“Ornery woman.” He smiles as he shuts my door and rounds the truck.
He climbs into his seat, and for some reason the movement is all consuming. Watching his muscles ripple and move, a fresh wave of desire courses through me and I justneedhim, and I feel like I could be drooling.
He fires up the behemoth vehicle, focused on safely pulling it from where he’s parked, and then onto the busy road.
I unclick my seatbelt. His eyes dart to mine, but I quickly scoot myself into the middle seat and strap myself back in. With his worries calmed, he returns his focus to the road while mine is on him when the realization washes over me, sobering me a bit.
“How did you know where I was?”
His cheeks turn pink and he looks guilty as hell as he rubs the back of his neck. “About that.” He begins, but doesn’t say more.
I wait for him to find his words.
“That day, when I found you and knew that you were my mate, I was terrified that I’d never see you again. When I added my number in your phone, I may have downloaded a teensy little tracking app.”
My brain’s initial reaction is to become aggravated with him at invading my privacy like that, a different kind of heat trying to rise within me. Before I can let irritation take hold though, I decide to use my logic with everything I know now, slowing the swell of negative emotions.
Do I currently mind that he knows where I am at all times?
Not in the least.
If I were a shifter that just realized my mate was a human, would I do the same thing to ensure I didn’t lose my soulmate?
Without a doubt.
Every moment and decision of our lives have brought us to this very place in life, and there’s no sense in ever going backwards.
Keep moving forward.
“So…you still have this app on your phone then?” I try to sound serious, but it’s hard.
“I do, but I swear I’ll delete it right now if you want me to,” he swears emphatically.
“Does this app work both ways?”
His head swivels quickly to look at me, his brows scrunched in confusion. “I mean, I think so. Why?”
Smiling, I reach for his thigh, running my fingers across the thick denim. “Make sure you put it on my phone so I can always find you too.”
His eyebrows climb his forehead when my words register, and I take his moment of surprise to palm the bulge in his lap.
He leans his head back slightly, still able to see the road, and groans at my touch as I gently massage him through his jeans.
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Kodi
She didn’t seem as upset as I expected about me tracking her at all times, so I let my guard down and now I think she’s trying to kill me.
Death by dick would be the way to go though.
Just as the thought crosses my mind, her hand slowly drags itself away from my crotch. The relief is short lived as she slides her hand up and under the hem of my shirt doing that thing she knows I like, gently raking her fingernails along my abs.
The steering wheel groans beneath my grip. “In an effort to make it home safely, could this wait until we get there?” I offer through gritted teeth.
She smiles but there’s a wicked gleam in her eyes. “I don’t think so.” She purrs. “I know you’ll make sure I always get home safe. You just focus on the road. I’ll be just fine.”
The team would decide to take her to the shifter hangout furthest from my condo, giving us an almost forty-five-minute drive home.
