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Chapter Eight

Charlie

That kiss had been amazing. And when Silver had followed it up by simply picking me up and tossing me over his shoulder, another part of me fell for my mate. I had a feeling it would be very little time before I was completely in love with Silver.

When my stomach suddenly flipped as I went airborne, I screamed.

It was cut off when my body suddenly stopped moving as I bounced on Silver’s bed.

I’d somehow landed dead center, and when I got a quick peek at my mate’s room, I discovered it was as large as half of my little cottage.

His bedroom alone. I glanced up at my mate with wide eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

“How is this room so huge?”

Silver chuckled. “You obviously didn’t notice that the entire house is large, Charlie.

Especially if you’re comparing it to your place.

” Silver placed a knee on the bed and grabbed my foot.

I let him have it, and when he quickly untied my laces and slid my shoe off, I wiggled my toes at the freedom they now had.

I didn’t dislike my dress shoes. But I didn’t wear them often, and they weren’t exactly completely broken in like my work boots.

“Are you asking if I have a thing for feet? Or just happy about the freedom your foot now has?” Silver asked as his hand moved inside the cuff of my pants and grabbed my sock. He pulled it off and then tossed it over his shoulder. I wiggled my toes again, thankful I’d showered before getting ready.

“My dress shoes aren’t as comfortable as my work boots. That’s all.”

Silver grinned as he moved his fingers to the sole of my foot and gently ran it along the center.

I tried to pull my foot away, and that earned me a devious smile from my mate.

“Someone’s feet are ticklish. I’ll remember that for later.

Tonight, I’m not really interested in tickling you there. Unless it’s a hot spot for you.”

I shook my head. “I don’t think so. It’s a run and hide my feet spot usually.”

Silver nodded as he carefully placed my leg back down on the bed and moved to the other one. He had my shoe and sock off in record time and then held out his hands. I took them, finding myself sitting up for seconds before I was pulled to my feet. I glared up at my mate in frustration now.

“What did I do wrong?” Silver asked.

“Why did you toss me onto the bed if you were only going to pull me back up and off of it?”

“I apologize. I wasn’t thinking things through fully. I need to get your blazer and shirt off.” Silver reached for my bow tie. “Tell me, is this real? Or a clip-on? It’s incredibly cute like you, but I’m not sure how to undo it.”

I looked up at Silver and winked as I gave the tie a yank. It unsnapped, and he grinned as his fingers moved to the buttons on my shirt. I reached for his, starting in the middle because it was what I could reach with how we were positioned.

“Next time I throw you over my shoulder, I’ll make sure you’re either already naked or in something that is easy to pull off on the bed. This, though, I didn’t want to chance ripping any part of it.”

“I appreciate that. I’ve only gotten to wear it twice now and hope to get a few more wears out of it before I have to replace it.”

Silver nodded and pushed my shirt and blazer off my shoulders in one go.

He caught it, and after I managed to get my arms out of the sleeves, he tossed it onto the foot of the bed.

I stared up at him, a bit insecure about how I looked.

I wasn’t out of shape, but I certainly wasn’t ripped like I could tell he was.

I had muscles, but I was an omega, and I had a little bit of padding in my middle.

“You have nothing to be concerned about,” he said as he gently ran a finger down the center of my chest. He then took a step back and started in on the buttons that I’d missed.

His shirt and jacket joined mine, and then Silver’s warm hands were on my sides, just below my ribs. “What do you not like?”

“I’m open to just about everything. Not really into pain or things like that though.”

Silver shook his head. “Good to know, but I was meaning more along the lines of blow jobs, missionary, you on top, me behind. Things like that.”

“Oh!” I suddenly felt a wave of heat flush my face. “Yes to all of those.”

“Good.” I found myself picked up once again and gently tossed back into the center of the bed.

Silver followed, and when he reached for my pants, I looked down my body as he expertly undid them.

I lifted my hips enough to ease his removing them, and when my cock sprung free from my briefs, I bit my lower lip in anticipation.

