The Wolf’s Fake Mate by Layla Silver
Chapter 7 – Silas
I couldn’t forget the kiss. I couldn’t deny my attraction to Hailey either. Even if I had wanted to resist it—and I hadn’t—I knew what was going on in my heart. Hailey Morran was my mate; the other part of me. That was the only way to explain my fierce reaction to the wolf boy touching her the other day and trying to lay a claim on her yesterday. Those incidents had ruffled my fur like nothing else could because they went against everything I believed—and I believed that Hailey was mine. She didn’t realize yet how serious I was; she had resisted the attraction between us. But I would make her accept my claim.
If I’d been asked a year ago, back when I’d been with the panther pride, if I wanted to have a mate, I would have denied it. The truth was, I didn’t want to marry another shifter like myself. The panther females were dominant, and it was our task as males to serve them, be at their every call, and submit to them during sex. None of those duties fit me; I’d dreaded the day Allegra would set me up with a woman from the pride. I didn’t feel like I belonged to that group anyway. When Renly took me and his sibling, Alex, away from the pack and Kaia extended her protection to us, I felt like I could breathe more easily.
Hailey Morran was a perfect mate for me. When I kissed her, I felt the passion she hid under her cold, professional facade. She submitted to me perfectly, satisfying my need for dominance. I knew that when we finally ended up having sex, it would be mind-blowing.
All I had to do was chip at her armor slowly but steadily. Hailey was a woman worth conquering. This would be a challenge, and I happened to like complex tasks.
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The day started at Sun and Moon, and Hailey and I had the first shift—Aisha and Nick would come in later and close the restaurant. Hailey greeted me professionally and replied to my attempts at light banter with short, curt sentences. I didn’t let myself get discouraged by her coldness. Hailey was dressed according to the restaurant’s dress code in the white blouse and dark green pants I provided to all the employees. Layered on top was the apron with the Sun and Moon logo, which I found adorable on her.
The first customers came, were served a delicious breakfast, and left with smiles on their faces. Hailey aside, everything was going as planned, and I couldn’t help but feel happy with how the restaurant was running.
Soon it was break time, and before I could approach Hailey, she holed up in the staff room with Francesca Russell, whom I’d hired as Head Waitress. I heard the two wolf shifters talk about Hailey’s sister Gabriella’s upcoming wedding with Francesca’s brother Tobias, so I didn’t interrupt them.
Aisha and Nick came in, and we spent the rush hours serving more customers. Business wasn’t bad for the first day, though there weren’t many customers overall. I could only hope things would stabilize after the first month.
Finally, Hailey and I completed our shift. I instructed my other two employees on what to do in the last few hours before closing Sun and Moon and then made my way to my office to write a report on how the day had gone.
Ten minutes later, there was a light but decisive knock on the door.
“It’s open!” I informed my visitor. My senses picked up a wolf shifter female, so I got up from my seat. Soon after, the door opened, and in came Hailey.
“We need to talk,” she said thoughtfully.
I smirked in response. Well, well, so the wolf shifter realized we had something to talk about too.
“You’re not gonna like what I’m going to say,” Hailey continued, grimacing at the sight of my smile. Her words only made me smile more brightly, flashing my teeth at her.
The wolf shifter sighed then sat down in front of me. I followed her example, sinking into my dark brown leather chair.
“What is it that you’re oh-so sure I’m going to dislike?” I asked her in a sweet tone.
I was sure she was going to talk about the kiss and my claim on her, which made joy bustle in my chest. I simply loved the idea that she would acknowledge what had happened between us yesterday rather than ignoring it. No matter what her response was, I could work with it to move us forward.
Hailey shifted in her seat, looking uncomfortable. I waited for her to gather the courage to tell me what she wanted to say.
“After yesterday, my family thinks we are mating,” she said finally, then stopped to look at me to judge my reaction.
I was surprised the information had spread so quickly, but also pleased. If Hailey’s family knew and wasn’t at my doorstep trying to murder me for an attempt at laying a claim on their daughter, I had their acceptance. Given how close Hailey was to her family, I would ask them personally for their blessing later anyway, but it was encouraging to know they approved.
“The good thing is Paul won’t bother me anymore. It was Aunt Evangeline’s idea to set us up,” Hailey continued, and I grimaced, remembering the wolf boy. My future mate, however, interpreted my displeasure differently. “I’m sorry. I know you only did that….” She referred to the kiss without naming it, but I got the meaning, “because you wanted to help me out, but...”
I opened my mouth, trying to interrupt her. I needed to deny this huge misconception. How the hell had she reached that conclusion? I only kissed women I wanted to kiss, and I didn’t go around saying everyone that I kissed was mine. Who did she take me for? A helpless womanizer?
Meanwhile, Hailey continued. “My family is very traditional. They are not going to let me go to Gabriella’s wedding without a partner. I know we are employer and employee—” as if that boundary hadn’t been completely breached by our heated make-out session—“but I’d like to ask you… could you pretend to be my boyfriend until the wedding?”
I couldn’t help but feel shocked by her question. Did Hailey just ask me to date her? She only wanted this to be a fake relationship, but it gave me an opening I could use to get closer to her. A plan had already started forming in my mind.
