Bookstore princess

Chapter 14

James

Natasha and Bruce were more than accommodating when I got to the diner and made me up two of their "Hulking" club sandwich platters. The containers were large, but I had a feeling that they added extra when I told them what happened. It had been some small conversation leading up to getting the food with both of them before Bruce had gone into the back. I had caught them just in time before they were closing for the night.
Walking back to the bookstore I felt vindicated, I had gotten my mate her prize. My Luna. My everything. She's just flipping the sign to say the store is closed and I run up the steps and she opens the door with a broad smile. I close the door behind me and lock it on all three locks, and she goes back to the cash register to start printing out the day's sales. I put down the food at the tables in Potions and start cleaning up around the store. I also take note of what's missing from the shelves on my phone and go in the back, and bring out the same books to replace them. Nadia is bent over while crunching the numbers and making sure her till matches. I see her busy at the computer, and her brows are pinched in concentration. She carefully counts out the money three times and puts some aside into a canvas bag before bringing it to the back in a small safe. She makes sure it's locked and then comes back to put the till back in the cash register.
"All done?" I ask her expectantly.
"I have to restock," she says.
"I did that already" I grin.
"Garbage cans?" she asks.
"Done as well. Why don't we eat?" I ask her hopefully.
"We had better go upstairs" she sighs, and I give a smile. "It's not much up there, and it's not clean" she warns me.
"I'm not worried about that" I promise, looking forward to watching her ascend the stairs in front of me. I go and pick up the to go bag while she turns out the lights and starts leading the way upstairs. I unashamedly look at the bottom of her dress, hoping for a peek before I see black lace panties and I'm hard as a rock all over again. This woman has a spell on me. She stops at the top landing and opens the door and welcomes me into the familiar living room and kitchen area. I can see the stairs heading up towards her bedroom and bathroom as well. I look over at the window and can still remember letting Steve in the fire escape just outside. The place is cleaner this time, she's obviously taken the time to clean up.
"This is the living room, dining room and kitchen area" she points out, and I see the bookshelves and grin. I have to play that I haven't been here before. I've been here as Fang, but not as James.
"A wonderful collection" I tell her. She flushes a bit while I look around a bit more. Her cat Melody hisses at me, but soon decides to play nice and sniff at me. I know she can smell my wolf, but she's trying to give me the benefit of a doubt. I pick up the long haired calico cat and she finally gives me a purr. I feel like I'm already building trust with her, which is fantastic. Nadia sets the food down on the counter and washes off the table before putting the food out. She grabs two pepsi's out of the fridge and sets them down at the place settings. I walk over and see that she's a bit nervous. She opens up the containers and looks surprised at the amount of food that's there.
"I doubt we can finish all of this" she looks up at me, her crystal blue eyes looking into mine and I'm a man unequivocally in love with her. I know a part of her must feel it too. "Too bad Fang isn't here to help" she gives a small smile.
"I'm sure Fang will come back with Steve. Maybe you'll see him again" I grin at her. She bats her eyes at me and gestures for me to sit down. I put down Melody and go to her chair and pull it out for her. She tucks her hair behind her ear and sits before I push her back in and I go take my own seat.
"I hope so, he was good company" she smiles. "And thank you" she adds quickly.
"My pleasure baby doll" I grin. I start eating first, because I can tell she's being shy. I'm ravenous and could probably eat both containers. The nice thing about being a werewolf is I can probably eat as much as I want and I'd just run it off. She takes small bites, even though I can hear her stomach growling. She flushes, but pretends it didn't happen so I hide a smile behind my food. The sandwiches are fantastic, and loaded with bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, and turkey. The fries are perfectly made, and there's some coleslaw there as well. I add some salt and pepper and it's perfect. They really do have the best food around. We eat in silence, but it's not uncomfortable, I can just tell she's exhausted. She probably didn't take as many breaks as usual because Jacob wasn't around. She eats all of her sandwiches and half her fries and then pushes her food towards me when I finish my container. I didn't even hesitate, and ate the rest of her fries. She smiles proudly at me, even lovingly or at least I hope.
"Thank you for supper" she takes a sip of her pop.
"This can be considered a date" I grin and mirror her actions. She giggles and starts putting the garbage away.
"I thought Sunday was our next date?" she asks coyly.
"No, I think it's today" I wink at her. She blushes and bites her bottom lip and all I can think about is kissing her again.
"Did you want to sit in the living room?" she asks, and I just stand up and reach out my hand to her.
"Very much so, we need to keep you off your feet for now" I tell her, and she takes my hand. We go over to the living room and sit down on the plush beige couch with little pink throw pillows. I can tell the couch is old, and that she's a bit embarrassed but I don't care. I'd sit on a cement floor with her. She sits down next to me, and I pull her in and caress my lips against hers softly. She sighs into the kiss and brings her hands up to run through my hair, and I already don't want to leave. Her lips are soft and supple, and when I nip her plump bottom lip she does exactly what I was hoping and opens her mouth to me. I dive right in, kissing her and toying my tongue with hers. She moans softly and it takes everything in me not to pick her up and place her on my lap. She's everything to me, and I keep telling myself to go slow, but my body wants to go faster. I pull back from the kiss and kiss the side of her neck close to where I plan to mark her one day, then I kiss the tip of her nose.
"Lay back baby doll, let me rub those sore legs" I tell her and she blushes again and I can't help but kiss her cheeks as well.
"You don't have to do that" she stammers.
"I want to" I press and she slides back and slowly puts her legs up across my lap, pulling down on her dress so it doesn't ride up. The first thing I do is take off her shoes and then rub her calves. They are as smooth as I expected. I can smell a hint of coconut on her skin, where the rest of her body smells like spring.

