Bear Unbound: A BBW Bear-Shifter Romance (Shift Your Fate Book 1) by Cara Wylde

Rebecca.
    “Oh my God, he knows about Tyler…” What if Stephan did something to Tyler? He was insane enough to go there, and he certainly had the power to do it. It would all be her fault, too. All of it. “What am I going to do? Shit… what am I going to do?”
    After a while, she stopped sobbing and decided she couldn’t sit there forever. She had to clean herself up. She stood up, but a wave of nausea overtook her, her knees buckled, and she caught the edge of the table before she collapsed. The smartphone hit the soft carpet, and Amber’s hand flew to her mouth, afraid that she might throw up before she got to the bathroom. Nothing happened, though, and the dizziness soon subsided, leaving a faint headache throbbing between her temples.
    “I haven’t eaten anything,” she concluded. “That must be it. I need to eat.”

 
    CHAPTER FOUR
     
    Amber spent her whole day with Ava. Rebecca worked in her home office, and Amber knew she could leave Ava for a while and go talk to her friend, but she didn’t want to. Stephan’s words had scared her so much that she felt like she had to keep an eye on her daughter all the time. They weren’t safe. No, they couldn’t be safe when the man who was supposed to be the most important person in their lives was completely mad.
    They finished the fairy house, and Amber baked it for a couple of minutes. While the beautiful masterpiece was cooling off, Ava said she was tired and wanted to sleep for an hour, so her mother tucked her in, kissed her forehead, and didn’t leave the bedroom until she made sure Ava was asleep. Even then, she left the door cracked open. She went to make some tea for her and Rebecca, taking the time to think about what she was going to tell her. Everything about Tyler and what had happened last night, of course, but first she had to warn her about her husband. As she was pouring the hot water in two cups, her phone rang. She smiled when she saw Tyler’s ID.
    “Hey!”
    “Hi, sweetie! How are you? I’m sorry I didn’t call sooner. I was stuck in a long, boring meeting. My boss wants to do some re-branding on the newest advertising campaign, even though it’s supposed to be launched in two days. I swear, these people have no idea how branding and design work.”
    Amber laughed. It was amazing how Tyler could cheer her up so easily. All he had to do was call her “sweetie”, and butterflies would start fluttering in her stomach. But it wasn’t only that. He was telling her about his job, treating her as an equal. Stephan had never done that. He had always given her the impression that she was too dumb to understand the important work he was doing at his father’s software company.
    “Oh, I’m sure you’ll manage it,” she said.
    “I don’t know,” he said jokingly. “I’ve been really distracted lately. I can’t remember half of what’s been discussed in the meeting. There’s this image of this beautiful, sexy lady popping up in my mind every time I try to concentrate on work.”
    Amber chuckled. “You’re so sweet.”
    “No, you!”
    She dipped the tea bags in the hot water, then went to get the honey.
    “So,” Tyler continued. “What’s up?”
    “Nothing much…” Should she tell him about Stephan? She didn’t want to sound whiny. “I was just making tea and getting ready to chill with Rebecca. I’ve been working on a polymer clay fairy house for the past few hours and I’m whipped. My fairy princess is wiped too, ‘cause she’s asleep. She didn’t even wait for the thing to cool off.”
    “That sounds like so much fun!” Tyler laughed wholeheartedly. “When will I get to meet your fairy princess?”
    Amber bit the inside of her lip. She appreciated that he cared about her daughter and wanted to meet her, but she couldn’t possibly let Ava know about Tyler. She was already lying to her by not telling her about the divorce. Introducing Tyler to her as a friend when they were actually lovers didn’t sound