“I know you haven’t decided yet, which is fine. I’m not pressuring you. I’m simply saying I don’t want to play without you.”
He started to tug on me. “Look at me,” Seth demanded. “Please.” Conceding, I kneeled between his legs. Seth cupped my cheeks and held me firmly. “I love you.”
“I know.”
“I’m not leaving you.”
“What?” Hope flared painfully in my chest, igniting my inner fire and lighting up my scales. Was it possible? “You haven’t said anything.”
His forehead pressed against mine. “I wanted to make a fuss. I wanted to give an elaborate proposal or something. Maybe buy you another piece of jewelry. I was thinking aboutcommissioning a ring. That’s what we humans do on Earth, or at least in the US.”
“What?” I asked again, voice breaking.
“I thought you would know when I told you I loved you, but then Urgg said you needed the words.”
I tried to hug him, but the angle made it difficult. Seth shifted to his knees to draw me into his embrace. I crushed him to my chest. “You’re staying with me.”
“I am,” he replied. “I’m staying with you forever.”
Chapter 43
What if?
The first thing I saw when I woke was Seth asleep on his stomach, his arm hanging off the edge of our bed, and Lucy curled up on his back. The sight of the two of them made me beam. My husband. My mate. Seth was staying. He’d picked me, and I would forever be grateful.
One of Lucy’s golden eyes cracked open. I wiggled my fingers. She stretched, butt in the air. As she hopped off Seth’s back, I expected her to come to me, but she jumped off the bed and strutted from the room.
“Seriously?” I asked her retreating form.
“She’s a cat. What do you expect?” Seth asked, voice thick with sleep.
“Husband,” I said, pressing a kiss to his shoulder blade.
“Morning,” he croaked before taking a deep breath and snuggling back against his pillow. I chuckled and kissed his neck. “It’s early,” he protested.
“Is it?” I asked, kissing him again.
He didn’t answer, so I kept kissing his neck; my lips wandered down his spine, pressing whisper-soft touches and nibbles on his skin. Seth groaned. I continued until I nipped the round globe of his ass. He rolled over and drew me on top of him.
I pressed my lips against his and dragged my claws down his arms. Seth shivered, mouth opening. My hips started to grind against his, and our kisses grew faster and harder. I invaded his mouth, and he sucked on my tongue, making me moan.
“I guess it isn’t too early,” I commented, feeling the hardness of his cock against my hip.
Seth didn’t bother to respond and took possession of my mouth. He sucked on my lower lip, then bit it as he rocked under me, our cocks brushing. I moaned, desperate for him. I ripped my lips away from his and slid down his body. I nipped and sucked on his skin, licking each of his nipples. Seth squirmed under me. I rolled one of his nipples between my fingers while I sucked on the other, teasing it with my tongue.
“Kal,” he cried.
Seth was so sensitive, and I loved it.
I continued moving down, placing kisses on the swell of his stomach, licking his navel, until I reached my target. I lapped a bead of pre-seed off his cock, the taste bitter yet delicious. Seth called my name again.
I ran my tongue around the crown of his cock before placing open mouthed kisses along his shaft. I cupped his balls, gently squeezing them, and I took him in my mouth. Seth swore. Hiships bucked beneath me, sending him deeper. I moaned at the feel of him on my tongue and the taste of him on my lips.
Seth released a volley of cries intermixed with untranslated words. I sucked up his shaft, licking his slit with the point of my tongue. I traced the tight pucker of his ass, knowing he wouldn’t be able to hold out much longer. I would help him with stamina later. Right now, I was desperate to drink his release.
“So,” a deep voice said, “this is why you’re ignoring me.”
My soul froze within my chest, and Seth squeaked. I was up in a flash, whipping around to the screen, all the while keeping myself and Seth covered.
