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Authors: Natalie Kristen

Tags: #BBW, #Paranormal, #Shifter, #Romance, #Fiction, #Adult, #Erotic, #Contemporary, #Bear, #Protect, #Security Co., #Black Bears Group, #Hyland Wolves, #Courage, #Suspense, #Danger, #True Mate, #Bachelor, #Single Woman, #Forever Love, #Survived, #Harrowing Ordeal, #Once Human, #Dangerous & Deadly, #Under Control, #Client, #Secrets, #Sinister & Horrific, #Trust Issues, #Promises

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“No.” Luke
looked surprised at her question. “This is the way you always
talk. I remember the way you gesture and tug at your ear as you
think of a word or phrase you want to use.”

“Oh.” Nicole
released her earlobe and balled her fist. She hadn't even realized
she was doing that. “I...”

“You're adorable,”
he blurted out.

“What?”

Luke stammered and blushed.
And that was absolutely the most adorable sight.

“Are you blushing,
Luke?” she teased.

“No!” He turned
a deeper shade of red. “I just think...you're so perfect,”
he mumbled.

When her eyes rounded, he
said quickly, “I wish we hadn't lost touch all these years.”

“Me too.”

They arrived at a neat condo
building and Luke ushered her towards the lift lobby. “I'm on
the tenth floor,” he informed her. “It's a small place,
just one bedroom...”

“Why would you need
more than one bedroom?” she said immediately. “A single
guy doesn't need more than one bedroom, unless of course he's not
single and he has...”

“I'm single. Very
single,” Luke said emphatically. Nicole hid a smile. That was
the information she was fishing for.

“I haven't been with
anyone since...” He hesitated.

Nicole sensed that there was
something he wanted to tell her but he was struggling to get the
words out.

“Since what, Luke?”
she asked very gently.

Before he could reply, the
elevator door opened and Luke greeted the elderly couple who stepped
out. “Mr and Mrs Fu, going out for supper?”

“We're going to watch a
midnight movie,” Mr Fu announced. “A horror movie, so
she can pretend to be scared and I can put my manly arms around her
and protect her.”

“Your girlfriend is
very pretty,” Mrs Fu said, smiling at Nicole as she swatted her
husband's hand away.

“She's not my...”
Luke sputtered.

Mrs Fu winked and tut-tutted
at Luke as she strolled away hand in hand with her husband.

“My neighbors,”
Luke said as they entered the lift. “Mr and Mrs Fu live in the
unit opposite mine.”

“They're sweet.”

“They are. Mrs Fu is
always sending her husband over with home-cooked food for me. She's
a fantastic cook. See these love handles? She put them there!”

“What love handles?
Let me see. Better yet, let me feel!”

Luke gave a yelp as Nicole
began tickling him. He managed to dodge her but there was nowhere to
run in that tiny elevator.

Nicole laughed as Luke
squirmed and shouted. “You're still so ticklish!” she
giggled.

“Hey, no fair, you know
all my weak spots!”

He caught her wrists in one
hand as she reached up to tickle his neck. She gasped as her body
slammed into his.

The laughter was gone from
his eyes. In its place was a dark, smoldering heat, and he stared at
her with undisguised desire and hunger.

Her breath hitched as he
pulled her to him. “Luke,” she whispered.

CHAPTER
SIX

Luke released her wrists to
lower his hand to her waist. Nicole didn't resist or protest.
Instead, she slowly wound her arms around his neck and held on.

The feel of her soft curves
against his body made his entire body thrum and tense. He gazed
deeply into those liquid brown eyes that held so much humor and
intelligence. Nicole was a high-flying, successful lawyer now, but
she was still the Nicole he knew. She was his friend, his buddy, his
sweet, funny, smart Nicole.

And she was so damn beautiful
and sexy.

Luke pulled her flush against
his body and leaned in. She felt so right in his arms, so perfect.
She tilted her face to him, her lips parting invitingly.

