Chuckling, I followed him into the kitchenand went to the cabinet that had the vase. “Ta-da.”
“Show-off.” But he was still grinning as hewatched me go to the sink and fill it with water.
I might have been allowed to do that part,but he made it clear that organizing the flowers in the vase was his job.Watching patiently as he moved them around, I didn’t bother hiding how adorablehe was. “Your boyfriend isn’t going to say anything, but your Dom thinks thisis too cute for words.”
He snorted. “My Dom should have listened tomy boyfriend.”
Grinning, I stepped behind him and kissedhis neck.
He moaned as a shiver raced through him.“Stop that. I’m going to get hard.”
“I certainly hope so. I love knowing yourespond so erotically to me.” Nibbling on the slender column, I worked my wayup to his ear as he fiddled with the flowers, now just dragging things out.“This is your Dom reminding you that you belong to him when we get home. Yourboyfriend has decided he wants a kiss before the date, however. Are you goingto humor him?”
Dakota had to swallow a few times beforethe words came out. “Yes…I…humoring him is nice.”
Laughing quietly, I nibbled on his earagain. “Then put the flowers down so I can kiss you.”
He let out a ragged breath and nodded as heplaced his hands on the counter like a good boy. Oh yes, he was in the mood tosubmit when we got back. “Good boy.”
I stepped back just enough to turn him inmy arms, keeping him pinned against the counter. “I wanted to ask you out thefirst time I saw you. But I didn’t get the feeling you’d say yes if I went thatroute. Was I wrong?”
Had I misread him?
Dakota shrugged but leaned against me,tucking his face against my neck. “Probably not. I don’t know what I would havedone, but I think this worked best for us.”
Turning my head, I kissed his shoulder andup his neck again as he offered it to me. He took in another long breath.“Seeing you as a Dom was easier.”
Less chance of getting hurt, possibly.
“There was just something about you fromthe very beginning that said I had to own you.” I wasn’t going to deny that orhide how I was coming to feel about him. “Now give your boyfriend a kiss beforeyour Dom decides that we can get dinner later…much later.”
Dakota shivered as a needy whine filled thekitchen. “Would that be a bad thing?”
“Yes.” Straightening, I looked deep intohis eyes. “Because I want to take you out and show everyone what a sexy, smart,fascinating man I’m dating.”
“It’s more than that, right?” For a splitsecond, he looked emotionally needy, not just aroused.
“Yes.” Taking his lips in a tender kiss, Ilingered and deepened it slowly until I was making love to his mouth. When Ifinally eased back, I pressed one last tender kiss to his lips. “Thank you forasking me out.”
I grinned. “Even if it took a challenge fromthe man we slept with.”
He blushed again. “That sounds terrible.”
I shrugged, giving him a teasing grin as Istepped back. “I don’t know. That’s how it looked to me. I guess you’re goingto have to change my mind…show me that you really wanted me all along.”
Still blushing, he brushed his hands downhis shirt and fussed with his clothes as he shook his head. “You could haveasked me out.”
I scoffed. “I asked you to belong to me.That’s more serious than dinner. This was up to you and you knew it.” Givinghis pinched lips another kiss, I murmured, “But you can make it up to melater.”
Taking his hand as I stepped back, I winkedat him. “I bet you can be very creative.”
He laughed. “How about I just answer allthe questions you wanted to ask this morning, but didn’t?”
“Deal.” My smile probably looked wicked,but that was definitely a better deal. “Let’s go. I’ve got a list.”
Dakota’s smile said he thought I wasridiculous, but I was only half teasing. I had a list a mile long, but I’dsettle for a handful over dinner to start with.
The drive to the little Italian place I’dfound near my apartment went smoothly, and before we’d even moved past thesmall talk about our respective days, we were seated with drinks.
