Mending the Bear

by Vanessa Devereaux

  “And you have someone looking after them?” she asked as they made their way out of the building.

  “Ian’s brother Cade stopped by to feed them.”

  “Any time you need some help with them, you’re welcome to bring them to my vet practice. I have lots of room for housing cats and dogs.”

  “I’ll remember that,” Charlie said. He stopped for a bit and looked like he was trying to get his breath back.

  “You okay?” Ian asked him.

  “Will be when I get home.”

  Eve opened the car door for him and he got into the back seat. She and Ian got into the front.

  “Hope you’re a good driver,” Charlie said.

  Ian turned round to look at him. “Having second thoughts that maybe you’d be safer on the back of my bike?” he asked.

  ****

  Charlie had given Eve his seal of approval just before they’d left his place. His three cats had immediately warmed to Eve, purring and brushing themselves against her calves. They’d also given her the two thumbs up, or two paws up.

  Ian sat and watched as she lined up the bowling ball, ready to take her aim at the pins. Seeing her butt in those tight jeans gave him an instant hard on. He pulled on his the front of his pants, trying to give his cock and balls more space, but it wasn’t helping much.

  Eve leaned over and then let the ball go. It looked like it would head straight down the middle, but then half way there, it skidded toward the gutter and rode the rest of the way in there.

  “Damn,” she said.

  “Hey, let me give you some tips,” said Ian. He stood and walked over to her.

  “Here, take the ball and stand like this,” he said, getting his body behind her with not a space to be had between the front of his body and the back of hers. He put his mouth close to her ear, getting a scent of both her and her perfume. Rose based, if he wasn’t mistaken.

  “Lift the ball up and focus on the pins ahead,” he said.

  He wrapped his arms around her to show her how to handle the bowling ball. Now he smelled her arousal, too.

  Shit, he wanted to take her right now. He swallowed. He wanted her so much he almost began shifting, but stopped his bear from emerging just in time.

  “Now step forward, move those sexy hips of yours, bend your arm just a tad, and then relax and let the ball go.”

  He released her from his embrace. She stepped forward and did exactly what he’d told her. The ball went straight, hitting all the pins in one fluid swoop.

  She turned around. “You are a great teacher.”

  “I have other talents, too.”

  She walked over to him, kissing him on the lips. “I think I know what they are.”

  “How about we head back to your place?” Ian said.

  “But we haven’t finished our game.”

  “I have games of a different kind in mind.”

  Chapter Ten

  Eve had never known herself be this desperate for sex, but she’d almost ripped Ian’s clothes off as soon as they’d gotten back to her townhouse.

  She ran her hands under his sweater, feeling his muscles push against her palm. She kissed him, playfully biting his lower lip while she lifted it up over his head. Eve then turned her attention to his belt. She unfastened it, letting her finger slowly glide over the zipper, feeling his erection almost bursting it open.

  She tugged it down, sliding her hand inside and feeling for the slit in his boxers. She quickly found it and his cock. Wrapping her fingers around it, she gave him another kiss.

  His dick pulsated against her palm as she rubbed her hand up and down his shaft, causing him to fidget and give a groan that originated deep within his throat. It was almost animal like, but made her want him more. The color of his eyes seemed to deepen, almost like they were about to change from blue to brown. Maybe he wore contact lenses. She rubbed him some more and wow, he came quicker than she’d anticipated.

  “Don’t worry because I can get another erection very soon. I’m not like other men.”

  She didn’t for one second think he was bragging or lying. Ian was quickly proving he was one of a kind.

  He encouraged her to sit on the bed.

  “The other night I felt your pussy, but I didn’t see it. I think I’d like to do that right now.”

  Maybe she should have gotten a Brazilian because wasn’t that what guys preferred these days? What if he didn’t like what he saw?

  He pulled on her panties, tugging them over her thighs until he got them to her ankles and then gently removed them. Ian ran his hand over her pubic hair before pushing her thighs apart. Cold air hit her pussy folds and soon his fingers were warming them as he touched each little crevice. She closed her eyes. She felt relaxed, happy, almost euphoric.

