Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 33919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 170(@200wpm)___ 136(@250wpm)___ 113(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 170(@200wpm)___ 136(@250wpm)___ 113(@300wpm)
Still, she wanted to tell him no, but instead she climbed into the passenger side of his truck. The truck that smelled so good. While he went around his vehicle, she took a brief second to just close her eyes and bask in the scent that was his, that filled the car. Shadow had the nicest of all scents. He smelled amazing.
She opened her eyes as he climbed into the truck beside her.
“I don’t know why we can’t walk. The diner is right there.”
He started his truck without saying a word, and she knew he was just being stubborn. Shadow always had to get his own way. There was going to come a time when he wasn’t going to get any such thing.
Shadow pulled out of the parking lot of the coffee shop, and she watched as he drove straight past the diner.
“You’ve missed it. Shadow, what the hell? I thought you were taking me to get something to eat, and I’ve got to get back to work. I’ve got a shift to finish.”
“Pam will finish your shift for you.”
“Ugh, that is not how this works. For me to get paid, I must be there.”
“I know how it works, and trust me, Pam knows what she is doing.”
Lisa frowned. “Are you the Alpha that owns the coffee shop?”
“Fuck, no, I can’t stand coffee.”
“You can’t stand coffee.” This made her frown deepen. “You’re always asking for coffee.”
“Yeah, and I don’t like it, but I have a feeling the plants outside of your place do. They’re thriving.”
“You dump the coffee in the bushes?” she asked.
“Yep. I told you, I don’t drink that stuff.”
“And what about when you seemed to be sticking around drinking coffee and waiting for me? How do you explain that?” she asked.
“Simple, when you were busy or didn’t look at me, I offered someone a free coffee. I don’t know if you know this or not, but people love free stuff. Even coffee.”
She growled in frustration. “You’re not funny.”
“I’m pretty funny.”
“I thought you loved coffee,” she said. “What else do I not know about you?”
“You know everything else, but I can’t stand coffee. There, you now know everything.”
“How are you doing with your real mate?” Lisa asked. “You know, the one you’re going to settle down with?”
It hurt. She wanted to rub at her chest where the bolt of pain seemed to strike her, but she didn’t make a move.
“I don’t have a mate, Lisa.”
Lisa glanced around them, but he was taking her in a direction she didn’t know. She also saw the sign that said they were leaving No Wolves Road.
“Shadow, what are you doing? I don’t want to leave town.”
“It’s fine.”
“No, it’s not fine. I don’t know where you’re taking me, but I believe this is some kind of kidnapping and I don’t take kindly to this. I’m not even joking.”
“Ah, so it is funny, and you’ve been joking all this other time?” he asked.
“Come on, this is not funny.”
“I’m taking you to my house,” Shadow said.
“Why?”
“The only reason you would have skipped breakfast is if you hadn’t had a chance to go to the store. Now, once I feed you at my place, we’ll go to the store and pick up a whole bunch of groceries for you, but you’re not in any state to be taking care of yourself.”
“I don’t need your help.”
“Yeah, you do, and you’ve got to stop being so stubborn about it.”
“Do you have any idea what this is like?” Lisa asked. “Being near you? This isn’t fair.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
****
He’d never been a smooth talker. It hadn’t been something he had to worry about learning. Being the Alpha meant people came to him with problems and he just had to fix them. Shadow didn’t have to employ tact or deal with his own fuckups, as he rarely made them. Until Lisa.
Now, he didn’t know what to say or do to make it right between the two of them. Even Friday night, while she had been dancing, he’d stood at the edge of the dance floor and just watched her. She’d looked so beautiful in her black dress. Lisa was all woman, her body everything. He missed her.
Shadow knew he missed her, not just because the sex had been incredible, but because he missed everything about her. Her smile, her laugh, even that sexy little snort when he said something that took her by surprise, and then once she did it, she’d go right on and do it again and again. She always sounded so cute, so pretty, and he adored her.
There was also a high chance she was pregnant. Pam had told him to be tactful, to be nice and calm, to reassure her, but he didn’t have the first clue how he was going to tell her she might be carrying his child.