“I’m not hungry,” I say defiantly, setting my jaw. “I’m not going to be seduced by food, Marius.”
He tilts his hips forward so his hard cock presses against my abdomen. “Oh, don’t worry about that. The real seduction is what happens after we eat. As you can tell, I’m all ready to go.”
I look into his dark eyes and say, “What if I don’t want that?”
That question assumes I could say no to him when it comes to sex, which has never happened in the entire time we’ve beentogether. Sometimes I think I should hold out and not sleep with him so he’ll agree we should tell everyone about us, but I’d be hurting myself if I did that.
When you’re crazy about someone like I am about Marius, sex is something you want to share with them. When they’re as good at it as he is, it’s ridiculous to even think of denying yourself such an incredible time.
He knows all of this, so the fake look of hurt and shock on his face right now is all for show.
“You don’t want to go upstairs and have mind blowing sex for the rest of the night? Where did my Duck go, and how can I get her back?”
“Your Duck is right here, Marius. She’s just sick of being a rotten liar.”
With a grin, he says, “So you do want to have mind blowing sex all night. You just don’t want to lie about it? Is that what I’m understanding?”
Frustrated, I place my hands on his naked chest and push him away. Turning on my heel, I head for the stairs. “You’re intentionally being obtuse, Marius. You know what I mean.”
Behind me, he sighs. “I do, Eden. I was just trying to be playful.”
I turn around to see him looking sad as I set my foot on the first stair. Whenever he uses my given name, I know he’s being serious. “I know, and I love that about you. I’m just unhappy about lying to everyone.”
“What if I promise to make you forget about everything tonight? Will that put a smile on your face?”
I could respond that what would put a smile on my face is telling the people we love the truth about us, but I don’t feel like talking about that anymore. I don’t know if it was the terrible date with Rob or feeling like I had no control over anything atdinner tonight, but I don’t want to think about anything until tomorrow.
Marius walks over to where I’m standing on the first stair and kisses me. “I love you more than I can say, Eden. I know you want to go public, but can’t we have just have a little while longer when it’s only us?”
Nodding, I smile because this isn’t an issue that’s going to be solved tonight. “I love you too. Let’s table this discussion because I don’t feel like talking about it anymore.”
His eyes hopeful, he asks, “Then you’ll come into the kitchen for dinner first and then a night of great sex?”
Marius King is many things, but easily discouraged is not one of them.
I kiss him and whisper against his lips, “I’ll tell you what. Forget dinner and meet me upstairs in five minutes. Be ready to rock my world because after that date tonight, I need to be reminded that sexy men who know how to take care of a woman still exist.”
That gets me a huge smile. “Dinner is forgotten, my lady. As for my taking care of you, well, not to toot my own horn, but I’ve never disappointed you, have I?”
I bite my lip as he leans against me, pressing his hard cock into my thigh. “Never once.”
Looking into those gorgeous dark eyes staring at me, I try to claw back some control. “You know, I should be furious with you.”
He knows I’m not really upset with him, so he simply smiles at my statement. “I just needed to see that guy. That’s all. You can’t blame me for being jealous.”
“I don’t believe for a second you were jealous, Marius. You’re everything he isn’t. You know that.”
Marius pulls me to him and groans as my body melts into his. “He was out with the woman I love. The woman who makesmy world go round. Of course, I was jealous. I wanted to tear his head off, and that little crack when he heard I don’t slave away at a desk nine-to-five every fucking day like he does with his bullshit job pissed me off. He’s lucky I didn’t put my fist through his smug fucking face.”
Okay, maybe I was wrong. Maybe he was jealous.
I want to mention the one thing that would have made that dinner date an impossibility, but I’m beginning to sound like a broken record with that. Even more, I don’t want to think about anything but how much I love this man tonight.
Cradling his face in my hands, I kiss him on the lips. “You’re the only man I want, baby. You know that.”
“I do, but that doesn’t change the fact that I had to see you with another man tonight. And before you say it, I know. It’s all my fault that it happened in the first place. I know. I just don’t want to share you with the world yet.”
He really is just the sweetest man sometimes. “You don’t have to share me. Not tonight, at least. Tonight, it’s just you and me.”
