Chapter 41

Jasper Hartford’s POV
Lizzy and I were tired from our run when we got back home, so tired that we fell asleep almost instantly. It was a shame, she seemed more confident when she started to tease me before her shift. I had been hoping that we could come home and explore that new found confidence together.
Waking up slowly, I reached over to wrap my arms around her. It was strange, normally when I woke up Lizzy’s head would be resting on my chest and our legs would be intertwined. I was missing the heat from her body and the soft tingles I felt when my skin touched hers. Now that Lizzy’s wolf was awake all of these sensations were so much more intense and I craved her touch so much more.
As I reached across the bed, I realised that Lizzy’s half of the bed was cold. My eyes shot open. She wasn’t in bed with me any longer, panic filled me as my eyes scanned the room. She was nowhere to be seen but her scent was still strong in the room so she couldn’t have gone far.
Springing out of bed I followed her scent out of the room and downstairs. I burst into the dining room. I was dreading what could have happened to my mate to force her to leave me alone in bed but what I walked in on was the opposite of what I was expecting. Lizzy was sitting with all of Adam’s family, having breakfast without me.
Lizzy froze with a piece of toast hovering half way between her mouth and the plate. Her eyes were taking in my body, filled with desire. The corners of my mouth lifted up. At least I was able to have that effect on her, even if she did leave me alone in bed this morning.
“Mommy, why is Jasper in his underwear?” Adam’s younger sister asked.
Shit, I had been in such a rush to find Lizzy that I hadn’t thought to get changed. Well this was an embarrassing situation to find myself in. I mumbled something inherently before taking myself back to my room to shower and change. By the time that I came back into the kitchen some half an hour later, I was feeling much calmer.
I sat down beside Lizzy and filled the mug in front of me with coffee, taking hold of her hand under the table. She looked at me out of the corner of her eye, a cheeky smile was on her face as she did so. She tried to hide it by picking up her coffee cup and holding it in front of her face.
‘I was worried that someone had abducted you. Why didn’t you wake me up?’ I asked her over mindlink. I was pouting at her, trying to get her to feel guilty.
‘You looked so peaceful, I didn’t want to wake you.’ She replied.
She still couldn’t seem to take her eyes off me, it was probably because she wasn’t used to feeling the effects of our bond. I decided that I was going to play with her a little bit, to get my revenge for her leaving me all alone in bed this morning.
‘Did you like what you saw when I came downstairs earlier?’ I asked, shuffling my chair closer to her and wrapping one of my arms around her waist.
‘The view was nice but I would rather the whole room didn’t get to see it next time,’ she replied. She was continuing to eat her breakfast as she spoke to me but I couldn’t focus on anything other than her.
‘How about after we finish breakfast we head upstairs and I can give you a private showing,’ I suggested, almost making her spit coffee all over the table. Her reaction was so cute, I had to busy myself by eating breakfast so that I didn’t start showering her with kisses in front of Adam’s family. I had already embarrassed myself enough for one day.
‘What’s wrong?’ I asked. Lizzy hadn’t answered my question and she was shifting in her seat as though she was suddenly uncomfortable.
‘My wolf is mad at you. She thinks you haven’t apologised enough for the way you used to treat me, or for sleeping with so many women when you should have been able to tell that I was your mate all along.’ She replied.
I couldn’t argue with any of her points. I should have known that the way I felt for her meant we would be mates. If I had been less self absorbed then maybe I would have noticed, then I could have had her in my life sooner and saved us both so much pain.
‘Do anything she wants, anything at all.’ Garnet whimpered.
‘I will do whatever it takes to prove to you are your wolf, how much you mean to me.’ I told her.
‘I hope so because Hazel has plans,’ Lizzy replied, smirking into her coffee cup. That in itself was enough to make me and my wolf panic, I had a feeling that this was going to be difficult. I closed my mindlink to Lizzy and continued to eat my breakfast, keeping one arm around her the whole time.
I waited for her to finish eating then told her to follow me upstairs. I was eager to see what her wolf wanted me to do to gain her trust. My anxiety from earlier had all but disappeared as I ran up stairs, holding onto my mates hand.
“What’s the rush?” She squealed as I pulled her into our room.
“I want to prove myself to you and your wolf,” I told her.
“She wants to see you begging on your knees.” As she spoke a deep blush came over her cheeks.
I think I knew exactly what her wolf wanted from me and it wasn’t just for me to beg for forgiveness. I held onto her hands and led her over to the edge of the bed. Getting her to sit down on the edge while I kneeled down in front of her, placing myself between her legs. The blush across her cheeks deepend as her skirt rode up and revealed her underwear to me.
“I am so sorry for the way I treated you. Please let me do something to make it up to you.” I looked straight into her eyes, waiting for her permission. She paused for a few seconds, doubting herself before she gave me the smallest nod of her head. I acted quickly, not giving her the chance to change her mind.
I softly kissed my way up the inside of her thigh until I reached the hem of her underwear. The delicious scent of her arousal was filling the air. I couldn’t wait to taste her, I had been looking forward to doing this for weeks but she always seemed so nervous whenever I came close to touching her intimately. Nothing was going to stop me now though, not when I knew she wanted this too.
“I don’t think we will be needing these.” I said, taking hold of her underwear and starting to pull them down over her hips. She leaned back to help me take them off, revealing her pussy to me. Pulling her pants off and chucking them across the room, I quickly lowered my lips to taste her before she could get too self conscious.
Lizzy moaned as I ran my tongue over her clit slowly. She tasted much sweeter than I thought she would, it made me want to bury my face in her even deeper. As I continued to lap her up, her moans became more rapid and at a higher pitch as she approached her release. I was painfully hard just thinking about how it would feel to have her making those beautiful noises as I thrust inside of her.
Her muscles contracted around me and she cried out as she reached her climax. I continued to lick her until her muscles relaxed, then I came up from between her legs and kissed her neck. Now that I have had a taste of her, I wanted more. I wanted to make love to her and mark her, making her mine completely. I got onto the bed and pulled Lizzy down beside me. Claiming her lips greedily, I let my hands explore her body.
“Where is my beautiful daughter in law?” My mom’s voice came floating into our room from somewhere downstairs. Lizzy shrieked in fear before pulling away from me and leaping to her feet. She scoured the room, desperately looking for where I had thrown her panties but they were nowhere to be seen.
My mom swept into the room, there was a huge smile on her face. Lizzy smiled back but her smile was an anxious one, there is no chance that my mother would miss the smell of Lizzy’s arousal in the room. She wouldn’t say anything about it but even so, just knowing that she knew what we had been up to was making Lizzy uncomfortable.
“I came to get Lizzy ready for her party.” My mom told us, she was so excited that she was having a difficult time keeping still. My mom loved a party and she would use any excuse to throw one, it looked as though this was her latest excuse.
“Party?” Lizzy asked. She glanced at me and her eyes went wide in panic as she glanced at something behind me.
“Yes, we are having a party this evening for your birthday. Now hurry up, we have to get you pampered and ready to dazzle everyone.” My mom gushed.
I glanced over my shoulder at where Lizzy was looking, her panties were hanging on the edge of the bedside cabinet. I quickly moved to hide them from my mom’s view. While Lizzy was getting her coat and her backpack I backed up slightly and reached my hand out, taking her underwear from the edge of the cabinet and hiding them in my back pocket.
I waited until Lizzy was ready to leave before pulling her body to mine for a goodbye kiss. Using our proximity as a chance to transfer her underwear into the pocket of her coat.