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Once again, I find myself in the company of this delectable man in a lovely restaurant. He is quiet though. He seems to concentrate on his food, but whenever I look up at him, he is watching me, then he looks away as he sees me notice.
“Is something wrong?”
He hesitates. “I’m not sure.”
“Are you upset with me about something?”
“No, not at all, but I don’t want you to be upset with me either.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m not following you.”
He puts down his knife and fork, resting his chin on steepled fingers. He starts to speak, stops, starts again, and finally….
“I wanted to pass something by you, but if you don’t like it, then that’s fine. I want you to ignore it.”
“Alright…. But what are we talking about?”
He swallows hard. “I realise that we barely know each other, but the thing is, I would like to know you better….”
Where’s this going?
“And I know that you said at the start, very clearly, that you didn’t want to be ‘tied at the hip’…. And that’s what I wanted too.… then…. The thing is…. that although my work involves a lot of travelling and my er.… base is out west, it doesn’t need to be. My apartment is only rented and so long as I have good road access and an internet connection, it really doesn’t matter where I live….”
“So…?”
“So, I could get an apartment here, in the City and we could see each other more regularly, and for me, more easily. How…. would you feel about that?”
I don’t reply immediately. As the silence stretches out, worry takes over. “Forget I said it,” he says.
I’d like to
I thought I might scare you off entirely.” He picks up his cutlery again and starts
In fact….” And now, I swallow
his fork midway to his
my lips. Is this my turn to say too
my piece.
fact…. I think I’m falling
his expression unreadable. Leaning across the table, he kisses me
Finish my meal?
naked and shrieking while I lick you out. And
as I to chew my steak, I try to ignore the heat of my
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between my shoulder blades. Following me in, he kicks back with one foot to close
speaking he takes me, wraps his arms around me and opens his
with that, without asking, and without even trying to unbutton it, he
about to be
ceremony, Ryan pushes me back onto the bed, shoving me hard enough on the chest to simply drop me backwards. I flop down, my legs dangling awkwardly over the edge of the mattress. Lying back on my elbows, I watch as he strips off.
to get out of those. That was
tight stomach, nestled against a bed of black hair. He is
no idea how much I want to simply fuck you hard, but I’m not going to.” He drops to his knees, pushes between my thighs and grabbing hold of me, pulls me forwards, tilting up
he says, “we’ll see how well I can make
and sopping. Despite finishing our meal quickly, I have had a good thirty
going to
he examines me, brow furrowed
you before I’ve touched you….” Then, dipping his head, he plants his mouth around my
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