Page 125 of His Flash Mate
It no longer looked dull; it had changed to a faint yellow with more orange.
“This is the start of our bond.”
“The what?”I asked, frozen in angry panic.
“The start of our bond.It happened the night you slept next to me.”
I got off his lap and watched his wary expression.
“It just happened, or did you do something?”
He looked a little guilty.“I placed it there, but I wouldn’t have been able to if you hadn’t been receptive to me.It wouldn’t have worked.”
“I’m so angry right now that I wish I were a female dragon with the teeth to bite you.”
He started to stand.
“Don’t!”
He sat and pulled me back into his lap, hugging me tightly and rumbling like crazy as he rubbed his cheek against the side of my head.
“I was wrong.I shouldn’t have done that when you weren’t sober, but I did ask first, Sophia.You said yes, but you also said you would never be mine for more than a night.I didn’t expect it to stay.I thought it would fade, but it didn’t.It means you feel something for me.Please stop denying it.I promise you won’t regret letting me into your life.”
“Shows what you know.I alreadyamregretting it.”
“No, you’re not.You’re afraid.Ask yourself why.What about me scares you?Or what about yourself don’t you like when we’re together?Is there anything?Or is it the fear of whatmighthappen because of what happened to your parents?
"We aren’t your father, Sophia.You’re not interested in using me, no matter how much I wish you would.And my need for you has nothing to do with status or money.I just need you, kitten.So much that it hurts.”
I stayed where I was, letting him comfort me as I heard what he was saying.
He didn’t just want me.Heneededme.
That was scary on its own.But what was scarier was how much I wanted to lean on him, to do what he was asking, to use him as my shield, to say yes.
“I need to think,” I repeated.
“Can I help you think?”he asked.
I pulled back to frown at him.
His hands cradled my face, and he placed a gentle kiss on my brow.Then each eyelid followed by the tip of my nose.I tilted my head back, wanting what was next more than I should have.When his lips brushed mine, I sighed and gave in to his method of coaxing.
His teeth nipped at my lower lip, seducing me until I opened to him.The slide of his tongue against mine melted my resistance.
I lost myself to his scent and his kiss, hungry for so much more than what he was giving.When I went to straddle his lap, he helped, lifting me and placing me where I needed to be.
He broke away to kiss my throat.
“Kitten, the food will be here soon.I’d rather continue kissing you, but you haven’t eaten yet, and I don’t think you’d like being caught like this.”
I wrinkled my nose, breathing harder than I should have been, and looked down at him.
“I think you’re just leading me on, so I’m more willing to go home with you later.”
“Is there a chance?”
“No.”
