Page 69 of Bride of the Sea King

“Yes. It’s genetic.”

“Must be nice.”

I closed my eyes, trying like hell to stop my erection from throbbing against her leg. “My people don’t value appearance asmuch as yours. The mated male merrae grumble about the way their females discuss finding others attractive.”

“Eloise and Heidi mentioned that all the turned humans are attracted to you.”

“How did that make you feel?” My voice strained. Her hand was nearing my erection as she continued tracing near my lower abdomen.

“Possessive, actually.”

I couldn’t suppress my rumble of satisfaction. “I belong to you.”

“You keep saying that, but there are lots of things we haven’t done.”

“Like what?”

“I haven’t gotten you off with my hand. Or my mouth.”

My cock throbbed so hard, I almost lost control then and there. “The mate bond doesn’t require either of those things.”

“Does it require anything now that it’s sealed? Other than loyalty?”

“No.”

“That means we can do whatever we want, right?”

“Yes.”

Her fingers moved back up my abdomen, and my eyes closed as I fought to keep myself under control.

Fuck, I wanted her.

“So you want kids, but you’re not going to try to push me into having them immediately,” she said.

“Right.”

“Okay. But we still haven’t talked about sex.”

“What is there to talk about?” My voice was still straining.

She was going to drive me insane if she kept touching me like that.

My cock throbbed so hard against her thigh, I worried I was hurting her.

“It doesn’t hurt,” she said.

Shit. I’d opened my mind to her the night before.

“Don’t close it again,” she warned. “If you get to hear my embarrassing thoughts, I get to hear yours.”

“Fine.”

“Most couples would figure out how their sex drives worked togetherbeforemarriage, right?”

“I don’t know all the details about how marriage works in your world.”

“Well, they would. Most of them, at least. Some people have a high drive, some have a low drive. Some are in-between. Historically, I’m pretty low, but I’ve never had a hard time getting turned on if someone initiates.”

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