Page 26 of Roar Letter Word

“Yeah,” Addie agreed. “It is, isn’t it?”

She continued working away in her room. Eventually, there was a knock on the door. “One second,” she called, putting away her papers and straightening up. She assumed it was Pritesh or another staff member. When she opened the door, she was surprised to see Mahes home with his hands full of food.

“Why didn’t you say you were carrying a whole hot tray?” she cried, stepping back to let him enter. “I would have been a lot quicker.”

“What makes you think I’m in a hurry?” he said and walked in, laying the tray on the bed.

She sniffed. “It smells good. But what is it?”

He lifted the cover off the dish to reveal several plates, all piled high with food. “It’s all of the Nova Auroran foods you’ve said you liked so far. And one macaroni and cheese, just in case you wanted something a bit more comforting.”

“Oh my gosh!” Addie beamed. “That’s so sweet of you! I really …”

He looked at her and smiled the little smile that always turned her on. “You really what?”

“Nothing. I don’t know. I just really appreciate that you were paying such close attention.”

That definitely wasn’t what she was going to say. What had it been anyway? That she really liked dinners like this?That she really liked him?She wasn’t sure.

The two of them ate the meal together, both of them eating far more than they knew they should. Addie loved getting to experience these new foods with him. Though she was adventurous and loved traveling on her own, there was something sweeter in having him by her side.

Finally, they found themselves lying next to each other on the bed. Without thinking, she stroked his body gently.He returned the favor, his hands picking up the pace and sweeping all over her body.

She let out a moan as his hand passed over her breast, and he paused there this time, circling the nipple with his fingers.

Then he went in for a kiss. He turned her onto her back and pinched her other nipple through her shirt.He looked down at her, and she looked up at him. His chest and shoulders were so strong and muscular. She would never tire of this view.

“I did this whole romantic dinner thing because I wanted to talk with you,” he said. “But forget talking. I just want to fuck.”

“Wait, was there something you wanted to talk about?”she asked hopefully, wishing that maybe he was about to confess that his feelings matched hers. She only had a week with him to convince him he wanted more.

“No. Nothing more important than this.”

With that, he kissed her on the lips and then kissed down her neck and toward her chest. Roughly, he pulled her shirt over her head and then unhooked her bra and whipped it across the room. He took her left nipple into his mouth while she massaged his shoulders.

She would have to talk to him about her feelings sooner or later. Before the week ran out, certainly. But not tonight. Tonight, there would be no worrying about the future. Tonight, it would be all about this moment, the one they were sharing together right now.

He kept kissing down her body. As he did, her entire body warmed at his touch. She wrapped her legs around his waist, deciding this was her favorite part. The push and pull, the give and take.

Of course, it was easy to respond to his touches, considering they lit her on fire.

He slowly stripped off the rest of her clothes and his own. If she had admired his broad chest before, it was nothing compared to this view. She ran her hands over the muscles, enjoying the way they felt under her fingers.

Before long, he pulled away. She grumbled a little at the loss of contact, but then a moment later, he ran his tongue up and down her pussy. She moaned in response, her complaint forgotten.

With every flick and dash of his tongue, her body arched and shook. She was the kingdom, and he was the king, but it was more intimate than that. There was no law, no hardness, no force. Just action and reaction.Was this so good because he was a shifter or because she was falling in love?

She didn’t have time to ponder it longer. Every muscle in her body tensed in the most pleasurable way. She gasped, and her whole body shook as her climax coursed through her.

He dropped down next to her. She wrapped an arm around him, and the two of them squeezed against each other.

“You’re sure you didn’t want to talk about anything?” Addie asked, her fingers beginning to play with his hardness.

“Why talk when we can do this?” he suggested with an impish grin. He made a noise that seemed to come from deep inside, like his lion was purring.

Though Addie knew sooner or later they would have to talk, she was more than willing to put it off for another day if it meant they could do this.

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