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“Lust keeps our magic alive and kicking, not our bodies. Food and water handles that. Emotions are enough to keep us breathing, but little more.”
“That doesn’t tell me why you’re gorging yourself on candy.”
He lifted his red eyes to me.
They were definitely brighter than they had been the last time I looked at them.
“I’m gorging myself on candy because I haven’t eaten what I want in a year, Tater-tot. And now that we’re mated, all I want isyou.”
Oh.
Ohhh.
My face heated. “I amnothaving sex with you.”
“I didn’t ask you to, did I?” He took another bite of the candy without breaking eye contact.
Right.
He hadn’t.
“How do you usually eat?”
“It’s not difficult. Nightclubs are usually full of people oozing lust. Bars too, sometimes. Even restaurants, if you get lucky. Strip clubs work, but I’m not a fan. My brothers and I usually go with nightclubs, to make things simple.”
“So if I take you to your home, we can go our separate ways, and you can hit up the nearest nightclub?” I checked, hoping he would agree.
Rafael chuckled and lifted his palm, showing me the shimmering marking on his right hand. “If only it worked that way.”
I heaved a sigh. “What’s the alternative, then?”
“You’re going to give me your phone so I can let my brothers know I’m free and mated. We’re going to pack your things, and move you into my apartment. I have a spare room, before you panic and assume I’m expecting you to sleep with me.”
I flashed him a glare.
He continued anyway. “You’re the only person who can feed me now; thank you, mate bond.” He waved his hand toward me again. “So, I’m going to have one of my brothers pick up a vibrator on their way here, which you will use with a door between us, so you feel safe, and I don’t have to starve.”
My face was bright red, and my anger flared hotly. “You assume I don’t have a vibrator?”
His eyes moved slowly down my figure, and back up. “I would put money on you not having a vibrator, Tater-tot.”
“Asshole.” I grabbed a pillow off the couch and threw it at him. Rafael didn’t bother to duck or step to the side, letting it hit him on the arm before it fell to the floor.
“It’s not assholery; it’s logic. I can see lust. We’re mated, so it’s inevitable that we’re attracted to each other. Need is curling off me like I’m a damn sauna right now, yet you’re ignoring your own desire so completely that I haven’t seen one tiny tendril of it. I know the bond wouldn’t connect us if you weren’t attracted to me, so the only reasonable conclusion is that you’re ignoring it. And doing so impressively well, I might add.”
“Or you’re wrong about the bond,” I shot back.
“Show me your vibrator, then.”
The urge to punch him grew stronger.
I lived with two roommates, and our walls were thin. It seemed like an awkward thing to have or do, given the situation. I felt so uncomfortable every time I heard one of my roommates pull theirs out, that I didn’t dare try with my own.
He chuckled, the sound low and smooth. Even his voice was seductive. “I’m not judging you for it, Tater-tot. Lust is only one emotion, and it’s far from the most important one. The fact that you keep yours in check tells me you have a strong will and a stronger mind, which are among the sexiest qualities you could possess. But it won’t kill you to relax a little, either.”
“Donotsend your brothers to the store. I will buy my own vibrator,” I said, through gritted teeth.
“I’ll order it. Stopping at a store isn’t a good idea right now.”
