She laughs as I bring her to my lap, my cock hard against her and she whimpers as she feels my needy shaft.
“Maybe so,” she says, wrapping her arms around my neck. She wants this as badly as I do.
I tuck a piece of hair behind her ear, my chest tightening as I look into her eyes. Yes, she is gorgeous - but more than that, she brings out a need in me no other woman has before. With Piper in my arms, I feel this protective current running through me like I would do anything to make sure she is safe. Always.
“What is it?” Piper asks.
My mouth twitches, my cock does too. “I just really like being here with you.”
She smiles, the light of the moon across her face, and she presses her lips against my own. I don’t deserve her kisses, her soft skin, the willing pussy - but I have it.
And I won’t take that for granted.
Not now, not ever.
Her lips part and her tongue finds mine, demanding. Needy. My mate.
I groan as I kiss her, my hands running over her back, her bare skin, squeezing her cheeks and lifting her ass. Needing her to sit on my cock, needing her to be filled with all that I am.
Hers.
“Oh, Ben,” she whimpers as I run my hand over her pussy, the steam from the tub circling around us.
I take hold of my steel wrapped in velvet and guide myself home. She wraps her arms around me as she sinks down against my cock, and I hold her in my arms wishing this was really the night of our engagement, not a hoax.
Because it feels so real, her against me, me deep inside of her - it feels right.
It may be our first time having sex, but our bodies find a rhythm, her hips swivel as I kiss her neck, as I run my hands over her full tits, and fuck her the way she needs.
She grinds her pussy against me as she nears her climax and I cup her face, kissing her hard as she bites down on my lip, her pleasure coursing over her. I tease her lips as we fuck, as my cock begs to let go the same way her sweet pussy has.
“God I want to come in you so hard,” I growl.
“Do it,” she demands. “Come in my pussy, Chief.”
The title on her lips seals the goddamn deal. My cock releases deep inside her pussy, and she drops her head as I fill her up the way we both so desperately need.
“Oh, Bennet,” she moans, shaking as the release washes over her. She clings to me and I pull her even closer. God, she feels so good in my arms, so damn right. “Do that again,” she pants.
“What part?” I ask, our foreheads touching, her body tucked against me right where it belongs.
“All of it,” she says. “No rules tonight.”
I lift her chin, looking in her big beautiful eyes. “Whatever you say, fiancée.”
Chapter 8
Piper
I wake up to a large arm wrapped around me and a hard body pressed against my back, Bennett’s morning wood teasing me with memories of the night before.
Oh God, I really broke my rule. Complicated things with sex. And as I snuggle closer, I know I’m in serious trouble, because Bennett Koleman isn’t just hot, he’s also growing on me in ways I didn’t imagine.
He’s smart. Confident. Thoughtful. And I’m falling for the man.
“Good morning, beautiful,” he murmurs against my ear, his hard length rubbing against my ass. “I could get used to waking up like this.”
So could I. That’s the problem.
“We should get up,” I say, starting to pull away. “You have a meeting before we go—”
I’m flat on my back, my words silenced by Bennett’s mouth. My entire body sparks, flames whipping at my senses, all rational thoughts gone with just one kiss.
He pushes my thighs apart, his body hard and ready for me.
“Bennett,” I murmur, knowing a repeat of last night is only going to confuse things more.
But I want him.
No, it’s more than that. It’s like my body needs him.
I’m only wearing one of his oversized t-shirts and he’s completely naked, so when the engorged head of his cock presses against my already slick entrance, I can’t help but arch my hips, allowing him entrance.
“Shit, Piper,” he groans against my mouth. “You feel so damn good.”
A smile spreads wide across my face. After fucking in the hot tub we came back to the hotel, tiptoeing through the corridors, dripping wet as we fell into our room. The steam from the hot tub had made us sleepy, but now, with him inside me again, I am wide awake.
“You feel pretty good yourself,” I tease as he leans over me his ruggedly handsome face sending a rush of want over me.
“You’re just so tight and feel so warm,” he groans in pleasure. I spank his bare ass, sending a ripple of laughter throughout the room and I wish we could encapsulate this exact moment. The moment we get back to Bear Valley real life is going to hit me hard.
My friends are gonna be so confused.
“Am I losing you?” Bennett asks, reminding me that right now my friends are miles away … and the sexiest mountain man in the country is penetrating me. Deeply.
He may think I’m nice and tight, but he is long and thick. My core trembles as he moves against me
“I’m right here,” I tell him. “But I want you right here.”
“Right where?”
I bite the side of my lip, taking his hand, and moving it to my ass.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” he groans as if being tortured.
I press my lips together. “If it’s our last hurrah, the one stretch of time where we break the rules … I figure…”
“Go out with a bang?”
I nod and roll over, his raging cock still longing to spurt warm come inside me.
I move to all fours, granting him access to my ass, and I look over my shoulder, the morning sunlight may be filtering through the room, but his eyes are dark and desperate.
“Usually women—”
“Don’t start a sentence that way when you’re about to finger my backside.”
