Free One Bear and a Baby: BBW Bear Shifter Baby Paranormal Romance (Who's the Daddy? Book 1) by Harmony Raines

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    “Ready?” he asked straightening up, with Maisie still in his arms, laughing and throwing her head back to look at the birds.
    “As I’m ever going to be,” she said.
    “I want you to know how much I appreciate this.” He looked at her earnestly.
    “I thought you wanted me to stay here.”
    “I want you safe. But I also want you by my side. We’re stronger together. I get that.”
    “I thought you were just bringing me along for the sex,” she said and laughed.
    “That is just a perk.” He stopped still and turned to her. “A very nice perk.” He leaned in and kissed her. “You know, Maisie’s first words are either going to be damn or sex. It’s going to happen.”
    “Damn… Oh… You know, I might need to wash my mouth out.” She took his hand and they walked back to his house. There they collected his stuff and said goodbye to Maisie and his mom.
    “Don’t worry, I raised you OK, she’ll be quite safe here.” His mom picked Maisie up and kissed her cheek. “This momma bear is going to take really good care of you. Grandpa bear is too. He is bringing you some nice bananas home later. You love banana pudding, don’t you, Maisie?”
    Maisie cooed and slapped her lips in response, lightening the mood. “Thank you, Mom.” Cade kissed his mom, and then Maisie, before shouldering his pack and walking to the door. As he left, he turned around and waved to them both. “Bye.” They waved back, his mom wiping a stray tear from her cheek, and then he shut the door.
    “It’s the right thing to do,” she told him as they walked back across town. They went into her house, which felt weird. Only yesterday she had been thinking of him and Maisie moving in with her; now they were about to leave town and had no real idea when they would return.
    Soon , her bear told her firmly.
    As soon as we can , Isabelle answered. We have to do this for Cade and for Maisie .
    Her bear understood. Maisie was like a cub to them, theirs to protect.
    “I’ll grab some things. Make yourself at home.” She headed for the stairs, but then turned and said to him, “I mean it, this is your home as well as mine.”
    He smiled at her and shook his head. “It all seems so wrong. I’m supposed to be the provider.”
    “And you will be. Again, if it was the other way around, you would insist what is yours is mine.”
    He covered the short distance between them and pulled her to him, kissing her hungrily. His hands stroked her body, and she wanted to take his hand and drag him off to bed. Instead she settled for holding him close, feeling the strength of his body, hearing the beat of his heart, and tasting him on her lips.
    “We need to go, it’s a long drive,” she said, reluctantly pulling away from him.
    “I know.” He stood as the bottom of the stairs and watched as she walked up them; she could feel his eyes on her, and it inflamed her arousal, making each step harder. When they got to their hotel later today, she was going to make love to him, and then wake up in his arms tomorrow.
    That’s what she told herself as she changed into jeans and a sweater, her eyes constantly drifting over to the bed, where she imagined them sleeping and making love for the rest of their lives once this was all over.

Chapter Thirteen – Cade
    “Are we going to the hotel first?” he asked, as they arrived in the city he had lived and worked in for years. Back then it had seemed like home; he loved his job, loved the thrill and excitement of it all, but not now. Now he wanted a quieter life, with his mate at his side.
    Yet being back here stirred something in him. A need for revenge. A need to put things right. He might not have protected Jenni before, but now he knew the true facts, he was determined to save her and reunite her with Maisie.
    “I thought we could go to the hotel and freshen up, then we head over to the warehouses where Jenni operates from. They do keep clandestine hours,” Isabelle said, pulling off the