  He fingered the very edge of her pussy, almost as if he was teasing her that he might let it slip over the threshold. Finally he did just that and she breathed in deeply.

  “You are so beautiful,” he said, slowly finger fucking her. “So perfect.”

  No one had ever told her that, beautiful and perfect. That was quite the compliment.

  “I’d like to bring you to climax, but I’m in a selfish mood and I have to be inside you and soon.”

  He removed his finger and reached for the condom he’d sat on the bed. Eve took off her bra and threw it across the room. She put her hands under each breast and lifted them up to Ian who took the nipple of the left one into his mouth and sucked until it grew hard and throbbed. He drew his finger down her belly, making it quiver, almost making her giggle. He spread her legs wide and then with more ease than the other night, he plunged his cock deep within her.

  She lifted her legs, allowing him to go farther inside her. His dick slid toward the back of her pussy making it come alive like never before. Ian began with a slow, almost too slow thrust. She didn’t want to seem demanding or bossy about telling him what to do, so she raised her butt upward causing him to slip even deeper.

  “You need a good fuck, baby, yeah I get that, so hold onto your hat.”

  It was his biceps she dug her fingers into as he moved at a speed she didn’t think was possible. She hoped she wasn’t hurting him as she sank her nails into his skin, but right now her pussy felt like it was on fire. Not an unpleasant sort of a burn, but the sort that made her give one constant long groan.

  Her belly quivered and her legs shook as the first orgasm of the night hit her. She moved her head from side to side, mumbling things even she didn’t understand as he drove faster, bringing about another orgasm.

  She beat the bed with her fists as he continued. Usually guys didn’t last this long with her. Her ex had been the wham bam kind, and she’d often gone climaxless during their lovemaking.

  Ian stopped thrusting and she thought maybe he’d come and she’d missed it, but he hovered above her as still as could be and still she felt her pussy being pampered and loved. He was moving his cock inside her again. It beat against all the walls in her channel, making her drool and she was pretty sure she went cross-eyed as one climax turned into two, and then three, and then she lost count.

  He’d drained her, over-exited her. Now he was moving again and then bam, she heard him groan that animal-like call again and he came.

  She tried to get her breathing back to a normal pace, but just couldn’t. The next thing she knew, he was turning her over onto her belly and pulling her legs apart.

  “Surely you can’t be hard this soon after that?” she asked him.

  “Like I told you, I’m not like other men.”

  ****

  Ian ran his hands over her ass. So round and gorgeous. Now he realized that he’d almost hated that Joanne had been constantly watching her weight. He liked his mate soft and cuddly. He couldn’t help himself, he spanked Eve’s ass, seeing it turn pink and even more alluring.

  “Do that again,” she said.

  “You like it.”

  “I think I came.”

  He slapped her again, heari
ng her groan and seeing that she’d been right when her juices slipped from her pussy.

  He parted her cheeks, seeing her pussy all red and welcoming. He quickly put another condom on his dick and pushed inside her. He held her hips, almost soft and cuddly like her ass. He thrust and heard her groaning. He loved her pussy. He could spend all day inside it. Spend all day with her.

  Shit, what was happening? Charlie had been right. She might be his mate. Her pussy gripped his dick and he sensed she’d come. He leaned over, letting his cock do all the work instead of his entire body. Such a lucky thing for a shifter and so unlucky for human males. Poor guys just didn’t know how to please a woman.

  Eve beat her fists against the pillow as his pussy took hold of his cock like it was a vise. He leaned over and did something he hadn’t even done to Joanne, he nipped Eve’s neck.

  “Hey, what are you doing?”

  “It’s okay. I’m not going to hurt you.”

  He couldn’t explain to her what this was all about, not yet. That would have to come soon. He nipped her again, knowing that by doing so, he’d marked her as his mate.

  Chapter Eleven

  Ian rang the doorbell as he and Eve stood by the front door of Ash and Chloe’s house. Even from outside, she could smell something delicious cooking. She’d missed lunch because a dog had been hit by a car and brought in by the driver. Lucky for the dog they’d gotten him to her surgery in time. Apart from a broken leg that Eve was confident would be as good as new in a month or so, the dog was going to be okay.

