He snorted. “I think you just want me to do all the work.”
She ran her hand up his chest to behind his neck. The soft strum of her fingers sent a spark down his back and straight to his groin.
If that wasn’t enough, Lorna leaned forward until her soft breasts squashed against his chest. The hard points of her nipples were too much, and he let out a small groan.
Smiling, Lorna replied, “Not all the work, but I did just cook a huge meal and all you did was chop veg. I think you have more energy than me.”
“So is that the tradeoff? You cook, and I give you fantastic sex?”
“You wouldn’t hear any complaints from me.”
Ross chuckled. “Aye, well, I’d better start paying off my debt.”
Before Lorna could reply, he took her lips in a possessive kiss. As he explored the inside of her mouth, he ran a hand under her jumper to her warm skin. He stroked circles slowly against her back until Lorna sighed.
Breaking the kiss, Ross murmured, “We can save the kitchen counter for later. Right now, I want to see you naked on our bed.”
“So my bed is now our bed?”
“Yes.” He nipped her bottom lip. “I can’t have any other dragonmen getting ideas about moving in and stealing you away.”
Lorna paused, and Ross wondered if he’d pushed too fast. But considering he and Lorna had lived in close proximity for months, he wasn’t exactly a stranger.
Still, the thought of another man not her late mate in that bed might be too much. Maybe he was daft for suggesting her bed instead of his.
Then Lorna kissed his jaw. “No one is going to sneak in, you fool. If they tried, I have a homemade deterrent to keep them away.”
“Oh, aye? Should I be worried?”
“Not as long as you stay on my good side, human.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.” He kissed her nose. “Now, if I were twenty years younger, I’d sweep you off your feet and carry you up the stairs. But I don’t want to break that old hip you keep mentioning.”
Lorna chuckled. “Considering I’m not as light as I once was, we’d better be safe and walk.”
“I don’t care about what you looked like when you were younger. You’re perfect to me now.” He cupped her cheeks and stroked them with his thumbs. “Shall we go upstairs so I can devour you?”
Her pupils flashed before she smiled. “We’d better, or you might start dozing off.”
He lightly smacked her bum. “Cheeky dragonwoman.”
Lorna laughed, and the sound echoed inside the kitchen. Ross decided right then and there, he would be the one to make Lorna laugh for the rest of her days.
Releasing her, Ross took her hand and tugged. “Then let’s get going before I fall asleep and snore your ear off.”
They exited the kitchen and ascended the stairs. “You do snore loudly, unfortunately for me.”
“That just means I’ll have to lay on my side and hold you close, all through the night. I don’t snore on my side.”
Tenderness flashed in Lorna’s eyes, and Ross ached to simply hold his dragonwoman in his arms.
But he was fairly certain his hard cock and Lorna’s flashing dragon eyes weren’t going to let that happen.
As soon as they entered Lorna’s room, she shut the door and released his hand. Ross was about to ask what she was doing when Lorna tugged off her jumper, and all thoughts left his head.
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With her heart thumping inside her chest, Lorna somehow managed to swiftly tug off her jumper and toss it aside as if she did it every day. Maybe she could fool Ross into thinking she was confident about taking him to bed. After all, it had been decades. The last time had been with Jamie.