Page 44 of Patrick’s Seduction

“So you think there might be a way for humans to stop aging?”

“I hope so. I mean, isn’t that what everybody wants? A fountain of youth?”

“What made you go into that field?”

“It was actually my grandmother who gave me that idea. As far back as I can remember she used to say If they don’t find something soon, then we’ll all die. When I asked her what she meant by that she told me that if the doctors can’t find anything to stop a person from aging, eventually we’ll die. And she didn’t want to die. She was such a fun-loving woman. She was the one who told me that even though her body was that of an old woman, inside it, she was still the young woman who loved adventures.”

She sighed at the memories of her grandmother. “She died a few years ago. When I saw her a few days before her passing, she told me to continue my research so that maybe for my generation, it wouldn’t be too late. I think she knew she was dying.”

“I’m sorry,” Patrick whispered and pressed a kiss to her temple. “My grandparents are long gone too. I actually never met them.”

“That’s sad. Having grandparents was such an important part of my childhood. I can’t imagine never having met them.”

“And the rest of your family? Where are they?”

“My parents live in Boston. Mom is still working for a charity, and my dad is an accountant for a big firm.”

“Do you have siblings?”

She shook her head. “No. You?”

Patrick laughed softly. “Yep, two. Both older than me. My brother is married and runs the Scanguards branch in New Orleans, and my sister is married too, and has a toddler. She works at Scanguards too, and her husband owns a nightclub, the Mezzanine. You might have heard of it?”

“Heard of it? It’s just about the hardest club to get into. That bouncer is totally intimidating!”

Patrick laughed a deep roaring laugh. “That bouncer is my brother-in-law, Orlando.”

“But I thought you said he owns the club.”

“He does. But he loves to control who gets into his club and who doesn’t. It’s a sport for him. I can put you on the permanent guest list for the club, and he’ll wave you right through.”

“Thank you, but I doubt I’ll be going to any clubs anytime soon. I’ve never liked to go to clubs on my own.”

Patrick slid his fingers under her chin to tilt her face up. “Then maybe I should accompany you.”

“I’d like that.” Her gaze dropped to his parted lips, and she inched closer until their lips touched.

When she kissed him this time, she felt her hunger for him reemerge. Her body felt normal again, the strange aches and pains from earlier completely gone. What remained was the sensation of awareness that spread to every cell of her body.

She caressed his chest while she shifted in his arms, intensifying the kiss. Patrick’s response was passionate, and she felt his heartbeat accelerate under her palm. It felt as if his body was awakening too. Sexual arousal charged through her body, and she slid her hand lower to his flat stomach, where her fingertips bumped against the waistband of his boxer briefs. She let her hand slide over the fabric until she encountered the hard outline of his cock. Before she could squeeze his erection, Patrick wrapped his hand around her wrist, stopping her.

He ripped his lips from hers, panting. “Fuck, Fallon. What happened to getting some rest?”

There was no anger in his words. Instead, he sounded like a man on the verge of surrender.

“We can rest later,” she murmured, ready to seduce him with all her feminine wiles to get what she wanted. And what she wanted was Patrick—his cock inside her, his arms around her, his lips devouring her.

His grip on her wrist loosened, and she squeezed his cock, wringing a strangled moan from his throat.

When he felt Fallon’s hand squeeze his cock, he gave up all resistance. Fuck, Fallon wanted him, and if she didn’t feel she needed rest, who was he to force her to sleep?

He tugged on her T-shirt, and pulled it over her head, an action that made her release his cock for a moment. When he tossed her T-shirt behind her, she was already freeing him of his boxer briefs. But before he could do the same with her bikini panties, she was lowering her head to his groin.

The realization of what she was about to do sent a spear of lust into his balls, tightening them, while his cock jerked, eager for her touch.

Fallon licked over the tip of his erection, causing a loud moan to rip from his throat.

“Fuck, baby!”