Forbidden Bear (Bear Creek Biker Bears #1)(20)

“Will came up with an idea to get you back in favour.”

“Joel, I appreciate that. But I’ve been giving it some thought and I am going to hand the presidency to one of the others.”

“You are?” He looked over to where the others were waiting. “Are you sure you don’t want in on this? One last deal.”

“I don’t want you or the others getting mixed up with us. It’s not good for you. I aimed to tell them tonight and then come over to your place after. I might need to keep my head down for a day or two once they know about you.”

“I’ll come with you.”

“This is something I should do on my own.”

“It scares me.” He touched her arm, and she knew he wanted to be there, to protect her. Yet his presence was only ever going to make things worse.

“I can handle it,” she assured him.

“I know you can, but it still scares me,” he said softly.

“OK. I’ll tell you what. My mom wants to meet you. I know she would prefer some warning. But why not come with me to meet her and then I’ll go over to the hangout. If there’s trouble you’ll be close by.”

“Now?”

“Oh, you want to go with your gang?” Of course, he would. They had made arrangements and now she was messing them up. “Don’t worry, I’ll handle this and then meet you.”

“It’s not that.” He looked nervous. “It’s meeting your mom. What if she doesn’t like me?”

“She will. Although don’t tell her you were going on some deal. I told her you were a reformed character.” Mia smiled to herself at his fear of her mom. He had nothing to worry about; all her mom wanted was to get her children out of Wolf Valley, even if that meant Mia going to live in Bear Creek.


“I need to speak to the others.” Joel backed away and then turned to go over to his friends.

She waited, unable to hear what was being said. But eventually he turned and walked back, smiling.

“What did they say?”

“Oh, something about a bear with a collar and leash.”

“Really? Look, we can put this off.”

“They were joking. They are going to do the first part of the deal and then we meet them back here. I have this fantasy, where we ride with them. You are on the back of my bike and then when we’ve finished we go someplace and, well … I’ll let you fill in the rest.”

“On the back? I am used to being in the driving seat.” Then a thought came to her. “Sure. That sounds like a plan, If you go on the back of my bike now. That way no one will see a strange bike in Wolf Valley and ask any questions.”

“On the back of your bike?”

“Don’t you trust your mate, Joel? Or are you a control freak?”

“I trust you enough. It’s only… you want me to get on the back of your bike and go into wolf territory—what if I need a quick getaway?”

“Then I am your girl. Come on. I’ll look after you.” She cocked her head on one side and raised an eyebrow. “We’ll be an hour at most. I drop you off at my house and then I go over and break the news to the others. I come back, we leave.”

He shook his head, still not sure.

Mia went to him, her hand going to rub his cock though his leather pants. Feeling him harden, she came up with a new idea, which was to forget about it all and just head back to his place so he could make love to her. Instead, she whispered, “I’m all packed and ready to go. We will get to spend tonight together and then every night for the rest of our lives.”

He groaned, unable to resist. “I am putting my life in your hands, Mia.”

“Don’t worry; I am never going to let anything happen to you.” Then she put her helmet on and climbed onto her bike.

He smiled, and she wondered what he thought about having a woman speak to him like that. By the look on his face, Joel appeared to like it, the thought of his female being willing to lay down her life for him. Well, perhaps that was a little romantic. But she would fight to protect him in the same way he would fight to protect her.

Making sure his bike was well off the road and secure, he slipped his leg over her bike and sat down. It took him a minute or two to get comfortable, and she waited patiently, assuming he had never ridden pillion before.

When he had finally settled down, with his arms wrapped around her, his hands sneaking far higher up her body towards her breasts than any other man would have dared, she kicked the bike into action and took off at speed. Joel tightened his grip and she was sure she heard him curse under his breath.

This was going to be fun.

Taking the twists and turns at a fast, but safe, speed, she grew used to having him on the back and adjusted her actions to anticipate the movements of his big body. All too soon, they were on the outskirts of town, and she could feel him tense as they sped past more houses. Mia suddenly became acutely aware of how dangerous this was. Bringing a bear into wolf territory.

He should be under her protection, but she wasn’t sure those rules still applied. However, she relaxed as she pulled into the driveway of her house and saw the lights on. Her mom was home. Mia could introduce Joel to her, go across town to tell Traff he was welcome to the title of president if he wanted it, and then ride off into her new future with Joel.