want to order something or not?”
“Hi Seth,” Kate said. “I see you’ve met our new waitress, Ana. She’s going to help out Randy and take over the hours I had to drop because of Gage and the baby.”
Kate put her arm around Ana’s shoulders as if the two women were best friends and Seth noted his sister’s pointed glare. She wanted him to leave Ana alone. He complied.
For now.
Soon he would find out more.
He wanted to get to know Ana a lot better, in and out of the bedroom. He’d been attracted to women before, but this was the first time he felt as if a woman had been put on this earth specifically for him, and not just for sex. Something about her called to him and his bear. His protective instincts went wild and he wanted to whisk her away and protect her from the world. It didn’t make sense, he didn’t know her, but he wanted to more than anything.
“Great. I look forward to getting to know you better, Ana,” he said, and glanced at his menu. The moment served no purpose except to dissolve the imaginary hold she placed on him. Over the past month, he’d eaten there so many times he knew the menu by heart. When he looked at her again, his desire surged. He ordered by rote in an effort to appear casual.
“I’ll have the mega-burger, fries, a chocolate milkshake and a cup of coffee.”
“Great, I’ll be right back with your coffee.”
Ana turned on her heel, walked behind the counter and hung her ticket on the wheel for Randy in the kitchen. He shouldn’t have looked, but the need to see her backside took over. He’d been right. The jeans looked like a second skin and prominently displayed her lush, round ass. His dick grew painfully hard and he turned away before he embarrassed himself.
“Hey, Seth,” said Kate.
Too late.
Her voice penetrated the tunnel vision he had on Ana, and when he looked in her direction, she held a knowing smile. Thankfully, she didn’t comment on his strange behavior.
“When you’re done here, go check in with Gage, okay? He’ll want to know how I’m doing and you can give him a full report.” Kate winked and left his table to greet a new group of tourists.
He had a feeling Gage already knew the condition of his wife and the visit would be to discuss the new waitress.
Good. He wanted details and from her short answer earlier, it seemed he wouldn’t be getting them from the source anytime soon.
For the rest of his meal he watched her, filled with curiosity at his need to know more, but he kept quiet. She seemed to appreciate his silence and granted him a smile when she placed his bill on the table. The gesture was small and brief, and he would have missed it had he not been watching her raptly. His heart swelled at the tiny gift.
Mate!
She couldn’t be…could she? He’d proven in the past he didn’t know anything about mates. A long time ago he thought he did, but the woman he’d chosen had run far and fast when he’d revealed his bear. His feelings for his ex, though strong at the time, were nothing compared to what he felt for Ana.
Could she be the one?
He shook off the odd feeling and got up from his table to pay the bill. Ana met him at the counter and now that they were both standing, his lust resumed. She stood less than a foot shorter than him, and when she looked up at him with her brown orbs, he knew he was lost.
She owned him, and he would do anything to make her happy.
***
Ana Smith glanced down at the receipt and gasped. The man, Seth, had left her a ten dollar tip on a ten dollar meal. Did he know she’d spent nearly all of her money on rent and desperately needed cash to buy groceries? She looked down at her clothing, but other than being too tight, the pieces were clean. The shirt had been given to her by the café owner, but the jeans were her own. She didn’t think they looked worn-out and threadbare, at least not yet.
“Is everything okay?” Kate asked.
“I think he made a mistake. He left me a ten dollar
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