  Ash opened the door, holding who Eve knew was Sophie.

  “Come in, dinner’s almost ready,” he said.

  Ian encouraged Eve to go first.

  “And this must be Sophie,” said Eve.

  “Can you say hi?” Ash said, lifting the little girl’s hand.

  “She’s really shy around new people, but once she gets to know you, you’ve found a friend forever,” Ash said.

  Eve looked around and immediately fell in love with the place. Maybe she would think about buying a house in this development. She’d be near two people she already knew. She was definitely putting down roots in Kalispell, and was this thing with Ian a permanent thing, too? She sure hoped so because she was now in way too deep. The point of no return she’d promised herself she’d never get to ever again.

  Ash led them through to the dining room where the table had been set and it looked like Chloe had spent lots of time on it. The white tablecloth, crystal glassware, and glass plates with gold edging. It looked so beautiful. Where the young woman got the time for being a mom, student, and also her employee, she didn’t know. Maybe she had special powers. Hopefully, Eve would get them, too, one day.

  “Honey, Eve and Ian are here,” Ash called to her.

  Chloe walked out wearing a floral apron over a blue dress. “Hi. Dinner’s ready sooner than I thought, so if you want to sit down and relax.”

  “Anything I can help you with?” Eve asked.

  “Nope, I think I have everything under control.”

  “How about a glass of wine?” Ash asked. He put Sophie on the ground with a teddy bear that she immediately grabbed.

  “What’s the teddy’s name?” Eve asked her.

  “That’s Bear,” Ash said. “He’s named after my cousin.”

  “He’s a great looking bear… I mean the teddy, not bear,” Eve said. Both Ian and Ash looked at her, so she quickly walked over to the cabinet by the wall and took a look at all the photos. Ash and Chloe’s wedding photo. What a handsome looking pair they made. A photo of a man sitting with Sophie on one knee and another baby on the other.

  “That’s Brady Walsh and his son,” Ash said.

  “I keep hearing about him. I think I’ll have to meet him one day and thank him for supplying me with excellent security,” she said. She had to thank him for sending Ian her way, that was for sure.

  Ian held the glasses while Ash poured four glasses of wine. Chloe carried two dishes to the table.

  “Hope you like roast chicken,” she said.

  “You know I’ll eat just about anything,” Ian said, pulling out a chair for Eve.

  She sat. “I love it and I’m starving.”

  Ash and Chloe finished carrying everything out and set it on the table. Chloe lit some candles and then sat.

  “How do you find time to do all this?” Eve asked her.

  “I have my husband and my parents,” she said, handing a bowl of roasted potatoes to Eve.

  Ash put some food on his plate and then grabbed Sophie and put her on his lap as he ate. She looked at Eve, Eve smiled at her, and the little girl gave her a smile back.

  “Oh, you are going to be one of her best friends,” Chloe said. “And Miss Sophie, I think that dress needs yet another wash.”

  “More cupcake icing?” Ash asked.

  “She went along to Bridgit’s party and I think all everyone did was eat cupcakes and icing.”

  Sophie giggled and rocked back and forth on her father’s lap.

  “Did you have a fun time?” Ian asked her.

  “Oh, I think she did. She slept for six hours when we brought her home,” Chloe said.

  “So Ian, how’s Charlie doing?” Ash asked.

  “I looked in on him yesterday and I don’t think he’s been eating that well.”

  “You want me to swing by his place tomorrow and see what’s going on?” asked Ash.

  “That would be great.”

  “Did you hear that someone’s finally bought the vacant shop next to craft store and Starlight Café?” Chloe said.

  “Any mention what it’s going to be?” Ian asked.

  “No, but I think it’s a woman from out of town who’s purchased it,” Chloe said.

  “Cade’s interested in the larger lot on the end because he wants to open a motorcycle store,” Ian said.

  “You like riding on Ian’s bike?” Ash asked her.

  “You would not get me on one of those things if…”

  “It’s just a matter of time before she tries it out and I’ll have trouble getting my bike back,” said Ian.

  Ash laughed. “I can just see it now, the Kalispell Flying Vet.”

