held them with one hand while she tied her baggy tattered shirt in knots the best she could with the other. Susie glared at him as she stomped to the door, opened it, and left, slamming the door behind her.

Brian sat for a moment trying to figure out what he said to offend her. He banged his head on the desk, groaning, when his words repeated in his head. Reaching for the phone he called down to Tayler and got a surprise when Jarrod, Tayler’s brother, answered the phone. “Where’s Tayler, Jarrod?”

Brian heard a groan before Jarrod answered, “Ahhh, Brian, it’s you. I thought your brother, Blake, was getting it on with someone in the office again. I was sure it was him when a voluptuous brunette came rushing down the stairs, holding her clothes on.”

Brian growled through the phone. “Keep your fucking eyes to yourself, Jarrod. That’s my true mate.”

Brian heard a chuckle on the other end. “What happened, man? She ran like the hounds of hell were at her heels.”

“Just don’t let her leave,” he snarled “And where on earth is Tayler?”

The laughing stopped instantly, and Jarrod whispered, “Oh shit. My sister just followed your mate to the locker room. I better go before she kills her. You know she has a crush on you. It also didn’t help every shifter in the gym could hear you two going at it. I think even some of the humans heard. I better go rescue…”

Brian didn’t even bother to hang the phone up. He opened the draw to find a spare set of shorts, gave thanks that his brother was a slut and hid spare clothes everywhere, and shoved them on as he ran to the door, praying he got to Susie in time.

Chapter Four

Susie felt like a fool. Not only did she just have sex with the hottest guy ever, she’d found out he was a friggin’ bear shifter, like out of a paranormal book. The thing that took the cake, though, was that he supposedly thought of her as his mate even though she wasn’t really his type. He didn’t really want her as he usually went for models or “women that could be models.”Great, just fucking great. She’d enjoyed sex for the first time in three years with a guy who didn’t even think she was attractive, and thought she smelled.

Susie ran as fast as she could while holding up the pants and used the other hand to make sure the knots she’d made in her shirt stayed tied. She didn’t notice she’d been followed into the locker room until someone grabbed her hair and slammed her against the lockers, screaming, “You can’t have him. He’s going to be mine. Stay away from him. He doesn’t like fat nobody humans. Brian is mine.”

It took her a moment, but Susie recognized the voice of Tayler from earlier. Moaning because she hadn’t figured it out when she’d been talking to her before, that the teenager’s crush was Brian. “He’s yours.” Susie would happily let her have him after the way he treated her. “You can have him. Actually, you’re welcome to him, Tayler. Don’t worry. I will not be coming back here again. I’m thinking of moving away. What do you think of Queensland? I know they’re always looking for good childcare workers.” She babbled on about her day job, until she felt the teenager’s grip loosen, and then finally let go.

Susie grabbed her bag out of the locker before she slowly turned around, afraid of what she would see. The girl grew quite a bit and bulked up at least three times her size. Fur covered her skin and she now had long, sharp teeth.

“Wow, I bet you never get bullied at school.”

The creature… ah, um, Tayler, cocked her head to the side and stared at her with a freaky intensity.

“Well, as I, um, said before, I’m going to go now. He’s all yours. I don’t want him.” Susie moved carefully toward the door, praying she could get out of the locker room in one piece. She promised herself she would move and find a women’s gym, or to hell with it. She would just live with her weight and go buy the next size up in clothing.

Before she reached the door, someone banged on it and a guy’s voice she didn’t know yelled, “Let me in now. You better not have hurt her, because Brian will kill you.”

At the mention of Brian’s name, the girl growled and took a step in Susie’s direction.

Fucking fantastic. Pissed, Susie yelled, “Shut the fuck up. I had her calm. I’m almost to the door. So zip it.”

She looked back at the girl who still snarled at her and stalked her like she was prey. “Remember now, Tayler, he’s yours. I don’t want Brian, or care what he thinks. I’m moving to Queensland. That’s a long way away. He won’t know where I live, I promise.”

She took the last steps to the door without taking her eyes off Tayler. As she tuned the knob and listened to the lock click, she sighed in relief, only to be scared nearly to death when she heard snarling on the other side of the door and the teenage shifter came charging for her. Fuck, just what she needed. Opening the door, she ran like her life depended on it, and it probably did. Susie didn’t even care about holding onto her clothes. She ran right by Brian and another guy, who she assumed had been the guy banging and yelling through the door, without looking back to see if Tayler pursued her. She just wanted to get out of there.

As she passed the reception desk on the home stretch to the exit doors, a solid mass stepped in front of her, and arms wrapped around her.

“Woo there, what’s the hurry? I know this is a gym, and running is fantastic exercise, but for some reason, sweetheart, I don’t get the feeling you’re running for the fun of it.”

She looked up and the glare on her face froze as she looked into the brightest emerald green eyes she’d ever seen. They were encased in a face that made her think of wicked things. He actually looked a lot like Brian, although his hair had a curl to it and his cheeks had dimples. This guy was also taller and bigger all around, almost like a bear. She gave an inward groan and tried to take a step back, but his grip stopped her. She gave him another glance up and down. He looked like the kind of guy a woman might have a fun, sexy night with. Oh no, what was happening to her? She was turned on again and thinking about sex with a complete stranger. As that thought ran through her mind, she pushed against him to get away. “Let me go. I have to get out of here.”

She kicked at him, but he laughed at her effort. “What’s your name? You’re a feisty one, aren’t you?” She gave him her best death stare, which only made him laugh harder. “Oh, sweetheart, if you want to get away, you really need to try a lot harder than that.”

Gritting her teeth, she spat out, “Susie. My name is Susie. Will you please let me go now before the sociopathic shifter teenager comes after me?”

Mr. Green Eyes raised his eyebrows as he asked, “And why, may I ask, is she coming after you?”

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