A Mate for Gideon (The Program Book 2)

by Hartnady, Charlene

  Oh god.

  Turned.

  Around.

  Her eyes were drawn to his semi-erect cock and she gasped loudly. It was huge. Impossibly big. Then again, he was impossibly big all over. It was no wonder he had a dick to match.

  He chuckled, and shook his head. “You act like you’ve never seen a naked male before.” He didn’t seem in the least bit embarrassed or shy.

  Again, Jenna felt her cheeks ignite. She was sure she was glowing and had to fight the urge to fan herself. Instead, she clutched her breasts a little tighter.

  “Would you mind if I took a shower first?” His gaze turned serious. “You would be welcome to join me. I could wash your back and you could—”

  “No…that’s fine…y-you go ahead,” she squeaked. It was ridiculous but she liked the thought of his hands on her a little too much for comfort. The thought of him in the shower had her cheeks heating even more. She felt like she was glowing.

  He nodded. “Suit yourself. I ordered food and something for you to drink. It will be here soon.”

  “Thank you.” She managed to blurt out, having to work hard to keep her eyes on his instead of moving downward to his impressive package.

  He turned and headed for the bathroom.

  “Um…sorry…what is your name again? It just seems ridiculous to me that we spent the night together, that we’ve seen each other…urm…naked and I don’t even know your name.”

  He turned back around, his enormous dick jutted from between his hips. He may have been semi erect before, but oh boy…he was fully engorged now. “Gideon.” He said on a low growl, which would’ve sounded plain weird coming from the lips of most guys but not from him. “I’ll be back in a few minutes. Your clothes will be delivered with the food. I would be happy to drop you off once you are cleaned up and fed.” He inclined his head slightly and threw her another devastating half smile.

  It made things happen between her legs. Clenching, puckering, an ache began to resonate.

  He sniffed the air and a low rumble sounded from deep inside his chest. It was the most manly thing she had ever heard in her whole entire life. It only made her wetter. Then he turned and strode from the room. Although he pulled the bathroom door closed, he didn’t fully shut it.

  She let herself fall back onto the mattress and pulled the sheet up around her armpits. It had obviously been far too long since she’d had sex. She was perving over a complete stranger. Granted he was hot but he could also be an axe murderer for all she knew. Gideon didn’t have a strange accent but he did speak funny. He used terms such as male, female…she’d have to ask him what that was all about when he came back.

  The shower spluttered to life and she could just picture his big, muscular body under a jet of water all lathered up with soap. All that hard muscle would look good wet.

  She groaned. “I really need to have sex again and soon,” Jenna whispered. Off the charts attractive with a huge member, there was no way Gideon would be good in the sack as well. It was just too much to ask. No! Maybe it was time to take off her wedding ring and actually go out on a date.

  Wrapping the sheet around herself, she got up and made her way to the closet. He didn’t have much in the way of clothes. She grabbed a shirt and pulled it over her head. It came to just above her knees. The sleeves went over her elbows. At least it covered her.

  There was a knock at the door. Jenna glanced down. She might be covered, but she still felt half naked. Her nipples were a little hard and clearly visible against the pale blue fabric of the T-shirt. Anyone could tell that she wasn’t wearing a bra.

  “I’ll get that.” Gideon strode into the room and Jenna had to swallow hard. Unfortunately, she had been completely on the money when it came to him looking good wet. He used the towel to dry his hair before wrapping it and fixing it around his hips. Droplets of water still clung to his skin. If she was thirsty before, she was positively desperate for a drink now. Jenna watched as a rivulet of water ran down over his shoulder, over his pecks…down…down…over the ridges and troughs of his tight abs. She could barely breathe.

  The word mesmerized took on a whole new meaning.

  He chuckled softly and she snapped her eyes away from him. Damn, he’d caught her perving yet again. Served him right for walking around naked and practically naked. Normal people didn’t do things like that.

  Jenna pulled the sheet around herself, and moved out of the line of sight. There would be no more gaping, staring and drooling at Gideon. She needed to get the hell out of there before she did something stupid.

