Beary Overdue (Polar Bliss 1) by Ruby Shae Read Free Book Online

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    They’d been the perfect couple, and had spent nearly every waking moment together. Hell, she’d basically lived at his family’s house on the weekends, and the rest of the time she’d been in Polar Bliss . Who the hell had she been expecting to ask her to stay?
    “Oh, I love games,” his date said.
    “We’re leaving,” he said, standing. “Now.”
    He hurried his date toward the door, and they left without a word.
    Jillian had been his mate—his everything—and it had all been a lie.
    He couldn’t wrap his head around her betrayal.

Chapter Five
     
    Thump! Thump! Thump!
    Jillian jolted awake and glanced at the glowing clock on the motel room nightstand.
    Two-thirty in the morning.
    She’d been dreaming about Reid turning into his bear during dinner, and then crossing the table to attack her. It had seemed so real…
    Thump! Thump! Thump!
    The loud banding noise rattled her motel room door, and she nearly screamed. The same noise had led up to Reid’s transformation in her dream, and it took her a few seconds to realize someone was at the door. She glanced at the clock again, and quietly tip-toed toward the barrier.
    “Jillian, open the door.”
    She’d recognize his voice anywhere, but the fact that he was bellowing in the middle of the night sent her heart racing. She quickly unlocked the door and swung it open.
    “Reid, what’s the matter? Did something happen to Riley?”
    “Who the hell were you seeing besides me?” he shouted.
    “Um…what?”
    She was still half asleep, and she had no idea what he was yelling about. Or why he was yelling. Or basically anything at all. It was as if she’d woken in an alternate universe where Reid still talked to her, and he was acting…jealous?
    “Who was he, Jillian?” he growled. “Who didn’t ask you to stay?”
    “I…what?”
    A gust of wind whooshed by the door, and she shivered and wrapped her arms around herself. She hadn’t given her pajamas a thought when she thought someone was in trouble, but now she cursed the pink cotton tank and matching Capri pants. The pants had cartoon drawings of cute polar bears riding sleds down a pink mountain, and her hard nipples poked through the thin material of the tank. Though she would never admit to feeling anything other than cold, Reid definitely noticed the way she filled out the soft cotton.
    “ Fuck!” he swore. “Get inside before you freeze to death.”
    He stepped into the room, and forced her to back away from the door. If he had been any other man, she would have protested, but he wasn’t any other man. He was Reid, and despite the fact that she really didn’t know him anymore, she knew he would never harm her.
    “I need a minute,” she said, excusing herself.
    She escaped to the restroom, and then silently groaned when she found a big piece of sleep in her eye. There wasn’t much she could do with Reid in the next room, and he’d already seen all of her flaws anyway, so she removed the sleep, washed her hands and used one of the complimentary plastic cups to soothe her dry throat.
    His close proximity had effected her more than she wanted to admit, and she took a deep breath and mentally located her sweatshirt before leaving the tiny sanctuary.
    When she reentered the room, Reid was leaning against the wall near the door. He straightened, and opened his mouth to speak, but she silenced him with a finger and quickly donned her sweatshirt and slippers.
    “Okay,” she said, sitting on the edge of the bed. “What exactly are you doing here, Reid?”
    “Who was he?” he asked, calmer than he appeared.
    “Who was who?” The few minutes of reprieve she’d taken had done nothing to help her understand him better.
    “The guy who didn’t ask you to stay?” he growled again. “Who were you dating besides me?”
    Now he was just pissing her off.
    “Are you drunk?” she asked, standing. “How could I have possibly dated anyone besides you? You’re not making any sense.”
    “Who.