“What? Why would you ask me to do that?”
“She fancies you. That is where I have been going with this.”
“She is a newbie. All about sire adoration, it will be a waste of time,” he scoffs.
“Not in this case.” I explain my findings to him.
“I have heard of this happening once or twice, when there is no bond on the sire’s side. They pull away a lot quicker. Although three days is unheard of.”
“Just show her some attention.”
“What’s in i
t for me?” he asks with a sidelong glance.
“I’ll make it worth your while,” I say.
“Oh? How so?”
I shrug. “Maybe Xerxei will make an appearance next time you want to feed. Although, when I am her, I have no fangs, so I can’t feed from you, as her.”
“No, but you could Shift back to Liv at that point.”
“I could.”
“Deal. But I may want to touch you,” he murmurs as his gaze drops to my breasts for a moment.
I stare into his green eyes and drop my own gaze to his mouth and back up again. Oh, gods, I want him right now and not just in a feeding sense.
“Am I interrupting something?” CK asks, joining us finally and I pull my gaze away from Sebastian.
“No, glad you finally came back. I want you,” I say.
“Oh, really? Is that any way to ask a gentleman for his attentions?” he says as he plops himself down on my other side.
“No, but you are no gentleman,” I say smartly.
“I’ll allow that to stand as when I am around you, I just want to ravage you,” he murmurs as he kisses me.
“I guess that is my cue to leave,” Sebastian says and we both wave him off, not breaking our kiss.
CK pulls me onto his lap, and I lean back causing us both to fall into the pool with a splash. We come up spluttering and laughing and he grabs me by the waist, the water dripping off him. I run my hands through his wet hair.
“Say it,” he requests.
I stay silent, biting my lip, wanting him to ask me again. I find this need for validation quite sexy on him. He really has changed so much in these last seven months.
“Say it,” he demands as he squeezes me tighter around the waist. I put my hands on his and scrape my fingers over his ring, which to my surprise, is still on his left hand. “So. Fucking. Sexy,” I say slowly. He glows under my compliment.
“Why is this still here?” I ask him, bringing his hand up and kissing his ring. He closes his fingers over mine.
“I like the feel of it there,” he replies softly. “And, I like the statement it makes.”
“Which would be what? I ask, wanting him to say it.
He frowns at me. “I like that it makes a statement that I am taken. No longer available. Off the market.”
I tilt my head at him in amusement. “Oh? There are people out there who want you on the market?”