Cade: Le Beau Brothers: billionaire Shifter Series BBW mates (Le Beau Series) (7 page)

“I think I’ll take a shower now and wash this day off. Too bad you already took one.” She let her comment hang in the air. As she left the room she stole a come-hither glance at him over her shoulder.
I wonder if I gave a strong enough hint.

Pulling back the shower curtain, she turned on the water, testing the temperature with her fingertips. She let out a groan of pleasure as the water beat down on her sore muscles and washed away the stress and tension of the day.
Maybe he isn’t coming. I must not do sexy innuendos very well.
She sighed.

So, my mate can be playful and tease
.
Hmmm
,
I like it,
he thought.

He gave her a minute to get settled into the shower, following her silently with a sly grin on his face. Time to test the waters so to speak with his mate. He quietly walked into the bathroom and reached into the shower stealing away her shampoo. Now all he had to do was wait.

She had her eyes closed as she wet her hair in preparation. She reached out for the bottle she set on the ledge right before closing the curtain. Nothing. Anna patted around looking for the errant bottle with her fingers. Failing to find her shampoo, she cracked one eye open to see why. She let out a squeak in surprise.

As she tried to cover herself, he sensed her sudden, irrational, insecurity. It made no sense, but there it was, rearing its ugly head.

Peeking around the curtain with the missing shampoo in his hand, he waggled the bottle back and forth just out of her reach with a hunger in his eyes. “I can help you with that.” He ignored her thoughts for now, he would deal with her insecurities in a minute.

She giggled at the boyish expression on his face. He looked so hopeful. She hesitantly nodded her head and made room for him.

He didn’t need to be invited twice, he zapped off his clothes and joined his mate so fast she almost stumbled backwards into the faucet handles.  His hands whipped out to steady her before she was bruised in anyway.

Her eyes almost popped out of her head! “How the heck did you do that?!”

“All you have to do is think it and it happens. With a little practice you’ll be able to do it too, once we are mated and I share my magic with you.”

He leaned her back into the warm spray from the shower head to re-dampen her hair and massaged in her favorite shampoo. After rinsing her hair completely and applying the conditioner she used, he picked up the bar of Dove soap she preferred and lathered his hands. His wolf was giddy with the anticipation of sliding soapy hands all over his mate.

Anna stood with the warm spray to her back as he started at her shoulders soaping and massaging, making sure to clean every inch of her. He slowly washed her breasts, kneading and caressing. He licked his lips as he rubbed his thumbs across her hardened nipples. Reluctantly, he left her breasts, proceeded over her stomach to her thighs not missing a single bit of her succulent flesh. Relishing every bit of her.

She held out her hand for the soap and bathed him as thoroughly. The feel of his rock hard chest and abdomen seemed to fascinate her. Slowly she soaped his washboard stomach, making him breathe heavily. She applied more soap to her hands, and before he knew what she intended, she had both hands wrapped around his rock hard erection. He let out a low moan as she stroked him with her slick grip.

There was no way he was going to be able to take more of her stimulation and still be able to help with her shower. He had every intention of washing her thoroughly. He stilled her hands and placed them at her sides. Then he tipped her chin so she looked him in the eye.

“Cher, repeat after me. I am beautiful and sexy as hell.”

Her eyes got wide and she blushed from her toes to her very red hair.

“Come on, say it.”

She took a deep breath and sighed. “I am beautiful and sexy.”

“Oh, now, you didn’t say it quite right. I am beautiful and sexy as hell. Try again.” He was very serious about this.

She lowered her gaze to his chest mumbling. “I am beautiful and sexy as hell.”

“That will do for now, but we are going to work on your opinion of yourself. Now, turn around and let me get your back.”

Obeying, she turned toward the spray, he reached around her to rinse her off. His large, strong hands cupped her aching breasts as he pressed his throbbing manhood into the cleft of her backside. He rolled her hardened nipples between his thumbs and forefingers as she moaned in pleasure and pressed herself back into him. She laid her head against his shoulder. Cade took all her weight easily. He tried to stop thrusting between her cheeks, failing epically. Before he completely lost all control, he took the soap again and washed her back. Beginning at her shoulders, he slowly slid his hands down her slick body cupping her buttocks for a moment. His hands slid around her hips and between her legs.

