Chapter 227

“We should get back to doing our job,” I point out when he lets me loose and rubs his nose against mine. The intimacy between us is my favorite thing in the world, a bubble of contentment where I can inhale everything that’s him, and my world feels whole. Sadly, real life has responsibilities and duties, and we are not even close to dinner yet. “Or…. We could go upstairs and take a nap……. The energetic kind.” he winks, husky with his words, and I eyeroll impulsively. “Honestly, if I had known your libido was this overactive, I may have rethought marking you.” I giggle when I push him off, liking that he hauls me straight back to him, always eager to keep us joined in touch. Colton never wants to stray apart for long. The need to be beside me, hold me, overwhelms him, and I guess it’s the same for me. Imprinting gives you this undying need to be together every second, or it doesn’t feel right. We must have contact when close or in the same space, or it feels wrong. “It’s not my fault.