Silver didn’t disappoint. He quickly removed his own pants, underwear, socks, and shoes before he moved his much larger body over mine, and I moaned at the feeling. He felt amazing covering me, and when his hard cock nestled next to mine, my hips instinctively rolled and pushed up into his.

“Yes, just like that,” he whispered next to my ear. I shivered at the sensation and did it again. It felt so amazing. Probably too amazing since I was close to coming in just moments.

“Okay, that’s…so good. But we have to stop.”

Silver chuckled, and I was about to pout when he moved away and off me, moving toward the nightstand.

He opened the drawer and pulled out a tube.

It was half-gone, and I wasn’t going to say anything at all because I’d just met him today, but it kinda hurt.

I looked the other way in hopes of getting my emotions under control.

I knew I often wore my emotions on my face, and now was not the time to get upset because my mate had obviously brought several others over to his place.

In his bed. That one was what was bothering me the most.

“Hey…” Silver said. He was suddenly back on top of me and moving my face upward toward him. “What’s wrong? I was just getting the lube for a little bit of frotting to take the edge off for the first round.”

I nodded. I didn’t quite trust myself to talk just yet. Only Silver seemed to have other ideas, and he suddenly moved up and straddled my legs.

“What’s going on?”

I took a deep breath before looking at him. I could only shake my head.

“Hey, we can stop. I didn’t mean to push. We can wait. Let’s get dressed and go eat that cake. I left them in the kitchen, and I’m sure I have some ice cream we can add to them.”

Sure, the cake had been exciting earlier, but now I was naked and with who my koala was saying was my mate. The last thing I wanted was to get dressed again. Silver started to move off me, and I knew I’d have to speak up.

“No,” I said, grabbing his thigh to hopefully keep him from moving off of me. “I don’t want cake right now.”

Silver stopped and looked down at me, his brows once again furrowed.

“Talk to me. We need to be open with each other if we’re going to become life partners.

I never thought I’d find my mate, nor would I be interested in bonding to someone who wasn’t my mate, but you are my mate, and I don’t want any issues between us. ”

I nodded. He was right. He wasn’t just someone I’d met and we’d fallen in love and decided to bond with each other. Silver was my fated mate. He deserved to know what was going through my head because he couldn’t read my mind.

“It was stupid, really. I just…I realized that obviously neither of us are virgins, and you’ve had others here and everything that comes with that. It was really a stupid reaction, and I do apologize. I didn’t mean to dampen the mood.”

Silver looked at me for a moment, shook his head, then grinned.

When the grin turned into laughter, I glared and pushed on his hips to get him off me.

That only made Silver throw his head back and laugh loudly.

Enough of that. I absolutely did not wish to be with someone who laughed at me when I opened up and shared something like this.

Quickly, Silver leaned down, grabbing my arms on the way and holding them just above my head.

He had a mischievous glint in his eyes, which caused me to glare even more.

I could shift, I supposed, and in doing so, my smaller body could get away from him.

But it was also a possibility that his much larger body could squish me against the bed in the process.

“Stop right there,” Silver said after he finally seemed to get himself under control. I suddenly found myself rolled, and now I was on top of Silver, and he was looking up at me, his hands holding on to my hips tightly. “I love that you’re jealous of others, but there is no reason to be.”

I continued to glare, which caused my mate to chuckle.

“Seriously. We can call any of my siblings if you want. I’ve never had anyone here but them. You are the only other person, aside from anyone in my family, that has seen the inside of my bedroom. Or my house, even.”

I was confused, and I knew it showed. Again, I was horrible at hiding my emotions. “You’re not a virgin,” I said.

“No, I’m not. But that is what hotel rooms are for. I have never brought anyone here, nor have I gone to theirs. I haven’t ever been in a relationship, Charlie. You’re it. Just you.”

I glanced over at the tube of half-empty lube. Silver’s eyes followed, and he shook his head. “I like lube when I wake up in the mornings. It just feels better than rubbing it dry.”

I was immensely embarrassed and wished the floor would open up so I could crawl into the hole and hide. Why? Why would my mind immediately go in that direction? Because I was looking at Silver, and he was hot. Even if he wasn’t my fated mate, I would still think he was hot. Because he was.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have assumed.”