“Nicole...” Her
name escaped on a ragged breath just before he kissed her.

He heard a tiny whimper as he
took her mouth hungrily. God, she was sweet, and so damn hot. He
kissed her, tasted her, branded her possessively with his lips and
tongue. He swept his tongue over her lips and she moaned and pushed
her fingers into his hair.

The kiss was hard, hungry,
demanding, and he could scent her fierce want and desire. He had
scented lust before, but he had never scented this wonderful,
alluring, intoxicating scent from a female before. It wasn't just
desire. It was something else, something more.

It was the scent of…

The elevator door opened and
Nicole gasped and turned her head to see if anyone had stepped in.
She blushed and straightened her clothes as Luke gently steered her
out with a hand on the small of her back. She was a little shaky on
her feet and he steadied her by curling his hand around her waist.
Honestly, he didn't want to ever stop touching her.

“This is my place,”
he said.

She blew out a breath and
fanned herself with one hand. “Wow. That was...” She
shook herself and looked down the corridor. “Just two units on
your floor,” she observed. “And since Mr and Mrs Fu have
gone out for the night...” She grinned slyly.

“What are you planning
to do?” Luke teased as he unlocked his front door. “Have
your wicked way with me?”

“Something like
that...” She twirled her ponytail flirtatiously with one
finger and batted her eyelashes at him.

Luke laughed and resisted the
urge to kiss her again. There had been a moment of awkwardness after
that kiss, but Nicole had effortlessly smoothed the awkwardness over.
Nothing's changed, he thought with a smile. When they were kids,
they would sometimes fight and squabble, but their fights never
lasted more than a few minutes. Nicole had a way of making him laugh
by saying something totally irrelevant and irreverent. She knew just
how to distract him and get her way in the end, he realized.

But this time, he wasn't
going to let her distract him with her jokes and banter. He had
scented her desire and arousal, and he knew that she wanted him as
much as he wanted her.

“Will you walk into my
parlor?” Luke said with a bow as he held the door open for her.

“Said the spider to the
fly,” she sang and stepped into his apartment. “Oh, this
is indeed the prettiest little parlor that ever I did spy!” she
exclaimed as he snapped on the lights.

Luke glanced around his small
apartment and gave himself a pat on the back for cleaning up his mess
the day before. He had Jade to thank for that. His big sister had
done some grocery shopping for him and dropped by to fill his fridge.
Jade would always treat him as her baby brother and she would fuss
over him for the rest of his life. Nothing could change that.

Jade had nagged him about
the mess and clutter, and made him clean up the whole apartment
before she left.

“I bet Jade did a
surprise inspection of your place just recently,” Nicole said,
peering at the gleaming coffee table and seeing not a speck of dust
on the surface.

Luke groaned. “You do
know me very well.”

“I know Jade very well
too.” Nicole grinned. “I would love to see her again.
I miss her too.”

“How about dinner
tomorrow night?” Luke suggested. “I'll call Jade later.
She'll be thrilled! You can meet my brother-in-law too.”
Nicole clapped and nodded enthusiastically.

“Great! But now, we
eat.” Luke opened the pizza box and pulled out a chair at the
dining table.

“Ooh, pepperoni and
cheese, my favorite! Yum!”

They dug in and before long
they were fighting over the last slice of pizza.

“Hey, that's mine.”

“Is that so?”
Nicole waved the last slice of pizza seductively and purred. “Well,
come and get it then. Come and get what's yours!” With that,
she began nibbling at the pizza, her tongue darting out to lick the
corner of her lips.

Luke stared at her.

His restraint was in shreds.
Nicole was so maddeningly cute and sexy, and she knew just how to
tease and torment him. She had no idea what she was doing to him.

With a fierce growl, Luke
lunged for her.

CHAPTER
SEVEN

Nicole squealed as Luke
tackled her around the waist. The slice of pizza went flying and
landed God knows where.

