Better Late Than Leopard (A BBW Shifter Romance) (Sunset Valley Book 2) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Alannah Blacke
find for a reason. Only those who go specifically searching for it are supposed to find it."
"I don't remember Jake, I was just filling out so many at the time. I just recall seeing it and liking the name and pictures on it. I never clued in at the time that the animals were for more than just show. Jeeze I feel like such an idiot now!" She smacked her palm off her head, frustrated that it had taken him laying it out in front of her for her to make the connection.
"How long have you been able to, to - " she struggled with the right word to call what he could do. 'Change' just didn't seem to work well enough to describe his ability.
"We call it 'shifting' in our world," he supplied gently, not wanting to commandeer the conversation, instead content to let her speak.
"How long have you been able to shift Jake? That's just incredible, I didn't realize that it was actually a thing."
They talked long into the night about him, his abilities and how hard it was to live with. Her heart ached by the end, wanting nothing more than to comfort him. She couldn't imagine growing up an outcast, completely unlike anyone else she ever met. For her, it was hard enough being curvy and finding someone who would not only accept her, but love her for it.
Eventually, curled up on the couch next to each other, she fell asleep in his arms. There was a feeling of rightness in the world now, even if he wouldn't be able to come back to Sunset Valley for some time. She couldn't stay here, but at least knowing that things had been set right with him allowed her to sleep peacefully.
Jake
In the morning, he left Ella asleep in the bed, where he had carried her some time after the two of them had fallen asleep. It was tough to drag himself away from her gorgeous body, but he knew he had other duties to attend to as well.
Walking in to work, he laid out his plans in front of Doug.
"This is what you're going to have to do if you want this project to work. You aren't going to like it, it's going to cost you some more money, also you'll have to ensure that someone qualified oversees the job."
"What do you mean someone qualified Jake? That's what we hired you for?" Doug was thoroughly confused as to what was going on.
"I can't do this for you any longer, I'm sorry. I have other commitments in life, and I need to put them first this time. I've solved the problem for you, now just get someone who isn't the idiot you hired in the first place, to do it right." He ignored the wincing from the original architect who was sitting in another seat at the table. At this point in time, his focus was on Ella, and nothing else.
"Thank you for offering me the contract Doug, but I have to go. Call the flights and hotel as payment for solving his mistake in the first place." With a firm nod of his head, he strode from the office, never turning back. For the foreseeable future, Jake Masterson was no longer an architect. He was simply a friend, lover and shopkeeper for Carving's & More . His cheeks ached from the smile on his face the entire way back to the hotel.
There he found Ella just starting to rise from bed. Nudging her good-naturedly, he teased her about sleeping in.
"Get up you lazy bum. We have the whole day ahead of ourselves, and it's looking like it's going to be gorgeous. Let's get a move on! We have three hours to kill before we have to be at the airport for our flights. Do you want to do some sightseeing?"
"Do I?!" she exclaimed, practically jumping out of the bed. "It's been so long since I last travelled. No way I'm passing up the chance to spend a few hours touring around with you." She raced into the shower, getting herself ready in what seemed like, to him anyways, record time for her.
Bags packed and ready, they headed down to the lobby. Jake made sure to set an alarm, so that they could come back to grab their stuff with plenty of time to catch the airport shuttle and make their flight. The last thing he wanted was to be stuck another day
"I don't remember Jake, I was just filling out so many at the time. I just recall seeing it and liking the name and pictures on it. I never clued in at the time that the animals were for more than just show. Jeeze I feel like such an idiot now!" She smacked her palm off her head, frustrated that it had taken him laying it out in front of her for her to make the connection.
"How long have you been able to, to - " she struggled with the right word to call what he could do. 'Change' just didn't seem to work well enough to describe his ability.
"We call it 'shifting' in our world," he supplied gently, not wanting to commandeer the conversation, instead content to let her speak.
"How long have you been able to shift Jake? That's just incredible, I didn't realize that it was actually a thing."
They talked long into the night about him, his abilities and how hard it was to live with. Her heart ached by the end, wanting nothing more than to comfort him. She couldn't imagine growing up an outcast, completely unlike anyone else she ever met. For her, it was hard enough being curvy and finding someone who would not only accept her, but love her for it.
Eventually, curled up on the couch next to each other, she fell asleep in his arms. There was a feeling of rightness in the world now, even if he wouldn't be able to come back to Sunset Valley for some time. She couldn't stay here, but at least knowing that things had been set right with him allowed her to sleep peacefully.
Jake
In the morning, he left Ella asleep in the bed, where he had carried her some time after the two of them had fallen asleep. It was tough to drag himself away from her gorgeous body, but he knew he had other duties to attend to as well.
Walking in to work, he laid out his plans in front of Doug.
"This is what you're going to have to do if you want this project to work. You aren't going to like it, it's going to cost you some more money, also you'll have to ensure that someone qualified oversees the job."
"What do you mean someone qualified Jake? That's what we hired you for?" Doug was thoroughly confused as to what was going on.
"I can't do this for you any longer, I'm sorry. I have other commitments in life, and I need to put them first this time. I've solved the problem for you, now just get someone who isn't the idiot you hired in the first place, to do it right." He ignored the wincing from the original architect who was sitting in another seat at the table. At this point in time, his focus was on Ella, and nothing else.
"Thank you for offering me the contract Doug, but I have to go. Call the flights and hotel as payment for solving his mistake in the first place." With a firm nod of his head, he strode from the office, never turning back. For the foreseeable future, Jake Masterson was no longer an architect. He was simply a friend, lover and shopkeeper for Carving's & More . His cheeks ached from the smile on his face the entire way back to the hotel.
There he found Ella just starting to rise from bed. Nudging her good-naturedly, he teased her about sleeping in.
"Get up you lazy bum. We have the whole day ahead of ourselves, and it's looking like it's going to be gorgeous. Let's get a move on! We have three hours to kill before we have to be at the airport for our flights. Do you want to do some sightseeing?"
"Do I?!" she exclaimed, practically jumping out of the bed. "It's been so long since I last travelled. No way I'm passing up the chance to spend a few hours touring around with you." She raced into the shower, getting herself ready in what seemed like, to him anyways, record time for her.
Bags packed and ready, they headed down to the lobby. Jake made sure to set an alarm, so that they could come back to grab their stuff with plenty of time to catch the airport shuttle and make their flight. The last thing he wanted was to be stuck another day
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