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He was wearing his usual expensive suit, without a hair out of place.
“Thanks!” I flashed him a smile, and he dipped his head in a nod. Though his gaze was still hot, he’d made an effort not to touch me when he stepped past.
That was fine.
We’d move past it eventually.
A moment later, my music played from the speakers, and a grin stretched across my face.
That was so much better.
I swiveled my hips harder, bobbing my head with the beat as I stirred the contents of the pot on the stove.
“What are you doing?” There was a growl in his voice that made my blood hot.
“Dancing.” I winked at him. “And making candy for some weirdo who ordered five hundred bucks worth of chocolate from my shop. He didn’t even buy any toffee. Apparently he really likes peppermint truffles, though. I’ve got enough of them in the fridge to feed an army.”
As I expected, the fridge opened a heartbeat later, and Sebastian was biting into a truffle a moment after that.
His low groan made me smile.
The back of his head hit the fridge. “Thank you.”
“Mmhm. How does chocolate help your hunger?”
“All sugar takes the edge off. I just like chocolate the most.”
“What does it mean to take the edge off?”
He considered it for a moment, taking another bite of his treat while I continued stirring. “You know how when you’re truly hungry, and you drink water, it makes your hunger fade for a moment?”
“Yeah.” I nodded, body still swaying with the music.
“It’s like that.”
“And you’re always hungry?”
“Always.” He started on his second truffle. Or maybe his third.
“All male demons are always hungry though, right?”
“To varying degrees. Personality plays a role in it. Genetics does, too. All of us experience some level of constant hunger, but for some men it’s just a feeling that they could eat. For others, it’s a feeling of near-starvation that can never be sated.”
I whistled. “Damn.”
He took another bite of chocolate in response.
“Tatum and Miles have said something about sating their guys before, though. You can be sated, right?”
“In theory.”
“You’ve never felt that before?” I glanced over my shoulder at him, curiosity in my eyes.
“No. I’ve never found an end to my hunger. My father was the same way, until he mated with my mother.”
I looked back at my chocolate. “Even knowing that, you still don’t want a mate?”
“There’s more to mating than sating hunger, Brynlee.”
