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“Not a so-far yes, but a real yes? I must be improving,”
“It’s the charm. It builds up.”
“Good to know.” He tugged me close, wrapping his arms around me as he leaned in. As he stole every one of my senses with his very presence. “I’d really like to kiss you goodnight, Coco.”
Oh, thank god. “I’d really like you to.”
So he did. With soft pressure and a light brushing of his tongue against my lower lip. With his hands growing stronger, gripping me tighter, pulling me in. And when I opened for him, when I parted my lips so my tongue could meet his, all sense of soft or light exploded into hard and fast and more.
Magnus stroked his tongue against mine, growling low in his throat and making me whimper. The sound spurred him on. He grabbed me by the back of my thighs and lifted me, wrapping my legs around his hips and pressing me against the front door. The wood felt cold against my back, but I didn’t care. Magnus was hot enough to keep me warm. And his kiss…strong, full, and tasting of mint and the sweetness from the dessert we’d shared. He savored my mouth like a fine wine, licked and sipped and nibbled on my lips like they were the most decadent dessert. He kissed me like a man who truly enjoyed the act of kissing. A perfect kiss in a perfect moment with a perfect man.
Who has a job somewhere else and a perfect mate out there likely waiting for him.
That thought poured cold water all over my arousal. I pulled away, breaking the kiss and seeking space…literal space between us. Breathing was hard—as was Magnus—but I needed a moment. Needed to keep my head clear and back away from this wild sense of rightness I felt around him. We could date, I could take him to my bed, but I couldn’t let go of my heart. Not again. Not after Nico had shredded it so thoughtlessly. Not after it’d taken so long to stitch myself back together the last time a shifter had torn through my life.
Space. Space was good. So why was I clutching Magnus to me?
“Coco?”
I shivered at the tone of his voice, wanting so badly to drag him into the house and do all sorts of naughty things to him.Slow down.“I should get inside.”
Magnus groaned softly but nodded. “Of course. I’m sorry if I was too forward.”
“No.” I held on to his arms as he set me down, still wanting to feel him. Needing to. “It’s not that. I just…I like you.”
He squeezed my hips. “Not seeing a problem here.”
Of course he wouldn’t. And I wasn’t sure how to explain my worries to him. “There’s no problem. I just…want to take my time.”
“Of course. Whatever you need—we’ll go at your pace,” he said, opening the door for me. “I have a feeling it’s past your bedtime. Let me make sure you get tucked away in this charming house okay.”
“Are you angling to come inside?”
Magnus growled and pinned me to the doorframe, looming over me. “I’ll come anywhere you say I can, my beauty. But not tonight.”
Breathing was so darn hard to do. “Not tonight.”
Magnus grinned and ran a finger down my cheek, rubbing his nose against mine in the sweetest butterfly kiss. “Because you want to take your time.”
That voice. I would have bet Magnus could get me off by talking in that deep, sexy voice alone. Past-me was a cockblocking brat. “Right. Time. I should…do that.”
“Go to bed, Coco. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
He wouldn’t, but I liked the idea of the promise anyway. “Okay. Goodnight, Magnus. I really did have a wonderful time.”
“Goodnight. I’m calling you tomorrow. Be ready.”
As if there were any way to be ready for a man like him.
