“Of course.I’ll be right back with it.”
She left, and I took a sip of Konni’s “regular” drink, verifying it was a Shirley Temple.Grinning, I shook my head.Did he not like alcohol, or was he like Miranda and couldn’t really get drunk?
The door opened, and I looked up, expecting the server.Instead, Konni came in with a menu.
His gaze swept over me, assessing—likely trying to gauge my mood—then fell to my shopping bags.
“Will you show me what you bought?”
“Yes, but not today.You can see it on Monday with everyone else when I come into work.”
He took the chair next to me and handed me the menu.
“Thank you for agreeing to dinner.”
Setting the menu to the side, I propped my chin in my hand and studied him.
“We really need to talk about boundaries,” I said.
“Okay.I don’t have any, not when it comes to you.Whatever you want.Whenever you want it.”
“What if I say I don’t ever want to see you again?”
His eyes started to glitter.“That’s not a boundary, kitten, that’s a challenge.”
“How?”
“By saying that, you’re asking me to convince you to stay.”
“What if I want to talk to other men?”
“It would be difficult to establish the career you want if you pretended to be mute around men.”
“What if I want to have sex with a man?”
“I’m here and very willing.”
I sat back, considering him.He wasn’t giving off the same possessive red flags that Bennett had with Wrenly.But they were still there.The picture he’d sent proved that.I didn’t hate being wanted.But I would hate feeling caged or stifled.
What was I doing?
Why was I even thinking about this?
Was I actually considering taking “the plunge” with him?
No sex was worth that, no matter how tempting the package was.
“You might be willing, but I’m not willing to sign away the rest of my life to someone I’ve only known a few weeks.If you were human, we would have already been in bed.”
His pupils got bigger.
“I’ve already told you, Sophia.Sex with me doesn’t mean you’ll get a mate.Unless you’re starting to accept me?”
I scoffed and took a sip of the drink in front of me.“You’re not that lucky.”
“No, I’m not.”
“Why don’t you tell me what Felix said first?You can educate me with a more detailed version of the dragon bird and the bees’ talk afterward.”