Seeing I was shocked, Hailey rambled, her cheeks adorably red from embarrassment. “Forget it. This idea is beyond stupid. I was only thinking of myself when I proposed it. The amount of family events you’d have to go to with me before the wedding is way too many. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
“I’ll do it,” I said, smirking mischievously.
Now it was the wolf shifter’s turn to be shocked. “You will…?!”
“I’ll play the part of your mate,” I explained, then I got up and came to her side.
Hailey finally caught up with what I said. Quickly, she stood so that I didn’t loom over her, then she sighed in relief. “Thank you, oh, thank you!” she exclaimed happily. “You don’t know how much this means to me!”
My future mate smiled at me. It was a bright, open-hearted expression I had never seen on her face before. Her smiles were strained and professional, and they tended to be soft and small. However, this one tilted my world on its axis. Hailey looked gorgeous in this moment of feeling safe enough around me to drop her armor. I was grateful to the world for having given me such a beautiful person as my mate.
I felt a bit guilty about what I was planning to do next; however, I had to get closer to her for the sake of our future.
“However, for people to buy that we are mating,” I started, staring intensely into Hailey’s gray eyes, “we have to have a certain aura of intimacy between us. And for that, we must practice.”
“Practice?” she repeated, a confused expression on her pretty face.
“Yes, like this.” I leaned in closer to her and kissed her cheek. Then, I trailed a path of kisses all the way to the corner of her mouth. Hailey looked at me, too stunned to react. “And like this,” I said before I placed another soft kiss on her lips. That one she responded to, and when I kissed her again, she kissed me back.
“I don’t think…” my mate tried to resist me between the kisses.
I gently put a hand on her neck to hold her in place. My other palm went to her hip to pull her closer. “Yes, don’t think. Just feel,” I replied.
I kissed her more firmly, and she tilted her head to better fit our lips together. Hailey moaned into the kiss, and I used this opportunity to plunge into her mouth with my tongue. She tasted like the restaurant’s raspberry cream dessert— the last thing we had made together before our shift had ended—mixed with the unique taste of Hailey. It was a taste I could get addicted to.
I moved both my hands to her hips and grabbed her firmly. I raised her up, which made her yelp and break the kiss. “What…” she started breathlessly, but before she could finish, I had her deposited on my desk and stepped in between her legs. I kissed her again, deeply and passionately, our tongues intertwining. Then I dominated the kiss, seeking her submission. Hailey gave it, moaning softly and wrapping her legs around my waist, which brought my hard cock against her soft mound. I was so aroused; I breathed heavily as I broke the kiss and placed my mouth against her neck. I sucked the skin there firmly, wanting to brand her as mine. My mate writhed against me, proving that her neck was her soft spot—not unusual for a shifter; they didn’t want anyone but their other half anywhere near their main artery. I took her response as a blessing that she trusted me to touch her there.
“Silas, please...” Hailey moaned my name, already begging. I chuckled and put my hands on her blouse, raising it gently. She raised her hands to help me, which pleased me. I looked into her eyes as I busied myself with unhooking her bra. Her gray orbs were cloudy with lust. She wanted me; there was no way she could deny the truth.
Her small but firm breasts were soon free from her bra. Her rosy, pointy nipples quickly hardened from arousal and the cold air of the room. I leaned in and kissed the top of her breast while palming the other. Then I nudged her to lean against the desk, putting herself on display for me. She obliged, and I took in the beautiful view. I kissed around her breast and underneath it, then moved to the other. Hailey made a frustrated groan. I loved teasing her like this.
“Silas,” she called me again. It was a beautiful sound, my name on her lips. I awarded her by placing my mouth against her nipple and sucking in deeply. She moaned loudly, and her hips moved against me. I sucked more, and she ground herself against my erection. “Silas, please!” She moaned my name loudly, begging me again.
“What do you need, Hailey?” I asked her, needing her explicit consent to do what I wanted to do to her.
Hailey groaned, frustrated, but I stopped what I was doing to her breasts. She looked at me, anger flashing in her eyes. This reaction only heightened my arousal. My mate could fight her attraction to me all she wanted, but I would have her in the end.
“You,” she finally whispered softly. “I want you, Silas.”
It was like lightning had struck me, and the teasing time was over on my end. I yanked at Hailey’s pants, and she wiggled her hips to make it easier to take them down. Soon they were on the floor, alongside her simple black cotton panties. I adored her practicality. Not every woman had to wear lace to appear arousing. A simple black bra and panties were so Hailey, and they were enough to make me hard, but I vastly preferred her naked.
I kneeled down in front of Hailey, bringing my face on a level with her cunt. I held down the legs as she tried to close them when she realized what I was about to do.
“No, not this!” she protested, panicking.
“Shhh…” I silenced her softly. “I’ll make it good for you, I swear….” I breathed some air on her cunt, which was already glistening with arousal. Hailey moaned and thrashed against me. She was so sensitive. I couldn’t wait to dig in; I was so ready to finally taste her.
“But—” Hailey still protested, though less convincingly this time.