  Chloe slapped his arm.

  “What?” Ash asked. “I think it has a great sound to it,” Ash said.

  Sophie began crying and Eve noticed she’d dropped her bear. She picked it up and danced it toward her, making Sophie smile again.

  “The Dancing Bear, now there’s a name for Cade’s shop if he ever opens it,” Ian said.

  “You guys love your bears,” Eve said.

  The three of them looked at one another, but didn’t say anything. Had she said something wrong? People always seemed to go sort of quiet when she mentioned bears.

  “Chocolate cake anyone?” Chloe asked, getting up from the table.

  “Big slice for me,” said Ian.

  “Me too,” Ash said.

  “I guess you should make that three,” said Eve.

  ****

  Eve could still taste the chocolate cake on Ian’s lips as they fell on top of her bed.

  “That wine was great and I would have liked more of it, but I had to drive home,” she said, slipping Ian’s shirt from his shoulders.

  “Then I suggest you learn to love bikes,” he said, putting both his hands on her breasts and gently squeezing.

  “But if I had too much to drink and then I could easily fall off the back.”

  “Not if you held on tight,” Ian said.

  “You mean like this?” She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed. The kisses were so much different to their first one. These were all, tongues passing over each other’s lips, playfully biting lips.

  He pushed his hand down between their bodies and began massaging her clit.

  “I’m thinking of buying one of those townhouses like Ash and Chloe have,” she said. She wanted to see his reaction. If there was any chance of him saying, ‘I’d like to buy it with you and we’re live happ
ily ever after’, but he didn’t.

  “Brady will probably give you a great price,” Ian said. He kissed her again.

  This was supposed to be the part of her life where she was finally free and single. Free to do what she wanted, but Ian had made it seem pointless. She was the type of woman who loved being part of a couple. They turned to face once another, and Ian brought her leg over the top of his so he could push his cock inside her.

  “They’re a cute family. Sophie’s cute.”

  She knew this was an inappropriate time to be testing him, seeing his reaction to the whole cute family dynamics.

  “Yeah, but not as cute as you and your pussy.”

  He began thrusting inside, taking away her current thoughts and forcing her to concentrate on the now and the sex.

  She bit his lip as she put both her hands on his ass cheeks. The bike thing must be the reason they were rock hard. She squeezed them, making him laugh.

  He stopped thrusting and let his cock take over all the work. She’d been meaning to ask him how he did it, but if it was magic, then she didn’t want to know because she’d always been somewhat of a dreamer.

  She let her head roll back, putting her chin up and enjoyed one climax after another, soon feeling Ian give one heavy thrust and then he filled her with his warmth.

  “Do you want to go see a movie tomorrow afternoon?” she asked while they still held one another, him still deep inside her.

  “Tomorrow? Nope I promised Liam and his nephew Sam I’d go running with them.”

  “How about I come with you? You always seem to go running and maybe I should start exercising, too.”

  He slapped her butt. “You’re fine just as you are.”

  “But still I’d like to join you.”

  “Nope. It’s a boys only get together. Maybe some other time.”

  He pulled out and rolled over onto his side. She was about to push the issue, but could tell he’d fallen asleep.

  First time he’d been adamant about her not doing something. He’d almost been snappy to her. Something wasn’t right and she was going to find out what.

  Chapter Twelve

  Eve hated suddenly becoming the non-trusting girlfriend. Was she actually Ian’s girlfriend? Despite her need for sudden independence, was it what she really wanted to be? In all honesty, yes, she did, and that’s why she was beginning to get into the territory she hoped to never tread. Damn Ian for being so perfect. Just after his insistence about running alone, his cell phone had rung and he’d seemed reluctant to answer it. She’d seen the name Joanne flashing on the screen and had put two and two together, and now had the feeling Ian was meeting up with her. Maybe she’d come to her senses and realized what she’d lost and now wanted him back. Would Ian want her? He’d told her they’d been together since they were young and a first love was one a person never quite got over. That was the reason she was going to do the unspeakable and follow him. Better she find out now than get more involved with him only to be told he was and only would ever love Joanne.