Cade growled in need as he stroked the lips protecting her womanhood, gently parting them. Even though in the shower, he felt her saturated with need. He slid his finger through the warm, weeping channel eliciting a soft cry from Anna. He teased her nub until she was squirming and pressing against his hard straining manhood. Slowly he slid one finger in, gliding out again, then up and around her nub to return and plunge back in. Her hips started thrusting in time with his fingers. He repeated his ministrations as he added a second finger, filling her. Anna’s moans and cries increased as he quickened his pace. Her breathing became ragged, and he held her tighter as she pressed her hands against the sides of the shower for leverage. Then she threw her head back and cried out with a mind-blowing orgasm. If he hadn’t been holding her, she would have hit the floor. He slowed his thrusting and held her tightly to him until her body ceased quivering.

As she turned in his arms she had an astonished expression on her face.

“What?”

“That’s never happened before,” she breathed. “At least not in real life.”

He was confused for a second.

W
hat does she mean? 

A man in her shower?

Getting off in the shower? 

HOLY COW!!!
His eyes got huge. “You’ve never had an orgasm before?”

Her whole body blushed with his realization. She just shook her head.

“What the hell has that idiot of an ex-husband been doing all these years!” He didn’t know if he should be angry at how she had never had her needs met or rejoice he had given her the first orgasm of her life. “Well, my beautiful, beguiling mate, that is just the first of a lifetime of orgasms, you have my word.” He gave her the charming, lopsided grin he knew she adored.

She giggled at his playfulness, which was exactly what he’d been going for. He never wanted her to feel uncomfortable in his presence.

Sliding her still wet, slippery hands up his abdomen and over his chest, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Thank you,” she whispered.

He was enchanted by his mate, there was no other word for it. He kissed her senseless, and when he felt her shiver, he grabbed a towel to dry her thoroughly from head to toe.
A man could get used to this
, he thought as he made sure to dry every inch of her before he took her to bed. The day had been long and they needed sleep.

Cade was experiencing total bliss waking with his mate in his bed. If he had a tail as a human, he would be wagging it. His wolf was rumbling contentedly, making the growl like noise was the closest thing a wolf had to purring. His wolf was rolling over on his back wanting his mate to rub his belly and cuddle.

As Anna woke, she stretched like a cat and rolled over. “Good morning,” she said through a still sleepy smile.

He grinned at her. “Good morning, gorgeous,” he said pulling her in for a proper good-morning kiss. He loved the feel of her soft curves pressed against his body. Wanting more he pulled her in tighter.

He had been disappointed when she put a nightgown on last night, he would have to convince her to sleep in the all-together the first chance he had. He and his wolf didn’t care for barriers between them and their mate.

She must have come completely awake, as he deepened the kiss, her fingers threaded their way through his hair. He really liked how passionate she got when she played with his hair.

He was ready to make love to her when he felt her pushing him away and pressing him down onto the bed. By the devious expression she wore he knew she had naughty thoughts running around her pretty little head. He had a feeling he was never going to survive this! Pulling his hands away from her body, he let her explore at her leisure. He was curious to see what she had in mind.

She wanted him on his back with full access to his chest and other parts of his anatomy. She hadn’t been allowed to touch, pet, or stroke last night and dang if she wasn’t going to get her some now.

She propped herself up on one arm and began exploring his chest. Softly she skimmed her palm across his pecks, causing his nipples to harden and a rumble to echo around the room.

He tried to reach out and pull her on top of him, but she pressed her palm flat against his chest. Shaking her head at him with a mischievous grin.

“No touching, babe. This is my time now.”

She rubbed her thumb across his engorged nipple and then rolled it between her thumb and forefinger gently. He closed his eyes and groaned, his breathing becoming heavy.

With a feather-light touch, she skimmed her fingers down his six-pack dipping into every valley as she grazed over them. The effect was like her fingers were riding a mini-rollercoaster. Cade’s eyes started to glow and his breathing came faster. She enjoyed the fact that just her touch made him so aroused.

Moving her hand lower, she felt his happy trail leading her exactly where she wanted to go. She let her fingers glide along the downy soft hair until she felt the tip of his rock hard erection. He was weeping already in preparation for her.

She slid her fingertips part way down his shaft, just enough to wrap around him, below the bulbous head. Holding his gaze, she rubbed the pre-cum across the head of his erection with her thumb. He let out a gasp as she stroked her fist to the base and back again. The action sent him into a growling frenzy, arching off the mattress, pressing himself harder into her hand.

