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“To be more attractive.” Her tone was uncharacteristically serious.
“Moreattractive?” He scoffed. “It’s impossible for you to be more attractive than you already are. Change nothing. You are a work of art.”
Sadie stared at him.
Xane stared back.
Then, she sent him a luminous grin that magnet-wiped his brain.
Xane felt himself falling into a trance. She said something that he couldn’t quite comprehend. He could see her lips move, but there was a beating in his head that drowned out the sound of her words. He was pretty sure it was his heart. Maybe his translator was broken, because when she smiled at him, his pulse increased and he had trouble following the conversation.
“Huh?” He said stupidly.
“I said, I know we haven’t had our third date yet… but wehavehad two.”
“Yes. Two.” While Xane had no recollection of eating any dried fruit with her, he certainly wasn’t going to argue the matter.
Somehow he’d accomplished two-thirds of whatever it was that Sadie wanted. That was a victory. If she wasn’t “sure” about him until he acquired more dates, he would get them and continue earning her favor. Maybe the local market sold them.He should check. Men were trying to kill him in town, but it was worth the risk.
“I will be patient, until you are satisfied with my efforts.” He assured her.
Sadie shifted closer to him. “Sometimes humans do things before sex. You know? To kind of work up to it.”
He tried to focus on her words. He really,reallydid. But her breasts grazed his torso and that wiped out all his cognitive functions. Without any consultation from his brain, two of his clawed thumbs grazed over her nipples. When they tightened into harder buds, he groaned. So pretty. He shifted position, so her back was to the wall and he was in front of her. Trapping her body. It was instinctive. He needed more.
A shiver passed through Sadie’s body, and she leaned in closer to him. “So what do you think?” She whispered.
He thought her breasts were magnificent. It was astonishing that she allowed him access to anything so perfect. His fingers were on them, and she wasn’t pulling away. He could’ve happily feasted on that triumph forever. He cupped their weight, loving how they filled his palms. Loving how soft they were and how they jiggled slightly when he squeezed them.
“Xane?”
He forced himself to meet her eyes and realized he once again had no clue what she’d just said. “What?”
“I asked if you want to make me come.”
Chapter Fourteen
Tidings of comets and joy,
Comets and joy!
O tidings of comets and joy!
From “God Rest Ye Merry Rtaharions”
A Christmas Carol for Non-Earthlings by Sadie Malone
Xane blinked.
Sadie’s eyebrows lifted in question. “You said you wanted to learn about caring. I think this will help you link actions and emotions. I know you haven’t been with a girl before. I can show you how to…”
“Yes.”He interrupted.
“Yes, you want me to…?”
“Yes.Show me.”
“Okay. Um… If I do anything you don’t like or makes you uncomfortable, just tell me to stop.”
