Page 131 of The Dragon's Mate

“No.” He pressed a kiss against herforehead. “We have all the time in the world.”

Chapter Twenty-Three

Bren stepped out of his apartmentbuilding. It was a cool and overcast day and he could smell rain in the air.He’d only taken two steps toward his parking spot when the door opened behindhim and Kaida called his name.

He turned around, smiling when Kaida threwher arms around his shoulders and pressed a kiss against his mouth. She waswearing just a pair of panties and a shirt of his that fell mid-thigh on her.He squeezed her ass through her shirt and grinned at her. “What are you doingout here? It’s freezing.”

“You’re not allowed to leave for work withoutsaying goodbye to me.”

“You were snoring so sweetly that I didn’twant to wake you,” he said with a grin.

She wrinkled her nose. “I don’t snore.”

“You don’tnotsnore,” he said.

She poked him in the back, and he laughed andsqueezed her ass again. “Sorry, I will never again leave the apartment withoutsaying goodbye.”

“Thank you,” she said. Despite the coldair, she was soft and warm against him. He pressed his mouth against hers andcouldn’t resist deepening the kiss. She moaned into his mouth and he sucked onher bottom lip before releasing her mouth.

“Maybe I should take the day off,” he said.

“Maybe you should.” She wiggled hereyebrows at him.

“I would if I didn’t have a court appointmentthis morning.”

She growled and a puff of smoke came out ofher mouth and drifted upward. “Fine, abandon me and go to work, but someone’sbeing handcuffed to the bed again tonight as punishment.”

She rubbed her pelvis against his erection,and he groaned out a curse. “I want to say that’s a punishment, but I can’tquite find the words.”

“Good,” she said with a wicked grin. “Now,if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to crawl back into your bed and masturbate.”

“Evil. You are truly evil,” Bren said. Heslapped her on the ass as she walked back to the apartment door, lettingherself in with the keys she carried.

She paused on the threshold and wiggled herass at him. “See you tonight, detective.”

He adjusted his dick through his jeans, tryingto relieve some of the pressure as he watched Kaida’s delectable ass all theway to the elevator.

Christ, it was going to be a long day atwork.

* * *

“Holy shit, Matthews. You’re banging adragon shifter?” Jeremy stood up and stared over their shared cubicle wall at Bren.

“What?” Bren blinked at him. “What didyou say?”

It was midmorning and after his court appointment,he’d headed back to the precinct. Despite the paperwork on his desk, he couldn’tstop thinking about Kaida and everything he wanted to do to her tonight. For asecond, he wondered if he’d been talking out loud to himself.

“You’re banging a dragon!” Jeremy’s voicewas carrying across the big open room and Bren made a shushing motion.

“Keep your voice down, for God’s sake,”Bren said.

“Everyone probably already knows anyway,” Jeremysaid.

“What are you talking about?” Bren said.

“Bren?” His captain, a quiet man namedMorales, had stopped in front of his cubicle. “Can I see you in my office?”

His stomach in knots, Bren followed him tothe office. Morales shut the door and sank into the leather chair behind hisdesk. “Have you seen the news?”

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