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He stuck the piece of sushi into his mouth, those eyes shimmering like a morning sunrise on the ocean.
“Does that impress you?” he said, giving her a dramatic wink.
She knew he was being sarcastic, but it made her feel flushed all the time. She turned back to finish off her plate, realizing she had been edging herself closer to him. She consciously crossed her legs, feeling her bare knee touch his.
Rhi couldn’t be sure, but she thought something twinkled in those beautiful eyes when her skin touched him, despite not looking directly at him. Like a shooting star, she saw their attraction was mutual, and it would be a travesty to waste it.
“I’ve been coming here since I started working at the firm,” she said, trying but failing to suppress her smile. “I must confess, I am surely impressed by the owner if that’s what you’re asking.”
Mars finished chewing the last of his meal, then turned to face her, placing a hand on the back of the booth and scooting his entire body closer. Rhi had finished her food, too, and could feel the entire landscape of her skin vibrating. Looking at him would be like looking at an eclipse, one that she would surely become lost in.
She didn’t like giving away her power, even when it came to dating, so she turned to him, leaning on her hands as he regarded her. For a moment, they sat in silence, a long beat of intimacy that made Rhi’s heart flutter like chimes in the wind.
After what felt like an eternity of simply looking at each other, Mars scooted in closer, and Rhi’s eyes shot down to his lips. They looked soft and delicious, and when she looked back at him, she saw that she had not only been caught, but he had been assessing hers too.
“Rhi,” he murmured, his voice thick with honeyed lust. “I really want to do something right now, but I want to ask permission first. I would never want to make you uncomfortable.”
Damn, consent is sexy.
“Go ahead,” she replied, letting her tongue emerge from between her candy-apple-red lips and slide around provocatively. “Ask me, Mars.”
He tilted his head to the side, and the simple utterance of the next four words made the world around them vanish.
“May I kiss you?”
Rhi couldn’t keep herself together anymore. She took Mars’s hand, the one on his own knee, and placed it on hers. The touch crackled in his blazing blue eyes.
“You can do more than kiss me.” Her dusky voice beckoned him.
Mars leaned into her, and she leaned into him, meeting in the middle to get what Rhi had dreamed about ever since they’d first met.
His lips were supple and strong. Both of them let out a pleasant sigh of relief as their bodies melted together. Mars reached a hand up, gently cupping the back of Rhi’s head, running his fingers through her luscious hair. The kiss quickly evolved into a fervent make-out session in the privacy of the booth, passion rising in Rhi’s core like lava through a volcano.
She’d had many first kisses before, but none were that explosive. Once they’d touched, she wouldn’t be able to deny him any longer. Her body needed him in ways that were unfathomable and carnal yet sincere and personal.
Mars groaned as she parted her mouth, searching frantically for his tongue to suckle on. When she did, he grunted, triggering an animalistic instinct she was delighted to have observed.
He pulled away from her, breathless and eager.
“Do you want to come to my place?”
She couldn’t, and wouldn’t, ever say no to that request.
TEN
MARS
Mars was having one of the best days of his entire life. He’d managed to subvert the wretched monsters who had been stalking Rhi, and now she was safe. He had also landed her affections in a way he wasn’t used to. The shifter way, when it came to mates at least, was to take her over, ravish her, and show her in every single way that his entire existence would be devoted to her enjoyment and pleasure.
But Gerri had advised that it was all too overwhelming for most human women. Rhi was confident with strict values and beliefs about the power that came with her independence and choice of career path. He not only respected that greatly, but it made him even more acutely attracted to her.
He wanted her to know all of that; that all of her existence, her strength in upholding her convictions, her boldness to help the needy, her entire cosmic essence, were not only sufficient for him but had him bursting with wonder. She was like Aphrodite, even with all her edges and spicy personality. He wanted all of that and more.
But, once again, he didn’t want to lay it on too thick, especially after only meeting twice. The moment their lips touched, his beast within growled with utter bliss. It was difficult not to let it take over, carry her back to his car, and take her right there in the back. He wanted to taste every inch of her.
He stifled the impulse as much as he could when they headed back to his place, keeping his brute of a bear at bay by swirling his hands over her deliciously bare skin as he drove like a nutcase. Rhi wasn’t exactly keeping it together, either. She turned toward him in the passenger’s seat and unbuttoned the top of her rose-colored blouse.
His cock was ready to rip through his pants the moment she spoke, smoky and sensual in the shell of his ear as more of her flesh became exposed.
