Alpha’s Badass Mate novel

---- 4years since I lost you It was fine. The jacket could be laundered. Alex let himself revel in bliss, in the curl of their scents together, musky with sex. His beautiful mate was heavy on top of him, but of course Alex didn't mind. His inner alpha was pleased, and a low, rumbling purr started up in his chest as he stroked his ashly hair. When his knot went down, they'd have to clean up and air out the room.

But for now, they could just be present with one another, learning each other's bodies again. It had been too long. He'd missed Ashly so much. He misses his time with Ashly so much, but now he is back. And his mate is his again. "Are you okay, baby?" Alex mumbled after a moment, tipping his head to brush kisses on Ashly's puffy hair. "Mm, better than ever," Ashly responded, stretching slowly and testing her muscles.

Alex Knot needed another minute, and the shift inside Ashly made both of them gasp. Alex rested his hand on his mate's lower back to still her. "Maybe not just yet." Ashly snuggled a laugh against her magdy throat. Her fingers curled and uncurled against his manly chest, then slid up to cup the opposite side of his neck. ---- Aphone started to ring. "Shit, can you reach it?" Alex asked , trying to look above his own head to see whose it was.

Ashly tried halfheartedly to get it, but the phone was clearly out of her reach anyway. "We'll just have to call them back later," she said, burying her face in her Alpha neck again. "What if it's the nanny?" Alex said, his heart racing with worry. If something had happened to his adom and they missed the call because they were stuck together at the crotch, "Tt?s not the nanny; it's your sister," Ashly muttered sullenly.

Which was almost worse, because Alex realized with a sudden jolt that he hadn't told his sister about all this shit, about him being back with his mate, and about Adom. He put a hand over his eyes. "Shit, fuck, she's going to kill me." Ashly pinched him. "It's just a phone call. Calm the fuck down, baby." "No, it's-" Alex took a deep breath and let it out, trying to follow his mate advice.

In his defense, he'd intended to tell her, and then they'd have to deal with that crisis at work before he got a chance. He went back to stroking Ashly's hair and explained, "She doesn't know we're back together." ---- "Oh. Shit," Ashly said. "You're right; you're definitely in trouble, but why didn't you tell her?" "As soon as I tell her about Adom, she's probably going to be on the next flight here," Alex said. He wouldn't mind if his sister and her husband came to visit.

It hadn't been that long since he came back to his hometown, but she would be thrilled to see Ashly and Adom. Maybe his husband could come too. It would be nice to have his whole family together. Ashly hummed and shifted again, but this time it was clear that his mate knot had shrunk enough for them to separate. Alex gripped the base of his cock around the condom as Ashly pulled off, and then set about disposing of the condom and getting it cleaned up.

After they'd opened the balcony doors to air out the room and taken a quick shower, Ashly picked the conversation back up as though it had never ended. " There's a spare room we could make up for her. I have plenty of space." "Oh," Alex said, momentarily blindsided. "You want her to stay with us?" Ashly visibly hesitated, glancing at her mate and then away again. "Unless she wants to have her own place here," she said. "No, she doesn't," Alex replied. He also hesitated and then said, "She would probably at least bring her