The tension built to an unbelievable intensity that she thought she’d fly into a million shards, but she couldn’t stop it. Even through her fear, her body fought to get the pleasure she only had a glimpse of. A scream tore from her throat.

“That’s it. Come for me, Mate.”

The tone of his voice was enough to tell her he was as affected by this as she was.

Colors flashed, and the room dimmed momentarily before her body finally liberated any fight she had left. Waves of ecstasy took her breath. It was so intense her fear rose again, but the feeling was too good to fight against.

She felt him tense up and then heard a guttural groan unlike any she’d ever heard from him before she felt his cum fill her and slide out of her with each thrust.

She bowed her head and concentrated on holding herself up on her hands. It was all she could do, and if he hadn’t had a grip on her, she would have melted to the floor.

She felt his legs shaking against her. The loving they’d just had made her feel an even deeper emotion for him. Knowing it affected him as it did her made it feel more profound.

“Let’s get washed off, and then we can nap before we make dinner,” he said, kissing the back of her shoulder.

She nodded. Anywhere she could relax was what she needed. He gently washed her, wrapped a towel around her torso, and set her on the bench as he finished and got his own towel. He lifted her and set her on the counter.

“It won’t take long to dry your hair because you were never directly in the water,” he said, combing it out.

She hadn’t wanted to take the time to dry her hair, so she’d held it up out of the way when he washed her.

“That’s good.” He set down the comb and picked her up.

Her eyes closed, and she sighed when she finally lay down, with her head on a pillow and his big body wrapped around hers.

“Sleep, Mate. “I’ll watch over you.”

She looked over her shoulder at him and smiled. “I know you will.” She listened to his breathing as she fell asleep and couldn’t think of a sound more beautiful.

Chapter Fifteen

Jacob walked through the bakery door and smiled when he saw his mate laughing at something Nicole had said. It had been hard at first to let her work there and let her out of his sight, but several people had told him she’d rebel if he held the leash too tight.

The fact that his Alpha asked him to let her work made it nearly impossible to say no.

His body and mind relaxed when Roman showed him how they could see the women anytime they wanted. It was the only way the men could get anything done at work because they always stopped there to check on them.

Jacob’s eyes widened. “And they don’t know anything about it?”

Roman shook his head and smiled.

Jacob had laughed. “If they ever catch us, we’re dead meat.”

Roman snorted and then laughed. “We’ll deal with it when or if it happens.”

Jacob grinned. He guessed the Alpha was slightly more worried than he let on but wouldn’t show it. “I’m going to go say hi.”

Roman nodded. “Seriously, you’re doing us a huge favor by letting your mate work here. My mate is getting too big to handle her work, and I don’t want her to get worn out. I think this baby boy will drive us both up the wall.”

Jacob’s eyebrows rose. “A boy. Congratulations.”

Roman grinned. “I can’t wait to hold him. Hey, don’t tell Brenna. She doesn’t know I know, and she wanted to keep it a surprise for both of us.”

“Doesn’t she know you can tell what sex it is in the early stages of her pregnancy?”

“No. And I’ll never tell her, and I hope no one else will. She was pissed that I knew she was pregnant before she did.”

Jacob laughed. “I won’t say a thing.”