Dating Agency Bear: BBW Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance (BRIDES fur BEARS Book 6) by Natalie Kristen Read Free Book Online Page A

knees.”
She raised her teacup and said, “I'm rooting for you, Damien.
And this isn't a date. It's just two old friends catching up over
dinner.”
    They clinked their cups
together. “To my partner in crime,” Damien declared.
    Scarlett wagged her finger.
“No, no, no. I'm not your partner in anything. I'm just an
innocent bystander. I'll look and I'll laugh, but I'm not doing your
work for you. You get your woman yourself, Damien,” she said
sternly.
    Damien huffed. “She's
a hard nut to crack.”
    “Penelope? Why, she's
a sweetheart,” Scarlett said, heaping more fried rice onto her
plate.
    “She's going to kill me
when she finds out, you know.”
    “You fully deserve it,”
Scarlett said, munching contentedly.
    “Some kind of partner
you are,” Damien sniffed. “You don't have my back at
all.”
    Scarlett laughed. “Penelope
has your back. She's been standing outside in the cold, freezing
wind for an hour now. She's never taken her eyes off you the whole
time.”
    Damien started. “You
noticed?”
    “Well, when you used
your chopsticks to feed me earlier, she raked her nails down the
glass. I think most of the diners in the restaurant heard her.”
    Damien shook his head and bit
the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing. “I've never had
a stalker before,” he said in a mock whisper. “What do I
do?”
    Scarlett laughed. “I
think it's the other way round. You've been watching Penelope and
planning your moves for some time now.”
    “You're one smart lady,
you know that?” Damien said, grinning.
    They finished the rest of the
food and Damien insisted on paying for dinner. He drove Scarlett
home and walked her to her front door.
    “I had a great time.
You are a great gal, Scarlett,” he said sincerely.
    “A great gal pal?”
she teased.
    “The greatest gal pal a
guy could ask for,” he answered and gave her a chaste peck on
the cheek.
    “Good night, Damien.
And good luck!” She winked and went into her house.

CHAPTER
NINETEEN

    Penelope sat in her car and
stewed. Oh she was mad, all right. She was mad at everything and
everyone, but most of all, at herself. She should have gone straight
home after seeing Damien and Scarlett having the time of their lives
at Wong's Wok. She had seen enough, hadn't she?
    Instead, she had waited in
the parking lot like a damn fool until she saw Damien and Scarlett
strolling out of the restaurant, all smiles and affectionate banter.
    She should have left then.
But noooooo.
    She had to continue being
this crazy, obsessed stalker and follow Damien's car all the way to
Scarlett's house.
    She saw Damien give Scarlett
a kiss at her front door. They seemed to really like each other.
Penelope tensed when she saw Scarlett open her front door wider as
she stepped into the house. Was she inviting Damien in?
    Penelope sagged in relief
when Scarlett closed the door and Damien jogged back to his car.
Closing her eyes, she forced herself to relax her grip on her
steering wheel. If Scarlett had invited Damien in, she was certain
she would have ripped the steering wheel right off and flung it
through Scarlett's window.
    “I'm going crazy,”
she muttered. She should just get herself home and soak in her
bathtub. She needed to get the tension out of her body and calm the
hell down.
    A horny, jealous matchmaker
was a danger to one and all.
    Penelope's eyes widened when
she saw Damien's car turning around. He was coming towards her.
    Panicking, Penelope slid down
in her seat and grabbed her handbag to cover her face. Hopefully
Damien wouldn't recognize her car and would just zoom past her.
    She heard his car roar past.
Sneaking a peak through the side window, she saw his car disappearing
down the street.
    “Whew! That was
close,” she mumbled.
    Starting the engine, she
pulled away from the curb and made her way home in a rather lousy
mood.
    Damien was a client of the
agency. Setting him up on a nice date was the right thing to do. So
why did it feel so wrong?
    She'd