Page 77 of Charming the Dragon
It was one of the many things she loved about Nathan.
Wait, love? No. It had to be too soon.
But as she remembered everything from their time underground, from him comforting her to taking her ideas in stride to sharing his painful rejection in the past, all she wanted was to make a future with the dragonman. One where they were equals and best friends. Oh, with plenty of off-the-charts sex, too.
She wasn’t quite ready to share her feelings, but she’d made her decision about being his mate. “I want to go through the mate-claim frenzy and be your mate.”
His eyes lit up, and Hayley knew she’d made the right decision. “Are you sure? I want that, too, but I can wait as long as possible.”
She shook her head and took his hand in hers. “I don’t want to wait. My only real fear had been that our time in the bunker was magical and would fade when we returned to the surface. But my feelings haven’t changed. I always want to see you, and just being with you makes me feel safe and happy and wanted.”
He squeezed her hand. “Being apart from you, whilst I was in the surgery, was one of the hardest things I’ve done in a long, long time. I never thought myself a chatty or social person, but I can’t ever seem to get enough of you, Hayley.”
As they smiled at each other, Hayley’s heart rate ticked up. Then her gaze slipped to his mouth. “What happens next?”
He growled. “If you don’t want to start the frenzy on the kitchen table, stop looking at me like that.”
“Like what?”
“As if you want to lick me up.”
She met his eyes again. “I haven’t had a chance to lick you at all.” She frowned. “Can I do that during the frenzy? From what I know, the dragon is more instinctual and wants penis-in-vagina sex only until the woman is pregnant.”
“Sadly, it’ll be mostly that. Unless…”
“Unless what?”
“We play a little before we kiss.”
Images of Hayley torturing Nathan’s cock with her mouth, as he moaned and fell apart, flashed into her head. “I like that.”
“Me, too. But not until we have everything in place because the frenzy will probably happen right after. My dragon is only so patient.”
“Then what do we have to do?”
“First, come sit on my lap.” She raised her eyebrows, and he added, “I want to hold you in my arms again before we talk with Bram.”
After standing, she sauntered over, taking her time and reveling in Nathan’s growl of impatience.
Oh, yes. She was going to have fun with him later.
As soon as she was close enough, he tugged her down and wrapped his arms around her. “Are you absolutely sure of this, love? I don’t want you to have any regrets later.”
No doubt he was thinking of the woman who’d broken his heart.
She took his face between her hands and laid her forehead against his. “I’m sure, Nathan. If anything, I want to see what your dragon’s like when he’s in control. I already adore him in your dragon form, after all.”
“At this rate, you’re going to swell his ego to astronomical proportions.”
“Good. Then he’ll be on my side in the future.”
He groaned. “You’re already planning to team up against me, aren’t you?”
“Of course.”
He tickled her side, and she shrieked. Eventually he stopped and let her breath. “Minx.”
She stuck her tongue out at him, and he smiled. “I think the first time you did that was when I knew I couldn’t resist you.”
