Read Bared for Her Bear Online
Authors: Jenika Snow
“Yeah, baby.”
“Did you kill him?” Her voice cracked slightly. There was pure worry in her eyes.
He shook his head slowly. “No, but he won’t be bothering you again.” She turned her head and
looked at the ground.
“I’m not happy you got into a fight with him, but I don’t doubt he probably instigated the
whole thing. Frank was always good at pissing people off.” She sighed heavily and turned to look at
him. “I’m glad you’re okay and you didn’t kill him, even though Frank was worthless. But please
promise me that we will put him behind us. I don’t want him coming between us again.” Turning her
so they were facing each other, he stared into her eyes.
“February Felina, I would never let anything hurt you. Ever.” He took her hand and placed it
over his heart. “Do you feel that?” At her nod he continued. “My heart beat before you came along,
but it was for the sole purpose of living. Then you walked into my life, as unconventional as our
meeting was, and it beat for a totally different reason.
You
are why it pumps blood through my body,
and
you
are what makes it keep going.” Tears started to fall down her cheeks, and he leaned down and
kissed away the salty remnants of her emotions. “I love you to the end of the earth and back.”
She smiled at his statement. “I love you, too.” He took her mouth and tasted the flavor of her
tears and everything that made up his mate. She was his, he was hers, and there was nothing that
would ever change that. His mark may have disappeared from her flesh, but his scent poured off of
her, and a low growl of possessiveness left him at that knowledge. From this point forward it was only
the future they had to focus on.
Two years later
“Momma!” The tiny wail that came from the living room had Ary dropping the plate she was
washing and running out of the kitchen.
“What?” She looked around the living room and saw Cole standing by the patio doors.
“What?” She rushed over to him and scooped up her little boy. Scanning his body for injuries, she
breathed out in relief when she saw none. “Why did you cry, Cole? Are you hurt?”
“No.” A little frown formed between his eyes. He started mumbling unintelligible things and
pointing outside.
“He’s mad that I brought him inside because he wouldn’t listen and kept trying to eat worms.”
Charlie came up behind her, pushed her hair off her shoulder, and kissed the exposed skin. A shiver
worked through her, a reaction she had when he touched her even two years later. Looking down at
Cole’s tiny hands she noticed for the first time they were filthy.
“Cole Charlie Wylde, were you not listening again?” A fat tear rolled down his chubby little
cheek, and she brushed it away and kissed his forehead. Her little man looked just like Charlie, right
down to his blue eyes and blond hair. Cole threw his arms up and went tense in the way toddlers did
during a temper tantrum. She set him down, and he ran to the corner of the room where his toy box
was. Charlie turned her around and framed her swollen belly with his hands.
“You feeling okay, Kitten?” He kissed her right cheek then her left.
“I guess. I just feel fatter than usual and ready to have this little girl.” He rubbed her belly, and
she swore if he took a needle to her she’d pop like a damn overfilled balloon. He smiled and continued
to rub her stomach.
“You want me to massage your feet?”
She moaned. “Man, you know the way to a woman’s heart.” He chuckled deeply and led her to
the couch. Once she was in position he picked up her bare foot and started kneading the top and then
the heel. The baby decided to start kicking like crazy, and she took up where Charlie left off in
rubbing her belly. Their daughter was due in just a few weeks, and Ary couldn’t wait. Not only was
she having a little girl, but she was also an ocelot shifter. Heaven help her. She would be living with
two bear shifters and now another ocelot that probably had a fiery little attitude if her acrobatics in her
belly were anything to go by. Charlie looked up at her and did that sexy little half-mouthed grin.
“Have I told you I love you?”
“Not since this morning, but I am always willing to hear it a second time, and a third and
fourth.” He started massaging her other foot, and not even the sound of Cole banging his toys together,
or the tea kettle screaming, could take her away from this one, perfect moment.
“Well, Mrs. Charlie Wylde, I love you more than a fish loves the water.”
She threw her head back and started laughing.
“You are so dang cheesy.”
He was grinning when he sat beside her on the couch and enveloped her in his big arms.
“Maybe, but I still mean every word I say.” Resting her head on his chest she listened to his
heart beating steady and strong. Yeah, she knew he meant it all, corny or not, and because of that she
loved him to the end of the world and back. She couldn’t help smiling at the thought of that phrase. It
had been what he told her the night he came back from Slater’s and poured his heart out to her in a
poetic way.
His words might have seemed cheesy in context, but he meant them from the bottom of his
heart, and she knew that without a doubt. He had given her a beautiful little boy and soon a little girl,
and constantly made her feel like the most cherished woman on the planet. He was soft and gentle
with her, but was also fierce and strong and protected her and Cole with every part of his being.
“You know what, Charlie.” He smoothed his hand up and down her back.
“What, baby?”
“I love you more than the flowers love the sun.” He started chuckling, and everything came
rushing back to her: the noise of Cole laughing and throwing his toys against the wall, and the sound
of the tea kettle still screaming. She went to stand, but Charlie helped her back on the couch and went
to the kitchen. Even with her life hectic and boringly domestic at times, she wouldn’t change it for
anything the world.
The End
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