Page 89 of His Flash Mate
“I stayed until the contract was signed last night, then came to sleep here.There’s a bedroom behind that panel.Would you like to see it?”
His exhale teased my skin.
“Professional distance, Konni,” I managed in a voice that sounded unbothered.
It was a lie.
The heat from his hands was warming me from the inside out, and I wanted to tip my head back so he could nuzzle my neck and maybe kiss it.Slowly.With a healthy amount of tongue.
A shaky breath escaped me.
Damn it!
“Let go.”
His touch vanished, and he stepped in front of me with his hands raised.
“I apologize and promise to exert more control over my need to—” His eyes went gold.As in completely gold, not just a little bit.
“What’s going on?Talk, or I run.”
“I wouldn’t recommend running.Not when I’m like this.You wouldn’t like what happens.”He sighed and closed his eyes.“I’m getting closer to my molt.”
“Um, I don’t know what that is, and I’m honestly not sure I want to.Is that why you called me in early?”
He opened his eyes.They were back to amber.
“Sit and eat,” he said.
Not doing either, I arched a brow at him.
“I actually called you in to ask what happened with your father.Did he contact you about the shares?”
“Oh.Yeah.We’re meeting after work to sign the documents.”
“All right.I can send a lawyer with you to verify the transfer before you sign anything.”
I agreed.
“Good.”He didn’t say anything else.Neither did I.The silence grew until I broke.
“I’m going to take this to my desk then.”
He nodded and didn’t stop me from leaving.
I should have been mad about coming in so early for something he could have just asked on the phone.But I wasn’t.Calling me in, just like his nightly Lunar Pulse visits, was proof of how much he wanted to be near me.And Ilikedit.
A little ball of contentment tried to form inside of me.
Don’t go soft, Soph.Attraction is fine, but keep emotional distance.
Sex would fix my fascination.One good, mind-blowing round and he’d be out of my system.Too bad I was terminally allergic to the helping of “I do” that would come with it.
With a sigh, I focused on my egg sandwich and idly checked Lunar Pulse’s social accounts.Uncle Jay had kept up doing the promotional drink posts.The pictures looked good.I responded to some messages for him then logged out to browse some fashion feeds I followed.
Footsteps sounded behind me before I’d finished my sandwich, and I looked up from my food to see Lianna approaching.
“Good morning, Sophia,” she said, veering into Konni’s office.
