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around his waist. “Of course you’re home, sweetheart.
Wherever you are is home to me, and I hope you feel the same for me. The
location doesn’t matter as long as you’re there.”
    “It’s
you.” She had to agree with him on that. She bent so that her forehead was
pressed to his and smiled down at him. “I do love you, Jagger Morris. I really
hope your pack likes me because if not we are so totally screwed because I’m
not letting you go. Not now, not ever.”
    “You’re
my mate, and they will bloody well love you. Mainly because you are sweet,
wonderful, kind, generous, and so fucking beautiful that it fries out my brain
every time I look at you. Don’t worry, sweetheart. The pack is going to adore
you. Just always be yourself and they’ll see why I fell head over heels for
you.”
    “I
hope you’re right.” She was worried, of course. She loved her curves and being
a big, beautiful woman but she had for far too long been told she needed to
lose weight, needed to do this or do that. Now she had a man who loved her
completely.
    “You’re
worrying about something more, aren’t you?” he asked softly. Resting his
forehead to hers, he stared into her eyes. “What has you chewing on that
luscious lip of yours so hard that it’s making me want to suck on it and to
hell with doing any work today?”
    “God
I love when you get all sexy,” she confessed. “I’m just worried because I’ve
never fit in anywhere where there are only humans. I’ve always been too big for
anyone’s taste but not now. Right now I feel like I belong. Like I’m loved for
being me. And I know that I will always be loved even if I become as big as a house.”
    Jagger
had the most adorably confused look on his face. “What the hell are you talking
about, woman? You are perfectly sized. I don’t know who the hell has been
filling your head with that other crap, but you can definitely ditch it. You
are perfect. Period. End of story, throw the mike down, perfect. Got it?”
    She
laughed. “I got it,” she said with a smirk. “I understand what you’re saying
and I get it. Okay, so you love me just as I love you.” She leaned in and
pressed a kiss to his lips. “Now, we need to finish cleaning so that we can go
and find some food. Food and then we will meet your pack.” A girl had to have
her priorities, after all.
    Grumbling
under his breath, he let her down onto her feet but didn’t immediately release
her. “I know that human women have doubts, Ophelia. About who they are and
their place. But don’t ever doubt how much I love and adore you. You are my
mate, and I will never lie to you about anything. These things take time, and I
fully understand that.”
    “I
don’t doubt that. I don’t think I ever did, even when I first met you. There
was a draw to you, a pull that I couldn’t and wouldn’t ignore. But if I have
doubts I’ll come and find you and we will talk it out. Then again I might come
find you so that I can get you naked. I think that would definitely ease any
worries I had.”
    She
earned herself a hard, yet definitely amused look from him. “Sexing me up to
ease your worries only casts a shadow over the issue for a time. Eventually it
will crop up again, sweetheart. We should always talk out all problems or
concerns we have as a couple. Then we can get naked and have wild bear sex to
your heart’s content. Deal?”
    “I’m
totally down with that.” She cupped his cheeks and pulled him closer.
    “You’d
better get back in that office, little mate, or we might end up putting a show
on for the townsfolk.”
    “Yes,
we wouldn’t want to shock them now, would we? Heaven forbid they learn that you
have wants, needs and desires, too.” She bit his neck. “Right, going to go and
get back into the office. I’m going to pull the shades so that we can do
everything that you have going on in your mind.” She pulled back from him and
laughed. “After we have cleaned the mess up. And when you find the