  “Hi there.” It was a woman’s voice. Husky and low. She knew the sound of a come on when she heard it. “I was beginning to wonder if you ever ate.”

  Gideon put his hand up, grabbing ahold of the top of the doorjamb. “Thank you. It smells delicious.”

  A soft giggle. Whoever the girl was at the door was definitely more than interested and Jenna couldn’t blame her.

  “I’ll take that,” Gideon said.

  “No, I’ll bring it in for you. It would be my pleasure.” The woman practically purred the word pleasure and Jenna had to roll her eyes.

  “Thanks, but I got it.” Gideon spoke more sharply and either he didn’t want the woman at the door to know about Jenna or he was being sweet and protecting her modesty. For whatever reason, she hoped that it was the latter.

  “Do you still have my number?” A serious come on, of that there was no doubt in her mind.

  “Yes, you programmed it into my phone,” Gideon said. Jenna felt a stab of what she could only describe as jealousy, which was crazy since she didn’t even know the guy.

  “Good. Are you going to use it?”

  Jenna could make out Gideon’s silhouette and could see that he was shaking his head. “I am grateful for your interest and thankful for all of your help. I’m not looking for a female but thank you for your interest.”

  Again with that strange way of talking. It certainly piqued her interest. Who was this guy?

  The woman at the door giggled. It was breathy and seductive. It irritated the hell out of Jenna.

  “Look, I’m not looking for a boyfriend or anything. If you’re feeling a little lonely and want to hook up…call me.”

  “Let me get that tray.” Jenna noted with satisfaction how Gideon ignored the invitation to hook up.

  “I’ll bring it in for you.” Silky smooth. Gideon was pretty much shoved aside as the large tray was wheeled in. The woman looked to be in her early twenties, so a couple years younger than Jenna. Dressed in a stylish suit, she was tall and athletically built. Her rich auburn hair was pulled into a ponytail. Her large brown eyes rounded in surprise as they landed on Jenna. They instantly narrowed as they took in Jenna’s barely dressed attire. She resisted the urge to push out her chest. The woman’s full, glossy lips pursed together for a few seconds. “I can see that you’re busy. I’ll come back another time and we can finish this conversation.” She threw Jenna a dirty look before smiling at Gideon.

  He pulled the door open, standing to the side.

  “Don’t hesitate to call should you require anything…and I mean anything.” She licked her lips, giving Gideon the once over with her eyes. “You have my number.” She purred as she walked out of the suite.

  What a complete skank! The nerve. She could understand how the woman had flirted initially, but have a little respect. For all intents and purposes it had looked like Jenna had just spent the night with Gideon.

  He shut the door. “We have food.” He said as he turned towards her, a grin adorned his face. “Take a seat.” He gestured to the edge of the bed, wheeling the tray in her direction.

  She could smell bacon and her stomach rumbled. There was a pot of coffee and a big pitcher of orange juice. Her mouth watered.

  “I’m sorry about that.” Jenna said as she sat down on the bed as Gideon had instructed, keeping the sheet around her hips. “I didn’t mean to rain on your parade.” She kept her eyes on the food.

  He
immediately frowned. “Rain on my what? It’s perfectly sunny weather.” Before she could respond to his weird remark, he continued. “What is it that you are sorry about?”

  “I don’t know…um…she was into you. You didn’t have to pretend that you weren’t interested just for me. It’s not like there’s anything between us anyway.”

  His eyes actually seemed to darken. Gideon shook his head. “I’m not interested in her. I have been staying here for two days, could’ve rutted her at least a dozen times by now. I haven’t. She is not my type.”

  Rutted…okay. She felt her brow knit. Gideon distracted her by pulling the lids off of the trays. Wow! He must be really hungry. Then again, he was a big guy. There was sausage, bacon, and eggs with all the trimmings. As well as pancakes, waffles, fresh fruit and yogurt. It was quite a spread.

