And I’m somewhat prone to listening to my compulsions.
Dominic’s icy blue eyes light, and bits of melancholy slip away, draining like sand washed out into the torrent of this tsunami he’s building. “You’re considering it,” he says, fragments of more than hope sparking to life in his tone.
“It’s…a fairly alluring proposition, don’t you think? That kind of control… Any human would find themselves at least a little seduced.”
“Excellent. Be seduced.” He closes his hand into a fist against the mattress, determination renewing in his posture. “Show me that it’s possible formeto seduce you.”
Oh…heck.
My heart pounds as I contemplate the logistics of what he’s offering. “Should we create rules? A guideline of some sort? A safe word that you can say when you realize that actually you’ve been really stupid, and you need to opt out because no instalove is worth playing to the tune of a mentally unstable mistress?”
He…smiles.
It’s not a soft, blond prince smile, either.
It’s a smile like a dark night awash in melodies of temptation.
He murmurs, “Shall I draft a document of our rules and safe words when we get back home?”
“We should probably draft them together, all things considered.”
“Fair enough.”
My swallow sticks in my throat as pressure builds in my chest. “Also, I feel like maybe it’s stupid to let you keep living with me.”
His expression doesn’t change its allure. “Why?”
“Because you’re obviously insane?”
“I can confirm that living with someone who’s insane is a marvelous experience.” He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear. “Also, not to insult your intelligence or anything until I learn whether or not my character sheet as your enemy includes such a tendency, but you should have known what I was from the moment I agreed to sleep in a casket.”
He has a point. However. “In my defense, I had assumed you were desperate.”
He chuckles, and there’s something unbelievably warm in his expression when he murmurs, “You really know how to see the best in people, don’t you?”
I don’t know about that.
But.
Well.
I certainly do know how to see thepotential.
Chapter 8
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I cannot believe this. My heart is pounding so hard I’m afraid it’s liable to leave my body, but I really, honestly, truly cannotbelievethis.
I gave up.
I felt the space between us in a physical way, so I broke the single most important rule in shonen anime andI gave up.
Last night, I determined that my penchant for certainty, stability, and statistics lay in direct opposition to the way August wishes to live her life. I decided it would be cruel to subdue her gloss with my matte. I resigned myself to the knowledge that sometimes falling in love with someone doesn’t mean that you’llfitin their world.
