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The cold shower seemed to do the trick, although he knew that it wouldn’t take much to get him aroused again. He had to admit that making love to Lucy was a different experience than he had with other women.
“It is just because I’ve known her my entire life and we do have a connection, even if it isn’t romantic love,” he told himself.
He hadn’t been surprised when she told him that them making love didn’t change anything. Although he hadn’t intended to get physical with her, he would never have expected her to suddenly decide to go through the mating ceremony with him after one night of passion. He still had a lot of convincing to do, though, before she would consider going through the mating ceremony with him. Micah knew Lucy well enough to understand that part of it would be convincing her to let go of her pride. She would resist going through the mating ceremony simply because the elders and alpha were trying to force her to do it.
“I do think that she is starting to feel something more for me than friendship, or she wouldn’t have let me kiss her that way and she certainly wouldn’t have made love to me,” Micah muttered to himself. “It’s a start in the right direction, at least.”
Micah had to admit that he was exhausted after the long day and fell quickly to sleep, wondering what the events of the next week would bring.
Lucy and Micah met for breakfast the next morning.
“Did you sleep well?” he asked.
“I did, although I had weird dreams. One of those dreams was that I was in the middle of an ocean, in a perfectly good ship, and decided to put on a life vest, jump in an innertube, and swim back to shore.”
“That is a strange dream. Did you do some heaving drinking after I left your room?” Micah asked, teasingly.
“No, but I think I’m going to have to do some research to try and figure out what that dream means. What about you?”
“I slept like the dead. I barely woke up even when you called me and asked if I wanted to eat breakfast with you before you went to work,” Micah said. “I might go back and take a nap when we’re done here.”
“You’re a lazy bum,” Lucy said.
“I might just be that,” Micah replied. “At least for another week or so. After all, I’m on vacation.”
“There are a lot of really cool spots you could visit, especially around Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs,” Lucy suggested.
“I could go sightseeing. I might drag Dean along with me, because I know that he’s been bored, although they have all kinds of entertainment available at the resort,” Micah said. “On the other hand, I could go sit in the café all day long and heckle you while you schlep coffee and danishes.”
“I think that sightseeing with Dean would be the better option for you,” Lucy said. “You don’t want to see me mean.”
“I’ve seen you mean. You don’t scare me,” Micah teased.
“You should be very scared,” Lucy replied. “I’m terrifying.”
“You keep telling yourself that,” Micah said.
Lucy checked her watch.
“Ooh, I would love to continue to sit here and scare you, but I need to get to work. There are thirsty people out there in the world,” Lucy said.
Micah stood up and brushed a kiss across her lips. She smiled at him, touched his cheek briefly, and headed out the door.
He sat back down to finish his orange juice. She didn’t pull back when he kissed her, and she touched his face in a way that she had never done before last night. Maybe she was starting to feel something for him, in spite of her best efforts not to. There was still a long way to go.
His room felt cramped. He wasn’t used to being inactive. Deciding to take Lucy’s suggestion about exploring the nearby sights, he picked up his phone to call Dean. Just as he did, his father called.
“Ugh,” Micah said to himself.
He thought about ignoring the call, but that wouldn’t make his father go away. It was better just to deal with the man and get it over with.
“Father,” Micah said. “Good morning.”
“Good morning,” his father said. “How is your vacation going?”
“It’s going well,” Micah said.
“I know that you are there to try to convince Lucy to come back with you and go through the mating ceremony.”