  Hang on just a minute. Gideon just said that he wasn’t into the woman who had delivered the food even though she was really beautiful. Rude but sexy none the less. “She was really into you and very pretty. With a body like that, I’m sure she spends at least an hour or two in the gym every day. Most guys would want to date a girl like her” Now that Jenna was single again, she really needed to work on getting more fit.

  Gideon smiled and shook his head. “I prefer a female with more curves.” It was probably just her imagination but his gaze dropped down to her lips for the barest second before returning to lock with hers. His body seemed to tighten, his jaw tensed up. He had a hungry look that didn’t seem to have anything to do with the food. “Besides, her scent does not attract me.” It definitely wasn’t her imagination when his nostrils flared like he was sniffing the room. Weird!

  Jenna raised her brows. “Her scent? Seriously? You do realize that she can just buy another perfume if you don’t like the one she’s wearing, right? You shouldn’t let such an insignificant thing put you off.” Why did she even care? If anything, she felt relief that he didn’t want the other woman. Not that it mattered or anything. Not really.

  Gideon chuckled. “Perfume has nothing to do with it. As far as I’m concerned, females should not be allowed to wear perfume…ever.”

  “There you go again…” She could feel that her frown deepened. “What is it with the whole male, female thing? Although you don’t have an accent, I can tell that you’re not from around here. You say strange things sometimes.”

  “You don’t remember our little chat last night?” He frowned, his brows knitted.

  “What chat?” Jenna poured herself a glass of juice and took a big gulp.

  “You were pretty out of it when we got to my hotel room but we did talk a little bit while I was undressing you.” He smiled and she had to swallow thickly. The man was just that fine. The thought of him pealing her clothes off did strange things to her. She should be grossed out by it but she wasn’t. Far from it.

  “What did we talk about?” Jenna said when she finally found her voice.

  “Eat.” He looked down at the spread in front of her as he spoke, and her stomach growled once again.

  Jenna helped herself to some of the food. “What about you? Aren’t you hungry?”

  “I’ll have something just not right now.”

  She nodded. “So what did we speak about? Don’t think you can change the subject like that.” Jenna took a bite of her scrambled eggs.

  Gideon’s eyes twinkled in amusement. His kissable, edible looking lips pulled up at the corners. Next, she took a bite of her bacon and she had to suppress a groan.

  “You tried to seduce me.” His voice had a growly edge. “You got the wrong idea when I was undressing you.” He must have seen her eyes bug out. “Don’t worry, Jenna, nothing happened.”

  She half choked on the food as the first bite went down. “Oh no!” She finally sputtered, taking another gulp of her juice. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean it. I was just really drunk. I would normally never do such a thing. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t find you attractive because I do…” She sucked in a deep breath, realizing what she’d just said. “I mean, even though you are pretty attractive…it’s not something I would normally do.” She clamped her mouth closed to shut herself up.

  His eyes crinkled at the edges. “If you had not been under the influence of alcohol I would most definitely have taken you up on your offer.” His nostrils flared as he sucked in a deep breath. “Sugar and spice and all things nice…you are very attractive to me too.”

  “I don’t get the whole sugar and spice thing… I’m not wearing any perfume. I forgot to put any on.”

  “It is your own unique scent and not something which comes out of a bottle.” He grinned. “Although, you do still smell of your stomach contents. It’s underlying so not overpowering.”

  “Oh shit. Do I?” She felt mortified. Jenna sniffed at herself but couldn’t detect any hint of vomit smell. Ground, please swallow me now.

  “You still scent mildly of alcohol and arousal as well…” His voice definitely deepened into a gravelly baritone as he said the word arousal.

  “How the hell can you smell arousal on me? It’s impossible. Even if I was aroused…and I’m not.” She said putting as much emphasis into the word as she could. “You wouldn’t be able to smell it. That’s just downright crazy.”

  “Call it crazy if it makes you feel better.” Gideon walked over to his closet, pulling at the towel around his hips. It fell to the floor at his feet.