He laughs, running his big capable hands over my back, my waist, grabbing my hips and pulling my ass closer to his lowered face. He leans down, licking my pussy and I whimper, my entrance so wet with need.
“God, you taste good.” Bennett’s tongue flicks over my folds, my clit seizing as he expertly licks me up and down. Then he moves his finger to my hole, using my pussy juice to open me up. I hear women say they don’t like to be touched this way … but they haven’t been with Bennett Koleman. I want this wild mountain man to touch me and take me every which way - because soon enough I am going to check out of this hotel and the game is going to change.
He isn’t mine.
This is all make-believe.
But God, as he begins to edge his hard tip to my ass, I clutch the sheets. He opens me up, stretching me with his thickness and holy hell it feels so good.
“Oh Bennett,” I moan, my breasts sway as he begins to fill me up, my pussy dripping with my sweet release as he fills me, finding every single pleasure point in my body as he takes me so entirely.
“God, woman, you make this easy,” he says, his cock buried in me, and I feel so full, so alive, that I relax even more completely, whimpering as he moves against my ass, holding my hips and lowering his mouth to my back, my ass, kissing my skin. Sending shivers up and down my spine. Bennett Koleman knows how to make my body hum, carry a tune for the first time in my life.
“Ohhh,” I cry as he comes inside me, my body shaking as he fills me up the way he was made to do. “Oh God.” My body explodes in a chorus of pleasure and my mind goes blank, all I see is white delight.
We finish, and we try to catch our breath, side by side on the king-sized hotel bed. His fingers lace with mine as our heavy breathing slows.
I turn, our eyes lock. A smile is written on his face. “Now you know I’m an ass man.”
Laughter fills the room. “And you know I like it a little kinky.”
“It’s a shame this is all a game.�
�� He lifts his eyebrows.
“Right,” I murmur. “All a game.”
I could have stayed right there forever, but his phone buzzes on the nightstand and he moves for it, then pausing, looking back at me.
“Take it,” I say, and he thanks me, pulling himself out of bed and accepting the call.
I pull a sheet around me as I watch him move around the room. I find my breath stolen away as he stands by the large floor to ceiling window, his back to me as he stares out at the white-capped mountains. The man is formidable. All strength and brawn. And I know he’d make a good chief.
And when he gets what he wants? My brain warns. Maybe he won’t need me anymore.
But that’s all this was supposed to be. A win-win situation. Then why do I feel like I was going to be the loser when it was all over?
Bennett turns then, grinning when he sees me. “I just got a call from Victor. Looks like I earned the brown bear votes last night, thanks to our little presentation after dinner.”
Our fake engagement.
I force a smile. “That’s great.”
And it is. I want Bennett to succeed. It’s just there’s a part of me that wants to be standing beside him when he does. Maybe the charade doesn’t have to end. Maybe it can be more than just pretend.
And be with a man who doesn’t love you back? End up just like your mom. No chance in hell, that rational part of my brain reprimands.
Bennett cups my jaw, eyes searching. “Wish I knew what you were thinking.”
“I guess if we were mates you would,” I say without thinking, my voice holding the edge of frustration.
He frowns, his features tightening. “Piper—”
“Sorry. I shouldn’t have said that.” I take a step back, needing space, like maybe a thousand miles between us, so I don’t feel the constant tug at my heart and body. “This whole charade is just...a bit draining. It’ll be good to get home.”
His frown deepens. “I think we should talk about that.”
I shrug, building walls around myself, but failing miserably. “Nothing to talk about. We both know the rules.”
“Rules can be broken.” He smirks, eyes sparkling. “We proved that last night, and this morning.”
“Which was probably a huge mistake.” I sidestep him when he moves toward me, going to the opposite side of the room. “I still need to shower. I’ll meet you downstairs.”
He exhales heavily and doesn’t say another word. I walk into the bathroom, closing the door, starting a shower. I hear him rifling through his suitcase and eventually the bedroom door shuts. When I know he’s gone, I step into the shower and close my eyes.
“What am I doing?” Falling in love with a man who will never be mine.
I take my time getting dressed. Then call the bellhop to take our bags down to the Valet, before going to the large conference room where a breakfast buffet is set up. Bennett is surrounded by a group of men, and I can see he’s deep in conversation, so I go to get myself a small plate of fruit and sit down at one of the circular tables.
“Nice show last night.” Abby, the grizzly Christoff’s wife sits beside me.
“Show?” I ask, knowing exactly what she means.
“You’re playing a dangerous game,” she hisses.
For a brief second, I think she knows about Bennett and me, that we’re not really mates.
“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I see you.” She leans closer. “You think I’m going to let you and that kodiak steal what belongs to me.”
“To you?”
“To Christoff,” she corrects herself, but I see her own pride, her scheming and motivation. She wants the power. The control. “Just watch your back. Accidents seem to happen around kodiaks. It would be a shame for anything to happen to that pretty face of yours.” She stands and tsks, a grin stretching her lips. “Such a shame.”
I push my plate away, unease settling over me.
