Kidnapped by my mate (Belle and Grayson) novel Chapter 19

Kidnapped By My Mate Chapter 19

BELLE

Grayson placed his hand on the small of my back and pushed me toward the bathroom.

“Grayson, no! That is not what I meant! We are not taking a shower together!”

Grayson said nothing as he walked to the shower and turned it on. He came back to me and placed his hands on either side of my face.

“We can keep our underwear on if that would make you more comfortable.”

He reached down to play with the hem of my shirt, never taking his eyes from mine.

I shoved his hand away.

“No! I am not taking a shower with you!”

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He wrapped his arms around me and gently brought me close to his b*dy. He leaned down and placed a k*ss on my ear.

“Just let me take care of you. Please.”

My heart melted a bit. I sucked in a breath.

“I–well, I-” I sighed, feeling defeated. “I can’t think of any excuses. But I’m keeping my underwear on and you are too!”

He smiled widely and placed a quick k*ss on my l*ps. Then, without looking away from me, he lifted my shirt over my head and pushed my leggings down to the floor.

I stepped out of them, now wearing only my bra and panties, then looked at Grayson. I felt vulnerable as his eyes roamed my b*dy.

I could feel the familiar sparks everywhere they went.

I tried to stay confident and to stand tall, but the longer I stood there with him just staring at my b*dy, the more insecure I felt. What if he didn’t like the way I looked?

I wrapped my arms around my stomach and slumped my shoulders. It was so not fair that I was standing in front of him basically n*ked while he was still fully clothed.

“Hey, hey, hey. None of that.” He grabbed my hands and placed them back at my sides, holding

them there. “Never with me. Belle. You hear me? Never with me.”

them there. “Never with me, Belle. You hear me? Never with me.”

His thumbs brushed over my hands. I nodded, still feeling incredibly small standing in front of

him. He k*ssed my forehead and then rested his chin on top of my head.

“Do you even know how beautiful you are, Belle?” he whispered.

I didn’t respond. I didn’t know how to.

“How the hell did I get so da mn lucky?”

An intense blush crept up my n*eck. I was sure that I looked like a tomato.

Grayson chuckled lowly. “I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of that innocent blush of yours.”

This only made me blush more.

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I took a step away from him and nervously tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “Can we please just shower now?” I asked.

Grayson laughed. “Those words coming out of your mouth are like music to my ears.”

I rolled my eyes and shoved his shoulder. “Just get undressed already!”

“Oh, those words are even better.” Grayson wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

I groaned. “Okay, that’s it! You can leave. I’m taking a shower on my own.” I shoved past him, trying to make my way to the shower.

He grabbed my wrist and tugged me back into his chest.

“Okay, okay,” he said. “No more jokes, I promise.”

I narrowed my eyes. “One more and you’re out.”

He raised his hands in surrender. He then slowly brought his hands down to the tie of his sweatpants and pulled at the strings. My eyes widened and I immediately turned around.

“Belle,” Grayson said through a laugh. “You can look if you want. My b*dy is yours just as much as your b*dy is mine. Look all you want.”

I waved a hand dismissively without turning around.

“That’s okay,” I said nervously.

The truth was, I really did want to look, but the fact that all I wanted to do was turn around and run my eyes over his delicious abs scared the cra p out of me. The intense attraction I was feeling toward him was beginning to overwhelm me. Things needed to slow down between us a lot.

I was thinking this right before I was about to hop into the shower with him… Oops?

I felt his hands gently run down the sides of my rib cage in one soft, gentle motion.

A shiver went down my spine. Then I felt his hot breath on the back of my n*eck.

“Your loss,” he whispered into my ear.

I gasped when I felt him bend down and k*ss the mark on my n*eck. I closed my eyes and instinctively leaned back into him, not even fully aware of my own movements.

He wrapped his arms around my middle and gave me a squeeze.

“Belle?” he asked, his face still buried in my n*eck.

“Mmm?” I said breathlessly.

“Are you going to go into the shower?”

“Oh,” I laughed nervously. I took a step forward, putting some distance between us. “Yeah.”

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I walked to the shower and leaned in to turn it on, holding my hand in the water to test the temperature before stepping in. The hot water felt wonderful, and I groaned as my tight muscles loosened.

I heard Grayson move toward me.

“Wait,” I said before he entered the shower.

I turned to look at him. I kept my gaze above his n*eck, refusing to let my eyes run down his delicious b*dy like they wanted to. He raised an eyebrow questioningly.

“This feels weird.” I said.

“What does?”

I let out an annoyed huff.

“Stay there,” I said.

I closed the sliding door of the shower, which, thankfully, you couldn’t see through.

Then I took a deep breath…

I lifted my hands to my back and undid the clasp of my bra, then slowly slid my panties down my legs. I knew Grayson was watching me through the glass and that he could see an outline of b*dy because there was intense growling coming from outside the shower.

I took my bra and underwear and threw them over the door so they hung there, dripping wet.

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I looked at Grayson through the glass. The outline of his b*dy was heaving, and I could hear his deep, raking breaths.

“Well?” I asked. My voice was shaking a bit, but I tried to make it sound confident. “Are you coming?”