Wolf at the Door - Nicole Morgan Read online

  “Don’t get me wrong. I believe you. I have no doubts that you could hold your own when backed up against the wall. It’s just, you could have kicked me out last night. I would’ve left. Hell, I would’ve stopped, or done anything you’d asked. I meant it when I said I wouldn’t hurt you.”

  “And now you’re wondering… ?”

  He shrugged. “I guess I’m wondering why you trusted me. You don’t know me. You had absolutely no reason to trust me. I could have been just like that other wolf. Shit, I could have been worse.”

  “No.” wrapping her hands around his neck she continued, “You couldn’t have. It was in your eyes. I could feel it. Somehow I knew you wouldn’t hurt me.”

  “Yeah?”

  “That or I was just really horny and I wasn’t thinking clearly.”

  He chuckled and kissed the tip of her nose. “Maybe it was both?”

  “Probably.” She agreed.

  The ringing of his cell phone broke the moment and he searched the kitchen for the spot he’d kicked off his jeans the night before.

  “Where are my pants?”

  “Over there, by the fridge. I’ll get this stuff on the table. Go ahead and answer it.”

  As he dug through his pockets and couldn’t find the phone he took a look around the room. “Umm… I think it might’ve fallen out. Can you tell where it’s coming from?”

  “Oh yeah.” Natalie bent over and grabbed it from under the kitchen table. “It’s right… here.”

  He had been about to thank her until he saw the look in her eyes.

  “What’s wrong?”

  He’d no sooner asked her the question than his phone had stopped ringing and she turned to face him.

  “Gerri Wilder?”

  “Oh, yeah. Listen, babe… I need to tell you –.”

  “Gerri Wilder from Paranormal Dating Agency?”

  “Yeah, but –.”

  “I realize that you and I just met, but I’ve worked with that woman. She’s crazy. Like certifiable. I don’t know how she’s considered the best matchmaker around. Every single man she’s ever fixed me up with has been a nightmare. She was the one who introduced me to that other wolf I was telling you about.”

  He sighed. “I’m sorry about that. You have no idea how much I wish that had not happened to you. But, as far as Gerri is concerned –.”

  “No, it’s okay. You don’t owe me any explanations. We just met. We just… you know.”

  He tried not to smirk at the cute implication. “Yeah, I know what we did.”

  “All I’m saying is… well, if you and I are going to see each other then you can’t… I mean, ugh this is so frustrating. Why is dating so hard?”

  He couldn’t help but chuckle at her. She was too damn adorable. “Baby, seriously –.”

  “No, I don’t want you to see me as some crazy demanding woman just because we slept together. I just can’t see someone who is still dating, or seeing other people. Call me old fashioned, but I just can’t. It just creeps me out.”

  “More than a guy stalking you for two days?”

  She nodded. “Good point.”

  “Listen, I don’t want you to worry about Gerri or me dating.”

  “Really?”

  “Yeah, really.”

  “So, you’re not going to return her call? Or go on other dates?”

  “Well… “

  “I knew it.” Natalie shook her head. “I swear that woman is a nightmare to me. First she fixes me up with every douche bag in the western hemisphere. Then she gets mad at me for complaining, calling me difficult. Then she refuses to leave me alone, insisting she knows best and –.”

  “Babe, calm down.”

  “No, I can’t calm down. Because, I really like you, Nikko. I like you a lot. And last night meant something to me. And true to that woman’s craziness she just pops up wherever I don’t want her. Did you know that she actually called me a couple of nights ago? It was the night that you and I met at the gas station. I told her in no uncertain terms that I was done with her matchmaking and to leave me alone, but still she called. Completely insane, right? I mean who does that? Who continues to call someone even after they’ve asked to be left alone. It’s just nuts. It’s borderline stalking is what it is, and it –.”

  “Pretty much runs in the family.”

  She tilted her head to one side and looked at him curiously. “Huh?”