Bennett glances over at me, his smile turning to a frown when he meets my gaze, and he pulls himself away from the group of men he was talking with.
I push my chair back and stand.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” I rub my hands over my arms. He already pushed away my concerns before, and I don’t want him to think I don’t trust him. But those grizzlies make me nervous. “I just want to go home.”
“Okay.” He places a hand on my lower back and leads me from the room, but I can still feel Abby’s eyes on me, her threat crawling across my skin.
“I don’t know if I can keep doing this,” I say when we’re waiting for the valet to pull Bennett’s car up.
His arms go around my waist, concern flashing in his eyes. “Piper, this is more than just—”
“Don’t do that.” I shake my head at him. “Don’t try and play me.”
“I’m not.” One palm cups my jaw, and he drags a thumb across my mouth. “Just...there are things I need to tell you. Things that might freak you out.”
“I’m already freaked out.” But not by the bear thing, not even as much by Abby’s threat. What I’m really freaked out about is that I’m falling hard for this man.
He rests his forehead against mine and sighs. “I know.”
But when his lips are on mine again, all my concerns disappeared, replaced by the white-hot lust that courses through my veins. It’s like the man has a lasso wrapped around my damn heart, and there’s no escaping the inevitable.
But as I melt into him, even knowing how this will end, I can’t help but think that pretending for just a little bit longer has its benefits.
Chapter 9
Bennett
“Oh, my baby girl is going to be married.” Tears form in Piper’s mom’s eyes when we announce the news.
We’re at the local bar, all our family and friends surround us. I see a few skeptical looks, but mostly smiles and hugs are what greet us both at the news.
Addie, Harley, and Kate pull Piper away and I watch my mate from the corner of my eye, sensing the inner turmoil within her.
I grunt when a large hand slaps my back, and my brother Blaine hands me a bottle of beer. “Engaged, huh? That was quick, especially from the guy who swore off mating when he was twelve years old.”
“When you know, you know,” I grumble, knowing he’s digging.
Gunnar is on the other side of me, and I can feel his gaze boring into me. “I had my suspicions when you first announced you were mates, but...”
“But what?” I glance over at him.
He smirks. “It’s clear now you two are meant to be together.”
I glance over at Piper, my chest squeezing with a shitload of emotions that I never thought I’d feel. “Just hope I can convince her of that.”
Blaine raises his brows at me. “Thought you already did?”
God, I want to tell them. Need my brothers’ advice, but then what?
“I just mean...” I rub the back of my neck. “We have to be married if the council is going to elect me as chief.”
“Is that really a rule?” Blaine asks.
I shrug. “Apparently. Or one they made up for me. I don’t know. Most candidates who run for the position are older, already settled down. Victor made it clear that an engagement isn’t going to cut it.”
Blaine frowns at me. “It’s a big commitment. I hope you’re not rushing into things.”
“I’ve wanted to be chief since I first understood what it meant to be a kodiak, I want this more than anything.”
“I wasn’t talking about being chief.” His features are tight, and I see the look he exchanges with Gunnar. “I was talking about marriage. It’s not just about you anymore.”
“I know that.”
“You sure?” Gunnar asks. “I get that you’re mated, but that doesn’t mean Piper is ready—”
“I know,” I repeat, frustration bubbling inside me. It’s like there’s a tug of war going on in my chest. “I just...shit.” I must say the last wor
d a little too loudly, because the women turn their gazes to me, and I see the small frown Piper gives me.
My mate.
Damn, but I need more from her. My bear paces inside my chest, demanding it, needing the mental connection that I’ve avoided.
“Why don’t we take a walk,” Blaine says.
“Yeah, sure.”
I’m ready to tear off my clothes and shift as soon as we get outside, but I know why my brother brought me out here, and it wasn’t so that I could escape into the woods.
“Want to tell me what’s really going on?”
I sit down on the bench and rest my head against the building, eyes closed, knowing I need to talk to someone before I lose my mind - or worse, lose Piper.
“It was just supposed to be a deal.”
Blaine sighs heavily. “Okay.”
“I knew I needed to be mated to get nominated for chief.”
“Shit, Bennett. You lied—”
“At first. But then...” I tug at my hair. “Then I kissed her, and...fuck...”
“And what?”
“She’s mine.” I hold his gaze. “But I can’t tell her—”
His eyes narrow. “You haven’t told her?”
“I’m afraid she’s going to freak out. She’s got commitment issues to start with, which is why she agreed to this whole charade from the start.”
“And you’re worried that if you tell her, she’ll run?”
“I need her to marry me if I’m going to be chief.”
He huffs and shakes his head at me. “If that’s the only reason you want her to marry you, then you’re more of a fool than I thought.”
It’s not the only reason. But I haven’t been able to truly admit to myself that I’m falling for her. And not just because of the chemistry between us, but because she smart, and funny, and easy to be around.
And because I know I’d be a fucking mess without her.
“You need to figure out what your priorities are, and quick.”
“She’s going to think I played her.”
One brow raises at me. “Aren’t you?”
An unease settles in my chest, because I know he’s right. But there’s more to it.
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