It seemed like the males definitely got the short end of the stick with this mate business.
“Well, we’ll just have to…play that by ear,”Imumbled.
His big hands moved on me.
Oo.
Nice.
“Would you like to take this time to explore other avenues of getting to know each other?” he suggested throatily, moving to run his nose along my jaw.
Lovely.
I could totally take this time to explore other avenues.Hishands felt nice, his weight arguably better, his playful mood was hot, even his seriousness.
In other words, the answer to that was a resoundingyes.
But…
Was he mad?
“The king and queen are out there.”
He lifted his head. “Doesn’tcount.They’rein my house.They’reonly parents in my house.”
I puffed out a breath as his hands kept moving…and feeling much too good doing it.
I squirmed underneath him.
His gaze went hooded…and wicked.
Oh my.
His head started descending.
My body was melting.
But annoyingly, rational thought spiked into my brain.
“PeopleIlove are out there too.Theyall took truth serum last night…for me.AndnowIhave to face the music for that,”Iwhispered.
I had him there, lamentably.
He sighed so heavily, it felt like my body depressed three more inches into his amazing mattress and the entire hover bed swayed full feet.
But then he dipped in and kissed the hinge of my jaw, rolled off me and out of bed.
The moment he did,Iwas rethinking ignoring royalty, familial sacrifice and assassination plots, and instead diving deep into exploring getting to know each other better.
And seeing asIwas in a much clearer state of mind to process how muchIenjoyed the view of the muscles of his back moving as he did, even if he was wearing sleep pants on the bottom, which hid his perfectly formed behind (kind of, the material was deliciously clingy)…
AndIwas very much enjoying this view…
This made me totally rethink my earlier decision.
Then he said, “I’llfeed the cats.”
I sat straight up and called, “Aleksei, wait.”