  “That kind of persistence, or… stalking… yeah, I think it sort of runs in our family. I come from a long line of people who refuse to take no for an answer.”

  “You family? You mean she’s related to… you’re… oh… wow.”

  “Yeah, I bet you didn’t see that one coming did you?”

  “Gerri Wilder and you are related?”

  “Babe, come on now. I know it can’t be taking this long for you to grasp it.” He teased.

  “No, I just… am surprised.”

  “At what? The knowledge that the same matchmaker who you say has acted with stalker like tendencies could also be related to the strange man who approached you in a gas station parking lot and proceeded to spend the next two days creepily stalking you as well? I got to say, hon. It kind of seems like a no brainer to me.”

  She laughed and he couldn’t help but love the twinkle in her eye when she did.

  “So, what do you think?”

  “About you being related to Gerri?”

  “Yeah. Do you think you can handle a family full of crazy ass stalkers?”

  “You’re not that bad.”

  “And neither is she. Sure she’s obnoxious, a know it all, and has literally no filter with anyone, but she really is the best cousin a guy could ask for.”

  “In matchmaking? I strongly disagree.”

  “Are you sure?” he pressed her back up against the counter.

  “Yeah, I’m sure. She fixed me up with jerk after jerk.”

  “But, if it hadn’t have been for her, I would’ve never found you.”

  “Wait, what? What do you mean?”

  With his thumb and forefinger he lifted her chin up, forcing her to look up and into his eyes. “Those gorgeous green eyes. I knew it from the instant I saw them I had to meet you. I knew one way or another I had to find a way to have you. That’s why I made her call you. She told me you wouldn’t say yes, but I had to try.”

  “You’re the reason she called?”

  “Uh huh.”

  “And I hung up on her?”

  “Yeah, but don’t worry. You made up for it by yelling at me right before I gave you a quarter.”

  She winced and furrowed her brow. “I guess I can be kind of ornery sometimes.”

  “Yes you can. Ornery, beautiful, sexy, and so damn hypnotic it drove me to commit a felony.”

  “A felony?” her eyes widened in surprise.

  “Surely you don’t think I stalk every woman I meet.”

  “You better not!”

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Nicole Morgan has been writing since 2009 and is an author of erotic romance novels, which more often than not have a suspenseful back story. Erotic romance mixed with good old-fashioned whodunit. While she’s written everything from contemporary to paranormal, her leading men will more than likely be wearing a uniform of some kind. From military to police officers, she has a love for writing about those who protect and serve. From her very first novel (which turned into a four book series) about Navy SEALs to her more recent releases you will be sure to find a few twists and turns you were not expecting.

  Nicole also writes under the pen names of Taylor Brooks and Nicki Day.

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  Other titles by Nicole Morgan

  Intimate Persuasions (Intimate Temptations 1)

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  Intimate Seductions (Intimate Temptations 3)

  Sweet Redemption (Sweet Awakenings 1)

  Sweet Salvation (Sweet Awakenings 2)

  Sweet Vengeance (Sweet Awakenings 3)

  Sweet Affliction (Sweet Awakenings 4)

  Impetuous (Incessant Passions 1)

  Tempestuous (Incessant Passions 2)

  The Nexus (The Paladins 1)

  Risqué Renovation (Blue Collar 1)

  USA Today bestselling title,

  Shadow’s Mark (Shadow Legions 1)

  Night Falls (Racinitine Pack 1)

  Super Nova (Racinitine Pack 2)

  Secrets of the Hollows (The Hollows 1)

  Storm of Seduction (Gilpin County Search and Rescue 1)

  Bossy Boots (Spryth Bloodline 1)

  USA Today bestselling title,

  The Best Man

  Cowboys Only

  Removing the Layers

  Surrender Her Inhibitions

  Beautiful Mess

  Surrounded by Roses

  Remind Me

  Love Knows No Boundaries

  Sudden Devotion

  When Promise Meets Passion

  Entice Me