Which was way, way too sexy.
The smart thing to do would have been to snatch her underwear and put them on herself, but she couldn’t resist seeing a strong, confident, dominant man—who had just pounded her into oblivion—on his knees and helping her get dressed. Not just the underwear, either. He swiped her sweatpants before she could get up to get them herself, too.
Yasmine huffed a little, but she ended up letting him dress her.
It was fine. None of the other guys she’d been with in the past had ever done anything like that, other than tightening her corset strings or zipping up the back of her dress. They hadn’t helped her dress like this. Even though now she was wishing at least one of them had, it was still different from her relationship stuff.
This might not be a one-night stand or hookup with no strings attached type of thing, but maybe she could consider it just a Zeus thing.
Once she was fully covered in her ratty sweats and t-shirt again, she pulled the band from her hair and used her hands to quickly get her hair a little more sorted. Zeus got dressed while she did so. Which made sense, since he was going to need to come get Tiger.
“Ready?” he asked once he’d pulled his shirt back on, rolling his shoulders back.
Yasmine nodded wordlessly. She wasn’t sure what she was supposed to do now because this was a little out of her wheelhouse.
All of her hookups since Mason had been at The Outlands or play parties, where it was easy to just go back to her friends or go home afterward. No expectations, no follow-up. Most of the guys she’d hooked up with had been either determinedly single, in a poly, or in an open relationship that they were otherwise devoted to, so she didn’t have to worry about getting any ideas about them.
This felt like follow-up and like her brain wanted to get ideas.
Which was why she didn’t dawdle at Sarah’s. Zeus collected Tiger, and Yasmine showed them straight to the door. But then Zeus paused. Yasmine halted, tilting her head back to look up at him.
“We’ll get your doorbell camera installed this weekend, and I’m going to bring over a security system, so you can feel safer at home.”
As much relief as Yasmine felt at his words, there was a bit of disappointment, too. Wasn’t he even going to try to see her again outside of that? That was supposed to be what she wanted, but…
“Great, thanks.” She forced a smile onto her lips.
Zeus’ hand lifted, fingers slightly curled, and he brushed the backs of them against her cheek, making her whole body go still.
“You said no relationships. Does that leave regularly hooking up still on the table?”
“I…” Fuck, she wanted to say yes. She also wasn’t sure that was a good idea. Yasmine crossed her arms over her chest. “I guess it could be, but if either of us starts to get attached and thinking about the other person in a relationship sense, we have to agree to tell the other and call things off.”
“So, if our current intentions start to change, we agree to end things.”
It seemed as though he was clarifying, yet the careful way he rephrased what she said gave her a moment’s pause. She couldn’t figure out why, though, because he was re-stating exactly what she’d said.
Maybe she was just getting too into her head. She was very tired, after all, and her body was still on orgasm overload. Her brain probably wasn’t working entirely correctly.
“Exactly,” she agreed.
“Great.” The smile that Zeus flashed her was so quick, but so damn hot, she nearly felt her panties drop right then and there all over again. He’d snagged her around the waist and pulled her to him before she’d realized his intention, giving her a searing kiss that made her knees go weak and left her utterly breathless by the time he lifted his head.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he said cheerfully, his arm still securely holding her waist, probably a good thing because she wasn’t sure her legs were entirely steady at that moment. “I’m looking forward to finding out what this mouth feels like.”
Fuck.
It was crass and hot and not at all the way Yasmine would usually want a man talking to her, not even a Dom, but somehow, with Zeus… she didn’t mind at all. In fact, it was making her insides clench all over again.
He pressed one more kiss to her lips before letting her go fully.
“Good night, Yas. Don’t forget to lock the door.”
The reminder roused a little of her sassier side. It had been a good kiss, but it wasn’t so good that she’d forget to lock her door, especially after the night she’d had last night.
“I wasn’t going to,” she snapped.
Zeus just smiled at her and watched as she closed the door.