He couldn’t help himself as he mindlessly pumped
his hips. He wasn’t sure if he was in heaven or hell, but, damn, her hands felt amazing. He was nearing his limit when there was a loud banging on the hotel room door.

The sudden loud noise made Anna jump and pull her hands away from him. 

He spat out a string of expletives that would make a hard core biker blush as he jumped out of bed and jammed his legs into a pair of jogging pants. The tenting action left nothing to the imagination.

He smelled Stefan in the hall. No doubt about it, his brother needed killing for this interruption. He heard him chuckling on the other side of the door, that boy had a death wish.

He jerked the door open glaring daggers at Stefan. “You had better have a damn good reason for being here.” His lips curled back as his wolf came into his eyes.

Stefan leaned casually with his shoulder against the door jamb and laid his head against the frame. Cade could tell he was pretending to be cute and innocent knowing it would piss him off even more. Stefan batted his eyelashes at him for good measure. He must really have a death wish.

“I’ve been waiting patiently. I didn’t have the chance to meet your mate the other night. I want to meet her,” Stefan said

Cade was not fooled, Stefan knew if he came here today that the odds were very good he would be interrupting something private between h
im and Anna, the possibility just egged him on all the more to do it.

“And you had to meet her at the crack of dawn, did you?”

“Well, yeah, I had to come to town for a meeting anyway, so I stopped by for coffee with my new sister-in-law.”

He glared and snorted at his brother. He knew exactly what his brother was doing. He was here to cock block him, to Stefan that was hilarious. Too bad, payback’s a bitch.

Both men turned toward the bedroom door almost on cue. “Cade, who’s at the door?”

“My soon-to-be-deceased little brother.” Cade glared at him again.

Stefan cocked his head and openly glanced over Cade’s jogging pants with its glorious display. His grin got even wider.

Cade grabbed him around the neck so fast Stefan didn’t have time to react. He hadn’t administered a nuggie to his younger brother in a lot of years, but he was getting one today. They were both laughing so hard they couldn’t breathe.

Anna walked into the room wearing her bathrobe to find them gasping for air like a couple of fish out of water. She shook her head and mumbled something which sounded like, “men are all nuts,” as she went for the coffee pot.

Stefan cleared his throat to get her attention, earning him a glare from Cade. “Hello, little sister. I’m Stefan, Cade’s favorite brother.”

Cade let out a snort and joined Anna for a cup of coffee. Picking up his cup, he put his arm around her shoulders to introduce her to his troublesome brother. “Anna, this is my annoying brother, Stefan. He lives to harass me. He was at your apartment with me the night Tim broke in. You may not remember him.”

“Oh, but Cade, you make teasing so easy. It’s almost not even a challenge.” Stefan grinned and winked at Anna. Stefan busted out laughing as Cade snarled at him over his winking at his mate.

“I do recognize you but we weren’t introduced. It’s nice to meet you. Thank you for being there.”

“I’m grateful I was able to help. It’s such a pleasure to meet you.”

Anna found Stefan rather amusing and quite the charmer. This man was a heartbreaker all the way. He knew all of Cade’s jealousy triggers and had no compunctions about pushing them. She smiled to herself, imagining Cade and Stefan as boys getting into all kinds of trouble. They must have had their share of tussles and black eyes.

Her brothers had teased her growing up but a brother harassing a brother is different than one teasing a sister.

Even though Stefan poked at Cade to get a rise out of him she saw the strong bond between them. They might be picking on each other now, but if anyone outside the family threatens one of them in anyway, a thunderstorm of trouble would rain down on the fool.

An unexpected thought popped in
to her mind. I wonder what Rose would think of Stefan? Naw, maybe not, she goes for a quieter type of guy. He does have five other brothers so who knows maybe one of them would be her type. She really wanted to see Rose in a happy relationship.

Sipping their coffee they sat at the table to plan the day.

“So, Stefan, you have a meeting this morning?”

“Yeah, at the new restaurant you offered on. I’m meeting with inspectors and the fire chief to go over
your requirements. I meet them in about twenty five minutes and will probably be with them for close to two hours.” 

“Email me later and give me a report on whether you think the restaurant will meet
my stipulations.”

“You got it. Oh, and don’t forget, we have a meeting with the committee downstairs at four this afternoon.” 

