Page 43 of Rex's Release

Before jumping in with both feet, she wondered how she could rule out a medical condition that caused him to believe such things. Would he be willing to get an MRI on his brain? Blood tests to check his hormone levels?

As she reevaluated their time together, she realized just how much time they spent fucking each other. She knew she was the first woman to take control of him in the bedroom, probably in any part of his life. Was it just lust? Was he just influenced by the off-the-charts chemistry they had?

And if he was telling the truth, did that mean that he only wanted her because his wolf told him he did?

The door swung open, and Rex walked in, carrying two to-go containers in one hand and two cans of pop in the other. He had a pair of jeans, a tee, his cut, and biker boots on, with his hair pulled up in a manbun. Sex on two legs.

Lifting her phone, she swiped to open the camera and snapped a picture. As she sent the photo off, she thought that her mother was just going to have to do without a topless one.

“Did you just take a picture of me?” He set the bounty on the nightstand, hung his cut on the hook by the door, and plopped down next to her on the bed.

“Yes.”

“You could have given me a heads-up. I could have let my hair down, took my shirt off… ya know… prepped.”

She grinned at him. “It’s for my mom.”

He shrugged and yanked his shirt off. “Well, if you’re going to show me off, do it right.” After pulling the elastic band from his hair, he reclined back against the headboard, looking like the temptation he was.

Laughing, Jolene opened her camera app again and adjusted so that she was on her knees facing him. She took several shots of him, some close up and some full shots, but all of them were sexy. He was incapable of being anything else.

She picked the least scandalous one and sent it off to her mother.

“Did you send them?”

She nodded, then his arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her down on top of him. He snatched her phone from her hand, pressed things she couldn’t see on the screen, and while pressing his lips to hers, he snapped a picture.

Against her lips, he said, “I don’t care if you send her that one, but make sure you send it to me.”

She shrugged and straddled his waist. As Jolene took her phone back, she replied, “If you earn it.”

Just like that, the blue light was shining from his eyes and his hips lifted to show her exactly what effect she had on him.

Running her hands over his abdomen and chest, she softly said, “Later. Can we just… watch something stupid andbefor a bit?”

His grin faded and glowing eyes were replaced by furrowed brows and a wrinkled forehead. “Yeah, Doc, if that’s what you want.” He gave her thighs a squeeze. “Do you want to cuddle with me as wolf or human?”

Remembering how she told him she had barely spent any time with him as a wolf, she appreciated what he was trying to do. Her hesitation lessened as she stared back at him. He was doing his best to give her what she needed.

She still had questions and reservations about the whole thing, but none of them were about his worth as a man. If she knew without a doubt that he wanted her for her, not just because his wolf demanded it, she wouldn’t give a damn about the rest. She might not rush into it, but she would be more accepting of the rest.

“Wolf,” she answered as she shifted off of him and sat cross-legged.

Between one blink and the next, he shifted, and the large gray and tan wolf laid his head on her lap, ice-blue eyes gazing up at her.

Running her hands through his coarse fur, she let out a sigh and gave him a soft smile. “I suppose you’re not so bad, Fido.”

The wolf opened his mouth, let his tongue hang off to the side, and began to happily pant. She snorted a laugh and used her phone to snap a photo.

Twenty-One

Jolene

Jolenewantedtobeirritated with Rex, since he insisted on bringing her to work and picking her up, but she was trying to be understanding. Rex and his family were on edge. He had tried to call Nevaeh to get her to come back, but she flatly refused, saying she had classes she couldn’t miss. Her man was a bit stressed, and she tried not adding to it more than necessary.

When he picked her up from work in a van with Top and Ginger, Jolene was surprised, since he hadn’t given her a heads-up. She didn’t mind, though. They were two of his closest friends, so she was actually looking forward to spending time and getting to know them.

“The clubhouse kitchen needs restocked,” Ginger told her with a smile as she slid onto the backseat of the van.

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