  Jenna’s mouth fell open and she had to force herself to snap it shut. He had just about the best body she had ever seen. Scratch that, he definitely had the best body she had ever seen. This included all the celebrities on television. His ass was a vision. She could just imagine grabbing onto it as he pounded into her.

  Don’t go there.

  “Call me crazy but…you’re heavily aroused again. Just admit that you like looking at my naked body.” He turned around, giving her an outstanding view of his engorged cock. His eyes glinted with humor and he folded his arms across his magnificent chest.

  “What does that have to do with anything?” She dropped her piece of bacon back onto the plate. “I’ve already told you that I think you are attractive. What is it that you spoke to me about last night? How in the hell can you smell that I’m heavily aroused?”

  She could see him suck in a deep breath in preparation to answer her.

  “Before you say anything, please put some clothes on.” Her voice sounded a little shrill. “We can’t have any type of serious discussion with that”—she pointed at his cock—“pointing at me.”

  “I’m sorry…I guess I forgot how timid humans can be.” He pulled a pair of jeans out of the closet and proceeded to step into them.

  Her whole body prickled with the realization. The strange way of talking. His beyond normal good looks. It all fell into place. Her heart rate picked up and she licked her lips before swallowing thickly. “You’re not human. Shit! I should’ve guessed.” Her eyes flashed to him. It was crazy, but he somehow looked even more attractive in a pair of old jeans. Then again, the buttons were still mostly undone and his thick cock was still visible.

  Gideon smiled broadly, flashing deadly looking fangs.

  Oh fuck! How had she missed those?

  Although her heart raced, she didn’t feel afraid. “Which one of the species are you? Since you don’t have pointy ears I’m going to rule out elf.”

  His face took on a disgusted look. “No, I’m not a dress wearing pussy. That’s for fucking sure.”

  “That leaves shifter or vampire.”

  He smiled, looking feral. There was a wild glint in his eyes that she hadn’t noticed before. No wonder he was so damn good-looking. His growly voice and sheer size was starting to make sense. It irritated her when he didn’t answer. “So…”

  “So…” He raised his brows.

  “Which is it then? Do you drink blood? Or howl at the moon?” Her voice had turned a little soft and timid. There was a part of her that was afraid to know. What if he was a bloodsucker? Wou
ld he want to suck her blood?

  She was appalled to find that the thought didn’t scare her half as much as what it should have.

  Gideon repositioned his cock and tried to do up the clasps on his jeans, finally giving up. “Your scent is fucking killing me.”

  “What is that supposed to mean?” Her voice shook a little.

  “I’m a vampire.” He growled, his eyes seemed to glow.

  “Oh.” She pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. “I take it that you can smell my blood...is that what’s driving you crazy? You’re not going to hurt me are you?” She swallowed hard. The funny thing was, although she should be running from the room, screaming. She still wasn’t afraid. She was the one that was crazy.

  Gideon shook his head. “I’m talking about the scent of your arousal. Your pussy smells fucking delicious…”

  She gasped, putting a hand to her chest. “You didn’t just say that.”

  “What?” His eyes glinted in humor. “That your pussy smells like heaven? And no, although I wouldn’t mind making you scream…” His eyes were definitely glowing. “They would be screams of pleasure…I assure you.” Gideon took a step towards her. “I won’t lie though…it is definitely the scent of your pussy that is killing me, I wouldn’t mind a taste of your blood as well. Sugar and spice and all things nice…” He shook his head. Then he took to looking quizzical, even cocking his head to the side. “I can’t scent any fear.” His nostrils flared again. “If anything, I would say that I’ve just made you more aroused by my statements. Most humans would have left by now or called security or both. Yet here you still are. I had heard that humans could be timid and that as a species you’re not so open about sex.”

  Jenna nodded. “We’re not. I don’t know why but I’m actually not afraid of you. Should I be?”

  “No,” Gideon growled, causing goosebumps to rise. “I would never hurt you.” His eyes dropped down to her lap. “Maybe I could ease you once you have finished eating.”