Page 116 of His Flash Mate
“You should, since he just pulled into the driveway.”
I groaned.“I left ten minutes early.How is he just minutes behind me?”
She grinned and moved to open the door before he even reached it.
“Hello, Mr.Steele.”
“Good evening, Mrs.Elmantas.Just Konni.Please.I apologize for stopping by unexpectedly, but I promised Sophia I would return her shoes tonight.”
“Please come in, and call me Abbye.”
Konni stepped inside, his gaze immediately locking on me.I watched his pupils slowly expand and hurried forward to grab my shoes.
“Thanks for returning them.You can go.”
“Sophia.”
Mom’s scolding tone brought a brief smile to Konni’s mouth, and his eyes calmed down before she looked at him again.
“Make yourself comfortable, Mr.Steele.I was just going to have Sophia send you an update.I have a meeting with one of my old coworkers tomorrow.She was surprised to hear from me but was willing to get together for lunch to catch up.”
“That’s great news,” he said.
“I thought so too.”She glanced at me and the shoes I was still holding.“Why don’t you put those back on and run to get us something to eat?There’s nothing for dinner in the house.”
“I can take you,” Konni said quickly.“To dinner.To get something.”
This time, Mom grinned.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” I said.
“Nonsense,” Mom said.“It’s a Friday.Go.Relax.You said it was a long day.Bring me back whatever.”
With her good hand, she nudged me toward Konni and the door.
Giving in, I slipped on my shoes and walked out with him.He hurried to open the door for me and was all energy as he got in behind the wheel.
“What are you in the mood for?”
“You.”
He froze mid-start of the car and looked at me.
“I wish you weren’t a dragon because I’d like nothing more than to ask you to take me to a hotel so I can satisfy this itch I have to be with you.”
“You don’t like dragons?”
“I don’t want a mate.Just sex.”
“It can be just sex,” he said unhelpfully.
“You said dragon’s mate the traditional way.”
“We do.But sex doesn’t make a mate bond.For wolves, it’s sex and a bite that cements a bond until it’s intentionally severed.For dragons, bonding is done in stages and only if both parties accept each other.If one or both don’t, a bond can’t form or complete.So, sex can just be sex if that’s all you want it to be.”
He stared at me, waiting for my reaction.I was debating straddling him and demanding car sex, but was worried I’d scar Mom for life if she looked out the window.
The longer we stared at each other, the wider his pupils got.
