Choosing Her Lover

Chapter 12

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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?”

expression is a mixture of hope, caution, and worry. I don’t reply immediately. As the silence stretches out, worry takes over. “Forget I said it,” he says. “I don’t

pressuring me, and yes, I think I’d like to get to

I might scare you off entirely.” He picks up

at all. In fact….” And now, I swallow my

he hovers, his fork midway to his

this my turn

said my piece.

I think I’m falling for

me, then puts his fork down again, his expression unreadable. Leaning across the table, he kisses me

Finish my meal?

you naked and shrieking while I lick you out. And you’re going

steak, I try to ignore the heat of my soaking

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room, he unlocks the door then pushes me through with a hand between my shoulder blades. Following

wraps his arms

me.” And with that, without asking, and without even trying to unbutton it, he pulls my blouse up and over my head.

about to be

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. There is nothing subtle about

get out of those. That was really

high against his tight stomach, nestled against a bed of black hair. He is already flowing, a trickle glistening from

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 my hips until he has

says, “we’ll see how well I can make

sopping. Despite finishing our meal quickly, I have had a good thirty minutes to think about Ryan’s

isn’t going

open, he examines me, brow furrowed in concentration. He glances up for a moment.

you before I’ve touched you….”

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