“No matter what your experiences are with being eaten out in the past, I promise you, I’ll take good care of you,” I said, looking her in the eyes.
My mate must have seen the confirmation she needed in my gaze because she bit her lip and then nodded. “Okay,” she said softly.
I smiled approvingly then leaned in closer to Hailey’s pussy, and I breathed her in. To my heightened shifter senses, her smell was simply irresistible. Her arousal was the most perfect scent I had ever experienced, which didn’t surprise me—I’d heard one could get addicted to everything about their mate.
I was so fucking hard, but my own pleasure had to wait. I had to take care of my mate first so that she would be ready to take me when the time came, but also simply because I loved the idea of going down on her.
And soon, I found out Hailey’s taste was as exquisite as her smell. I savored her, learning quickly how she liked things done and adapting to her preferences. She was better than a gourmet meal, and I knew I would never get tired of this experience. When my mate’s legs began to tremble, I put a finger into her tight channel, then another, and started pumping into her.
“Silas!” she muffled her own scream with her hands, not wanting to attract the attention of the rest of Sun and Moon’s staff to us. I realized I’d left the door unlocked, and the idea of someone walking in on us fucking only heightened my arousal.
I pumped my fingers into Hailey’s cunt while I continued to lick her juices. Finally, I put my thumb on her clit and rubbed it. She came apart, screaming my name into her hands, and I continued to pump my fingers into her, prolonging her climax.
When she fell limp against my desk, ruffling the papers I had laid out, I got up and enjoyed the view. Hailey lay limply in front of me, her breathing slowly returning to normal. However, I wasn’t done with her yet. I finally took my pants and underwear off, my cock standing at attention. I was so fucking hard and ready for her, the tip of my shaft glistening with precum. From my bag, I took out my wallet. Inside I had a condom—why the hell I walked around with it in there even though I hadn’t had an intimate encounter with anyone for at least half a year, fuck me if I knew. But I felt lucky that I had one.
I quickly put it on my shaft. I realized that Hailey was watching me, wonder and arousal in her lazy, unfocused eyes. I was huge compared to other men, and I knew my mate noticed that fact when she licked her lips. I couldn’t wait to be inside her.
With the condom on, I leaned over Hailey and gently but firmly grabbed her by the hips. She was confused about what I wanted her to do but didn’t resist when I picked her up easily, then flipped her over, so her butt was on display. I put a hand on her back, gently holding her down, which pushed her ass more in the air.
“W-wait... “Hailey whimpered. “This position…” The back of her neck was flushed. She must have been embarrassed, and I found her apparent lack of experience endearing. Hailey was no virgin, but I knew a woman who wasn’t well cared for when I saw one.
“Hush… I’ll make it good,” I said softly. “Trust me.”
Hailey nodded, and I felt her submission. With a satisfied groan, I rubbed my cock against her wetness. She was beyond ready for me and moved her hips against me. My mate wanted me, and I wanted her. There was nothing more beautiful than that combination.
I positioned myself just right, then with a hard thrust I seated myself inside her. Hailey moaned loudly. “Fuck, yes,” I whispered. She was so fucking tight, I almost came right then, but I controlled myself. “You’re perfect,” I praised Hailey, and she whimpered in response. I was going to make it unforgettable for her, I mentally promised both her and myself.
I grabbed Hailey’s hips firmly, then began pumping into her at a steady pace. She moved her hips in rhythm with my thrusts. Soon, I couldn’t hold back anymore, and I had to quicken my pace to fuck her harder.
“Yes, yes!” Hailey moaned. “Like that!” she exclaimed when I angled my hips just right to hit her sweet spot. Knowing where it was, I made sure to touch it every time I thrust into her.
Hailey was a writhing, moaning mess beneath me. I was at my limit too. “Come for me,” I commanded as I put a hand on her clitoris and rubbed it.
Hailey came apart beneath me, the force of her orgasm making her tighten against me. With one final thrust, I followed her in the embrace of the most powerful orgasm I’d ever had in my life. I rode her as wave after wave shook me.
When I finished, I lay on top of her, the smell of our intimacy apparent in the air. I got up, not wanting to crush her, and slipped out of her. Hailey lay limp on the desk, entirely exhausted. I noted with satisfaction that there was no way she could walk after what I’d done to her.
I took a pack of hand wipes out of my bag and cared for her as best as I could. Then I dressed back in my clothes and helped Hailey dress in hers. Her movements were sluggish, and she looked at me dazed as if she didn’t realize where she was and what was happening to her.
After we looked somewhat ready to face the civilized world, I picked up Hailey in my arms. She yelped, surprised, but I kissed her to silence her protests. When she was calm again, we went out into the corridor of the restaurant and then out the door that connected it to the rest of the hotel. The elevator came for us quickly, and up we went to the top floor and to my suite. I carried Hailey to my bedroom and deposited her beneath the soft covers. Luckily, we’d met no people on our way here.
“Sleep,” I told my mate softly, and she mumbled something incoherent, already falling asleep in my soft bed. I took a quick shower, then joined her, but I didn’t feel like sleeping. I looked at her peaceful face, waiting for her to wake up, so we could continue our pleasant activities.
