Page 110 of His Flash Mate
He immediately sobered.“You’re right.Your jealousy isn’t something I should take lightly or find joy in.I apologize for letting another female get so close to me.It won’t happen again.I promise.”
“No.Go ahead and let it happen.I don’t care.My life will be a lot easier if you’d pick someone else as your mate.Then I wouldn’t need to filter or lie.”
He let out a slow breath.“That’s not how this works.”
“So you say.But you looked pretty comfortable with Lianna leaning over you earlier.”
“She’s like fami?—”
Harlow coughed violently.
“Don’t stop him from saying stupid things, Harlow.The man either digs his own grave with the shovel he’s holding, or I’ll beat him with it.”
Silence settled in the car, and I turned to glare out the window.
I had to be insane to care about Konni.WhydidI care?Just because he was good-looking?So were hundreds of thousands of other men.Because he hadn’t cared about my stupid transitioning excuse and continued to show up night after night to talk to me?There had to be at least one other guy who would do the same, right?
But there hadn’t been.
Konni had been the first.
The first to not care.The first to stay.The first to get to know me.The first to buy me shoes.The first to loan me money without strings.The first to buy me flowers.
A tear slid down my cheek, and I turned to look at him angrily.
“You made me cry!”
The car veered to the curb at the same time Konni reached across the seat to unclasp my seatbelt.I was in his lap a second later.Cuddled and soothed by a low rumble from his chest, I leaned against him, tears flowing.He rubbed my back.
“I was careless, kitten.Please don’t cry.It’ll never happen again.I’m yours.No one else will ever touch me.I promise.”
Each word heated me from the inside, and I melted into his embrace, looping my arms around his shoulders.
“You’re so dumb,” I said, crying harder.
“I am.Please don’t leave me.I’ll be smarter in the future.I promise.”
I rubbed my wet cheek against his neck and breathed in his scent.It calmed me and made me want more.More of his scent.More of his touch.More of his taste.I licked his skin and listened to the rumble increase.
“Take what you need, baby.I’m yours,” he said.
Of course, I’d take what I needed.He was mine.I pulled away from him and quickly changed positions so that I was straddling his lap.His hands gripped my thighs, pulling me closer as he looked up at me with his golden gaze.
His mouth called to me.
Just once, I told myself.
I leaned in and softly kissed his lips.His hand moved to the back of my neck, holding me, guiding me as his mouth opened.The way he gently nipped at my bottom lip then gently sucked it into his mouth sent a shock of heat straight to my core.
My libido screamed for more while my voice of reason yelled for me to get off of him.
I compromised by kissing him deeply, tongues devouring, before tearing myself away and scrambling off his lap.Breathing heavily, I risked a glance in his direction.
He was watching me with the intensity of a predator watching its prey.The black voids of his pupils had almost swallowed the gold at the top and bottom, but not the sides.
Reptilian eyes.
Dragon eyes.
