Too Much To Bear: BBW Shifter Romance (Shifters of Spellholm Forest - The Bears) by Harmony Raines

their lovemaking.
    Fast and hard, he filled her with his seed, and she took it all, milking every last drop from his cock.
    Beck flopped down by the side of her, completely spent. He kissed her shoulder, and she felt his warm breath on her skin coming in short bursts as he tried to regain his breath.
    "I'm going to miss this."
    "Miss what?" she asked, turning to him.
    "Having access to you all day."
    "What's going to change?" she asked, suddenly afraid. Surely, he wasn't going to leave here again.
    "I need to get a job that pays more, if I'm going to support us properly. I love working for your dad, although I never thought farming would be for me."
    "Then why leave, money isn't everything."
    "I know, but I want to buy you nice things, and I can't if I don't have any money. I mean where are we going to live?"
    "Here."
    "I like your parents, Jenny. But please don't ask me to share a house with them. I'm not too good at being nice all the time."
    She sighed, resting her chin on her hand, deep down she knew he was right. He had his pride, but she hated the idea of being parted from him.
     

Beck
    Beck was back in the barn shovelling pig shit. It took his mind off the way things had been between him and Jenny all day. Things had started out so well this morning, a quick fuck before work started was definitely the best thing in the world. Then he told her about his plans to find a job elsewhere, and although she said she understood, he knew he had hurt her feelings.
    He would love to stay here and work alongside her. It was more rewarding than any of the numerous jobs he had ever taken on to pay his way. Yet there was no way his wages would stretch to keep them both, even if they lived frugally. No, he would have to look elsewhere, perhaps offering to help out on the farm in his spare time.
    His thoughts were consumed with what hope he might have of getting another job with next to no qualifications, when Jenny's dad cleared his throat, right behind Beck.
    Beck nearly jumped out of his bear hide, no one usually managed to sneak up on him like that. Jenny's dad simply smiled good naturedly.
    "Hi Beck."
    "Mr Hooper."
    "Call me Reg, please."
    "Reg," Beck said awkwardly, unsure what Jenny's dad wanted, and hoping he wasn't about to upset his future father in law.
    "No Beck. It seems we have some straight talking to do, you and me."
    "We do?"
    "Yes Beck," Mr Hooper smiled wider. "Now, don't worry, I'm not going to object to you marrying my daughter, but there is the problem of the farm."
    "Before you continue, I think I ought to come clean."
    The smile dropped from Reg's face. "Come clean?"
    "Yes. You know how I feel about your daughter, so you probably guessed why I took the job."
    "Ahh, yes of course."
    "I was willing to work here for low wages to be around her,"
    "And now you don't. What a pity." Reg looked most upset.
    "I would love to, but I need to earn more money, so we can get a place of our own."
    "Oh. So it's not the work you don't like."
    Beck looked down at the stuff he was shovelling. Did he really like working here amongst all this stinking mess? "No, I enjoy the work. And I'm not trying to get you to give me a raise," he added hastily.
    Reg was smiling again, “Glad to hear it because I wouldn't like to think I was being manipulated into paying you more."
    "No. I will look for work, and help out here as much as I can. Jenny loves it, and spends a lot of time working, I get that."
    "Good. Because you know the place will be hers one day?"
    "Jenny’s never spoken to me about it."
    "She's our only child, but it's not much fun unless there's someone working alongside you." He took a deep breath, and then bumbled on, "What I'm trying to say is that Jenny will inherit the farm, and it would put my mind at rest a good deal to know she has a partner, someone by her side."
    "Me?" Beck asked, trying to make sure he had understood correctly.
    "Yes, Beck. You. And of course, you would need to learn everything about the place first.