Better Mate Than Never (New Adult Werewolf Romance) by Adriana Hunter Page A

quietly stole from the yard and back to his
apartment a few blocks away. There was no way she’d be leaving her curtains
open now that he’d spooked her, at least not for a few weeks.
     
    *
     
    Shaking her
head, Paige drew her window curtains closed and stepped away from the windowsill.
Obviously her imagination was running wild. Slightly confused, she plopped down
on her bed and gazed resentfully up at the ceiling, wondering what the hell was
wrong with her.
    She’d been in
the blissful throes of an orgasm when all of a sudden a hot tingle had washed
over her, and her eyes had snapped open and fixed on the window, almost of
their own volition. Something in her subconscious had fully expected to see
someone there, and before she knew it she’d been rushing to the window, stark
naked and wide-eyed. But though she’d pressed her face to the glass, she saw
nothing but rooftops and city lights in the blackness.
    Maybe if
you had actually remembered to close the blinds beforehand this wouldn’t have
happened.
    She scowled,
burrowing under the covers as if to hide away from the world. It wasn’t as if
it had ever happened to her before. It was probably stupid of her to leave her
curtains open so that anyone with a pair of binoculars could see her, but it
gave her a secret kind of thrill to think that someone might be. To think that
a certain someone might be…
    Don’t be
stupid. I’m sure he’s got better things to do than watch you touch yourself and
pretend it’s his fingers roaming all over your body.
    With a sigh,
she closed her eyes, hoping to shut out her scathing internal monologue.
Instead, Caleb’s face floated to the surface of her mind’s eye—sinfully
gorgeous, with wavy black hair and gold-flecked brown eyes that could glint
with unholy humor or soften with unexpected kindness. His nose was slightly
off-center from having it broken when they were in their sophomore year, but
she found that only added to his bad boy appeal. And those lips, with their
slightly cruel tilt…
    Oh Jesus. She wasn’t ever going to get any sleep if she kept thinking about him like
this. With a sigh, she looked longingly at her vibrator, wondering if she
should go another round… but the clock beside her bed reminded her that she
couldn’t afford to stay up late tonight. She had to be at the courthouse early
tomorrow morning. She set her alarm for six a.m., then snuggled underneath her
covers, wishing not for the first time there was someone next to her to keep
her warm.
     
    *
     
     “Caleb,
you’re going to be late.”
    “I know,
dammit.” Where did he put that file? With a frustrated growl, he pawed through
the papers on his desk, hoping to find it. He’d had it here just last night.
    His assistant
and cousin, a slim brunette named Shana, shook her head. “I told you that you
should have given it back to me before I left for the day yesterday. You always
lose stuff when left to your own devices. That’s why you hired me,
remember?”
    “Yes, and
most assistants don’t talk to their bosses with as much sass as you do,” Caleb
pointed out with a chuckle. “Not to mention I outrank you.”
    “Yes, but I’m
family,” Shana said sweetly, “and I can get away with it.” Deftly, she pulled
the file he was looking for out from underneath a phone book on his desk and
handed it to him. “Now, go away and let me do my job.”
    “The guards
all have their schedules? And have you checked with Daisy on those
invoi—”
    “Quit
procrastinating and go. I know how much you hate going to the court, but if
you’re late the DA will seriously kick your ass.”
    Caleb snapped
his mouth shut, swallowing a retort. She was right, and he knew it.
    “Alright. I
should be back before one o’clock.”
    File in hand,
he left the security firm and headed downtown to the dreaded courthouse. As he
drove, he couldn’t help but wonder if he would see Paige at the courthouse
today. As a lawyer, she was often there, and as such their