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She watches with rapt attention as my forearms are revealed, along with my wrists. My left is encased by a Rolex Sea-Dweller that’s no longer in production, while my right is bound by half a dozen leather bracelets.
Making a show of it, I unbutton the first two buttons of my shirt, then sit back down. Pretending I didn’t notice anything, I begin to eat. My manners are all but forgotten as I shovel in the food, finally giving in to the hunger I’ve felt all day, the one not satisfied by food but pacified…at least for now.
“Well,” I begin after taking a drink of water, “I certainly hope you have a better day tomorrow. Alistair showed you how to work the schedule on the laptop, I presume?”
She nods. “Assuming Mr. Dix…umm. How do I refer to your brothers when they are both Mr. Dixen?”
“You could refer to them as the asshole and the snake,” I suggest with a grin.
“Snake?” Her eyebrows arch up.
I seize a napkin and wipe my mouth. “Alistair. You need to watch out for him. He’s sneaky and cunning, and you never know when he might strike.”
“You sure know how to put a girl at ease,” Rory jokes sarcastically.
“It’s the least I can do, Ms. O’Brien,” I reply, playing along. She takes another bite of food, and a grain of rice sticks to her lip. Reaching across the table, I swipe it off her lip with my thumb, then bring my digit to my mouth and suck in the stolen rice.
She gasps, her eyes wide and lips parted in surprise. I don’t acknowledge her reaction, simply looking down at my plate. Everything I say and do to this girl is a test, a test so I can learn from her. I want to know her desires, her fears, what turns her on, and what scares her.
I want to know mundane things, like what her favorite food is, and darker things, like which places on her body cause her moans to escalate when caressed.
The rest of our meal is eaten in silence. If I were a different man, I would have been uncomfortable. But I’m not any man.
I’m Rogan fucking Dixen.
And I’m about to become the most proficient student of Rory’s body that she has ever known.
I won’t stop until I’ve learned everything there is to know and studied every curve and dip of her physique.
Rory O’Brien is my newest obsession.