“Don’t worry, little brother, I’ll be there.” He picked up Anna’s hand brushing his thumb across the velvety skin. “I won’t like it, but I’ll be there.”

Stefan shook his head. “You know you do have to come up for air once in a while.”

Cade grinned. “Just wait, little brother, until you find your mate, and I manufacture all kinds of reasons to pull you away.” His eyes twinkled with amusement thinking about the payback Stefan would be receiving.

Stefan stood to go. “Well, you two have a fun day, try to actually leave the room.” He walked around the table to Anna’s chair and leaned down quickly giving her a peck on the cheek.

Cade literally exploded out of his chair, the flimsy piece of furniture never stood a chance. He lunged for Stefan’s throat just as Stefan dodged right and made a dash for the door laughing like a maniac.

Yep, Stefan’s fate was sealed. He was going to die
.

She reached out and laid her hand on his arm, feeling him shake with his fury. She continued to surprise him with her instinctive reactions. Somehow she knew to not say anything but just touch him and wait.

Slowly his heart rate calmed and his breathing returned to normal. He touched his forehead to hers. “I’m sorry, cher. I reacted out of instinct. Did I frighten you?”

“I’m all right. It just startled me when the chair went flying. But I get it, really, I do. Plus Stefan was poking you like a bear in a cage ever since he banged on the door. It was just a matter of time before he pushed you too far.”

He stared at her, baffled.

She laughed at his expression. “I grew up in a house full of men and just spent over twenty years as the only female in the house. I know how men behave.”

“I can’t get over how well you take all this craziness I’ve thrown into your life.”

She busted out laughing. “You really are an easy mark for him. He knows just what buttons to push to make you lose it.” She shook her head still chuckling. “You seem to forget we have five years of experiences in our visions. I know what kind of man you are and how protective you can be.”

“Yeah, I guess you do. There were one or two occasions in the visions where my protective side reared its head.” He looked a little sheepish.

  “So what do you have planned for the rest of the day?” she asked.

“Actually, if you’d like to get out of here for a while, it’s what do ’we’ have planned for the day. Would you like to do a little browsing in the shops and play tourist in the Quarter with me?”

She considered his offer for a minute. “Shopping isn’t one of my favorite things. Going to the French
Market was one thing, I needed a belt, but window shopping is just plain painful. I guess I’m one of those rare women who only goes into a store when I need something and I know right where to get it
.
”
Ugh , window shopping without a set plan of attack, just shoot me now.
Sighing. “Sure, I guess. Will we be shopping long?” 

He seemed confused. Obviously he thought all women lived to shop. “No, I don’t think so. Maybe a few shops and then we can play tourist for the afternoon.”

In a few minutes they were out the door of the hotel. Two blocks up was Royal Street and a few blocks over on Royal was Cade’s final destination.

Cade felt bad he hadn’t taught Anna how to shield her thoughts yet, but damn she was funny when she thought no one could hear her. He promised himself to teach her soon.

Maybe tomorrow.

Or next week.

He planned to purposely take her in and out of several shops to camouflage his real reason for the shopping trip. He was on a mission and the secrecy required stealth and cunning.

First, they wandered through a French antiques shop. Poor Anna, she was trying so hard to look interested in the beautiful lamps and furniture. He would try to not torture her too badly.  When he felt they had spent enough time in the shop to serve his purpose, he feigned not being able to find anything he wanted to buy so they continued on.

Next, he chose an art gallery. They had some very interesting art, and when Cade was ready to leave, she almost wanted to stay a little and linger. Almost.

He purposely mixed up the kinds of stores they went into so when he hit the one he actually needed, she wouldn’t suspect anything. He noticed the vintage sports shop and almost rubbed his hands together with glee. This was getting fun.

Anna let out a groan as he pulled her toward the sports shop. “Cade, I think it’s best you find out now, I’m not into sports, combine that with shopping and you can just shoot me now.”

Cade put on his best pleading puppy dog face. “Is it okay if we go in for just a minute?”

He could tell she was gritting her teeth and had a really bad fake smile. He waited for her answer, interested in what she would say. He didn’t really care if they went in, it was just part of the camouflage for his target a block down.

“Okay, I can take it for a few minutes but you are going to owe me, buster.”

“Thanks, cher, it won’t take more than a couple minutes.”