Nadia

James' hands are magic, and I'm putty in his hands. All night I've been trying to figure out what it is about him that makes me feel like my entire being is tethered to him in some way, but I can't quite put my finger on it. My skin tingles everywhere he touches and my lips still feel swollen from our stolen kisses. I let out another moan as his hands do a deep tissue massage on my ankles and calves. He's slowly moving up, but I'm too into the moment to care less. He has me where he wants me as far as I'm concerned. I can feel his erection pressing into me and that makes me feel so powerful. It tells me he wants me too, and I do want him. I know he's so busy with his family and taking care of his company, but he took the time to help us out today and said he would be back tomorrow. I feel badly, but he's acting like it's not that big of a deal when I know it's a very big one. He's been so attentive today, making sure that the entire store runs smoothly, even though it's not his to run. He noticed when I needed bathroom breaks. I would try to hold it as long as possible so he didn't know, but somehow he knew when I was getting to the end of my rope.
I finally lay back and put one of the cushions under my head and Melody jumps up onto my stomach and starts to purr. Between James' magic hands and Melody's purrs I feel myself falling, almost getting lulled to sleep.
"Did you want to go to bed, baby doll?" he asks me, his voice just adding to the spell.
"No," I pout.
"You look exhausted," he comments softly.
"I should be doing this for you" I tell him, opening my eyes to look at him and he gives that signature grin that always makes my knees feel weak.
"Believe me when I say this is my pleasure" he chuckles. "I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't want to" he adds quickly.
"But you must be tired too" I tell him, still pouting. I noticed his eyes drift towards my lips and I wet them. He takes my hand and pulls me up, and just like that his lips are on mine again. It's like the world just stops every time our lips touch, and the tingles cover my entire body from my head to my toes, just like they describe in my books. His hands wander up and down my back, and it feels electric. I don't want it to stop, but I know we should. We haven't been dating that long. I mean, yesterday was technically our first date. It feels like I've known him forever, when in reality it's just been over a week. I am the first to pull back and he's looking at me with a dazed look in his eyes, and I might be crazy but they almost seem like they are glowing.
"I'd better go" James says softly. "We have an early morning," he adds with a sly grin. "I'll be at the employee entrance before opening, I just have to make sure things are going okay with my family" he says softly.
"I'll text Jenny so she knows to listen for your knock if I'm not already downstairs" I nod. "Thank you for helping out so much, and for supper" I want to add for the massage, but I leave it there.
"Anytime. I'll wear more sensible shoes and outfit tomorrow" he chuckles.
"I'm not going to complain about the suit and tie, but jeans and a t-shirt would work just fine" I giggle.
"I'll follow my lady's lead, and do that" he plants another soft kiss on my lips.
"I'll walk you out" I offer. "I need to set the alarm anyways" I stand up.
"Thank you," he grins.
"I'll also put supper in the slow cooker when I get up so we don't have to worry about buying supper again," I advise.
"You spoil me" he chuckles as we head to the door. He gives Melody an affectionate rub under the chin and we both head down the stairs. We stop at the back door and he gives me another soft kiss on the lips before walking out and I set the alarm again before heading back upstairs.