I pace back and forth the length of the waiting room, my anxious nerves making it impossible to sit still. Archer, Beau, and Steven are in other areas of the room. Archer is standing near the hallway to the operating rooms. He has his arms crossed, and is still as a statue. I’m certain he’s not
Archer considers this. Steven nods critically. No one is asking the most important follow up question, so I take the initiative myself. “Can we see him?” I ask. “Yes, of course,” the doctor says. “He’s been returned to his room. I simply ask that you do not upset him in any way.” “We underst
Back at my penthouse, I walk over to my couch and flop face-first down onto my couch.What. A. Day.Well, a couple of days.I’ve ridden a roller coaster of emotions, worried so fiercely about Neil for so long, and then overwhelmed by relief.Thank all the Gods that Neil pulled through okay.It was a
After my spike of pleasure, I become goo-like, unable to move my limbs on my own. I’m in a blissful haze.Neil stands. He cradles me to his chest and then carries me into the bedroom. I doze off in the safety and warmth of his embrace.When I wake again, I am still in Neil’s arms, but we are both in
Neil kisses me. It starts gentle, his lips pressed to mine, but then quickly deepens as his tongue slips into my mouth.We’re already naked, there’s no clothes to divest each other of. Instead, we trail our hands over each other’s bare skin, reacquainting with each other’s bodies.Neil doesn’t share
My orgasm rips through me. “N-Neil!” I cry out, surely breaking the sound barrier.I’ve never felt pleasure like this before. It’s a whole new level.All the time, he continues pressing his fingers to that spot, as if he’s trying to milk every last dazzling sensation from my body. I ride that high f
Later, Neil holds me just inside the front door of my penthouse. And, well, I might be holding onto him just as hard.After the night we shared, I’m not ready to let him go yet. If I had my way, we would still be in bed, tangled up in each other and lost to the rest of the world. We’d stay there for
“I’m sorry, Chloe,” Carrie says. “Just do what I say and this will all be over soon.”This close, I can see now that her desperation had less to do with speaking to me and more to get me into her car. And now, as she starts to drive, that desperation has shifted once more, into getting me wherever s
I’m happy because I have four hearts beating alongside mine.“Do you feel it, too?” I ask. “My connection to each of you?”I blink my eyes open once more. I want to see their faces, their reactions.Neil has his hand over his own heart. “It’s strange. It’s like part of you is inside of me.”“Me, too
In the darkness of my mind, I floated, surrounded by the comforting embrace of love. Distantly, I could feel another presence, one that grew stronger and stronger, the more I focused on it: my wolf.As I thought of her, she appeared before me as if I willed her into being. Maybe I did. We are in my
Damn alpha wolves and their heightened senses.“I’ve already made my choice,” I say. “Honestly, I think I made it a long, long time ago.”Archer relaxes marginally. Steven starts to smile.Neil turns to me, worry still on his face. “You say that now, Chloe. But the pull could be strong…”“I don’t ca
The eve of my birthday, I rest in bed and stare at my ceiling. It’s late, near midnight, but I still have my bedside light on.With my feelings shared and grown with Neil, Archer, and Steven, I didn’t expect to spend any night alone, especially the one right before the day that could change everythi
I awake to a sharp knock on my bedroom door. Neil’s arm is still draped over me but some distance had inched between our hot bodies in the night. I’m able to slink out from under his arm without him waking.Naked, I quickly stop by the bathroom to throw on my fluffy bathrobe. Then, after glancing ba
They.Beau glances at me and see my incredulous look. “What do I need to go out every night? Can’t a man just enjoy staying home for a change?”“You can do whatever the hell you want,” I say.“Good, then.” Beau slumps down on the couch. He stretches out, lifting his feet up and into my lap. “Now tel
For the rest of the morning, I desperately try not to think about Neil. Whoever he’s in love with, I won’t be offended by it. The hurt I feel has nothing to do with this new person. She must be great for her to have won Neil’s affections.The hurt is my own loss, my own problem. I let my feelings fo
After Steven and I have cleaned ourselves up with a quick shower, we fall back into bed together, giggling and laughing all the way. My now, Steven has discovered a few of my tickle zones, which he is exploiting. As revenge, I touch the places I now know make him shiver.For a while, nothing seems l
His hands fumbled with the buttons of his own shirt. Such usually steady hands are rendered useless by his nervousness.“Allow me,” I tell him. I lightly bat his hands out of the way before replacing them with mine on his shirt buttons. My times with Neil have served me well. I’m able to undo all th