Before she knew it, Nicole
found herself pinned against the wall. His lips were crushed against
hers and he kissed her with a hunger and passion that took her breath
away. Nicole gasped and moaned as his mouth moved over hers, tasting
and devouring her. Luke's large, calloused hands moved down her
body, trailing down her curves to pull her leg up against his hip.

She could feel his stubble
against her skin, and she loved the rough, masculine feel of him.
His hard, broad body pressed against her and she arched her back to
rub against him. Her nipples felt taut and hard, aching for a man's
touch. How long has it been since she'd had a good lay? Too long,
too damn long.

Nicole panted as she began
pulling his t-shirt up. Luke helped her and threw the t-shirt over
his shoulder. The sight of his ripped, bare torso made her clench
her muscles as a jolt of pure lust hit her. Luke was gorgeous. For
a moment, she forgot that he was her friend. He was just a sinful,
delicious, perfect male. A male she wanted all over her and deep
inside her.

Luke pushed her jacket off
her shoulders and began unbuttoning her blouse. Nicole reached back
to undo her bra but Luke caught her hands.

“I want to look at
you,” he whispered, running the back of his fingers over her
skin.

Nicole blinked hard,
forgetting to breathe. It was so tender, so sensual, so erotic and
intimate, the way he looked at her and touched her.

She swallowed. “Luke.”

“I want you, Nicole,”
he said, cupping her face.

She almost smiled. He was
asking for permission. Even though she could feel his thick,
throbbing erection pressing into her belly and read the untamed,
burning passion in his eyes, he respected and loved her enough to get
her consent. He would never hurt her. He could have taken her right
there and then against the wall and she wouldn't have protested.
They both knew that. She was so hot and horny and wet for him.

“I don't want things to
be weird between us,” he said hoarsely. “You're too
important...”

“Nothing that happens
between us can be weird or wrong,” she promised.

Luke brushed his thumb over
her cheek and down her neck, holding her gaze. Leaning in, he
pressed a soft, sweet kiss on her lips. He kissed her very slowly,
taking the time to savor her and making her feel so very cherished.

His hands moved down her arms
and stroked the swell of her breasts gently. Sliding the straps of
her bra down her shoulders, he pushed the cups of her bra down slowly
to reveal her dusky, erect nipples.

She heard him inhale sharply
before bending down to suckle her. Nicole speared her fingers though
his soft blond hair, holding him to her as he sucked and licked and
drove her out of her mind with his mouth. She groaned, and raked her
nails down his back.

“Luke, take me to bed,”
she hissed. “I want to get naked with you.”

His hands moved swiftly to
unzip her skirt. Pushing her skirt and panties down, he ran his
hands over her quivering thighs and kissed her hips, her navel, her
heaving chest. He removed her bra completely at last and swept her
naked body into his arms.

Luke was still wearing his
jeans while Nicole was completely naked. The effect was both
arousing and intimidating. She was no longer in control. She had
allowed herself to be exposed and vulnerable, and as Luke carried her
to his bedroom, she knew that she was surrendering her body and
pleasure to him completely.

She trusted Luke. She knew
he would take care of her. He wouldn't just fuck her. He would make
love to her and he would look into her eyes as he entered her. She
knew it and it scared her. If she fell for him, she would fall hard.
Hard and fast, madly and deeply.

Nicole turned her head as
Luke put her down on the double bed. The bedroom was spacious, with
just a big bed, a bedside table and a wardrobe. He kissed her on the
mouth and pushed himself up, staring down at her naked body beneath
him.

The look in his eyes swept
all her doubts and fears away. No man had ever looked at her like
that before. The look was tender yet fiercely possessive, and his
blue eyes were full of want and wonder and love.

At that moment, she just knew
that it would be so good between them. More than good. It would be
perfect.

As she pulled him down to
her, he stretched out his arm and opened his bedside drawer.

She smiled. She knew he
would take care of her and she was right. He was responsible and
careful with her, and he wouldn't risk knocking her up and getting
her into a situation she wasn't prepared for.

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