Kidnapped by my mate (Belle and Grayson) novel Chapter 22

Kidnapped by My Mate

Chapter 22

BELLE

I ran down the street as fast as my legs could carry me, still clutching Grayson’s credit card in my hand. I thought I had seen a grocery store when we’d gotten out of the cab earlier, and thankfully I was right. That’s where I needed to go..I ran faster.

I didn’t look behind me to see if Grayson was following. I had no doubt in my mind that he would catch me. In fact, I hoped he did. I had given up on getting away from him.

But first, I had to make it to that grocery store.

I crashed through the doors of the store and smiled brightly. It only took a second for me to feel arms wrap around my waist. I was tugged backward into a hard chest.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Grayson growled in my ear.

I turned to face him and wrapped my arms around his n*eck, smiling. He looked surprised by my display of affection.

“It took you awhile to catch up,” I said.

He tightened his arms around me. “I wanted to see where

you would

would go.”

“You weren’t afraid that I would run off and spend all your money?” I said, waving his credit card in his face.

“What’s mine is yours. You will never want for anything ever again. You can spend as much of my money as you want.”

I stared at him for a moment. I’d never had enough money to spend on anything other than the necessities. Sometimes I didn’t even have enough to buy food.

I couldn’t count the number of times I’d gone to bed hungry after my dad had gotten sick.

Back home, I was just starting to be able to provide for myself.

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rented a small one–bedroom apartment and was paying for it with a cra ppy waitressing job. It n’t the most luxurious life, but it was enough for me.

And I took great pride in the fact that I was making it on my own, providing for myself.

And I took great pride in the fact that i was making it on my own, providing for myseir.

Sure, sometimes I didn’t have enough money to buy groceries. But maybe now that I didn’t have to save up all of my paychecks for a plane ticket to Paris, I could finally start living, instead of just surviving.

Of course, that was before I missed my flight home and didn’t show up to several shifts I’d been scheduled for. Shifts that I needed in order to pay my rent… Which was already overdue.

I didn’t even want to think about how I’d pay for another flight home. I guessed I wouldn’t be buying groceries for a while still.

I remembered I had peanut butter in my cupboard, and I could always steal French fries off people’s plates at the diner if I still had a job. Hopefully my boss would understand. That would have to be enough for now..

When I didn’t respond, Grayson squeezed my sides. “Why did you come in here, anyway?”

I smiled. “If you must have your sour grape juice, this is the only place that I will allow you to buy it.”

He raised an eyebrow, looking very amused. “Is that so?”

I nodded. “Yep. And I get to pick it out.”

He shook his head, looking like he would object. “Belle”

I cut him off by crushing my l*ps against his. Grayson let out a surprised groan but didn’t protest. A low growl came from deep within his chest, and he immediately deepened the k*ss, tugging my b*dy closer to his.

Knowing how quickly things could escalate when it came to k*ssing Grayson, I removed my mouth from his when I felt him run his tongue over the seam of my l*ps, asking for entrance.

He groaned out his disapproval and tried to k*ss me again, but I put my hand over his mouth as a barrier. He growled.

“Give me what I want and I’ll give you another k*ss,” I said.

He narrowed his eyes, and I slowly removed my hand.

“You’re lucky you’re my mate,” he said in a low voice, telling me his wolf was at the surface. “If anyb*dy else tried to manipulate me like this, I would have them back in their place within

conds in the most painful way possible.”

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He leaned in so that his l*ps were almost brushing mine.