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“Ah, the old predator/prey situation.” She sipped her drink through two narrow straws, her lips pursing and making his cock throb.
He cupped her face and stared into her lovely brown eyes. “You are so beautiful,” he said hoarsely. Pressing his lips to hers, he first tasted the chilled soda and then under that, was her natural taste, sweet and decadent, like caramel and dark chocolate mixed together. She moaned softly and wrapped her arms around his neck, melting into the kiss as her lips parted and their tongues touched. He’d never been so rocked to the core by a kiss, but the connection that sizzled between them had everything to do with her being the single female on the planet who was meant for him.
Kissing across her cheek, he planted nips and kisses down her throat, stopping at the juncture of her neck and shoulder, where he’d sink his fangs into her warm flesh and mark her. He pulled her closer, and sucked her flesh into his mouth, biting gently. She pressed her head against his shoulder, groaning sweetly as he slid one hand up her side and cupped her breast.
Her fingers curled into the short hair at the top of his head, and her nails bit into his scalp, but he didn’t mind. He kissed the light mark he’d made, laving his tongue over her throat and tasting her natural sweetness. He wanted to lick her everywhere. Trace her curves with his tongue and find out what she sounded like when she came for him.
“Come upstairs with me,” he said roughly. His lion was banging around in his skull, and his human side was entirely in agreement – that getting Ree naked, and in his bed, was the very best idea he’d ever had.
She leaned back slightly and stared at him, her eyes a little glazed and her face flushed. “Upstairs?”
“I have an apartment.”
Her brow furrowed and she frowned, attempting to push away from him.
Alarmed, he locked his arms tighter around her. “What’s wrong?”
“I’m not interested in being a one-night stand,” she said, her voice low and tinged with anger.
“Whoa, sweetheart, who said anything about one night?”
She blinked in confusion. “You don’t want to have sex with me?”
“No, I want to make love to you, which is entirely different. But if you don’t want to get physical tonight, at least stay with me. It’s noisy down here and there’s no privacy.”
He saw the indecision in her gaze, and could practically see her mind spinning over the possibilities.
“If you’re worried about Mercy, I’ll have my best friend and business partner make sure she gets home safely. His name is Titus.”
She tilted her head. “You’d do that for me?”
His lion roared within him, and he knew his eyes changed color. “I would move the moon from the sky for you. I don’t care that you’re human, I care that you’re mine.”
“What?”
He pressed his forehead to hers and exhaled with a soft snarl. “You’re my heart-match, Ree. My true mate. I felt you walk into the bar. Youfeltme, too, didn’t you?”
“I felt something.”
“Me. The connection between us.”
“I don’t know you and you don’t know me.”
“That’s what the rest of our lives are for. I only need to know that you’re my mate. Everything else is just background noise for me right now.”
“I feel like I’ve fallen into a romance novel.” Her mouth quirked up at the corner.
He chuckled and kissed her. “I’m not human, Ree. I don’t need to date you for a year and then propose. I feel connected to you and want to be with you.”
“Just like that?” She leaned away and arched her brow.
“Why does love have to be complicated?”
“Because it is.”
“For humans.”
“For everyone, I think. You’re a shifter and I’m human. We’re from two different worlds.”
