Page 12 of Daddy Billionaire Dragon

“You might want to wipe the drool off your face,” he says, grinning widely. I roll my eyes and flip him off.

Pat pretends to pick up something from the floor and holds out his hand to me.

“What now?” I ask, taking the bait, knowing it’s going to be as silly as TJ’s comment.

“Your jaw had dropped to the floor. Thought you might want it back,” he smiles and winks at TJ. I slap his hand away.

“Haha. You guys are a hoot,” I say with a deadpan expression.

“What? We’re only trying to help!” TJ says with a wicked grin.

“That’s enough now,” I say, knowing that the chances of dropping it just yet are zero.

“We were almost burnt to a cinder with all the sparks flying around,” Liam pipes in. Damon is the only one who is silent.

“Go on, say your bit,” I say, looking at Damon. “Maybe then we will be able to get on with the meeting.”

“You’re not going to act on your lust, are you?” His brown eyes are serious as he asks me this.

“Yes. No. I don’t know,” I say, rubbing my face.

The others exchange startled glances.

“Lex, you can’t seriously be thinking of sleeping with her? Do you have any idea how complicated it will make everything?” Liam asks, his green eyes boring into mine.

“I know,” I sigh. “But you guys saw just how attracted I was to her right from that very first night at The Sitting Duck. I have never felt this way before.”

Liam’s eyebrows rise high up on his forehead at my admission.

“Do you think that she’s your soul mate?” Pat asks, wide-eyed.

“No!” I deny vehemently and perhaps a little too quickly. The truth is, my dragon behaves very strangely when she is around. He is tame, content, purring happily inside me whenever Nic is near. When we part for the day, he actually whines. But just because he is behaving like a love-stricken puppy doesn’t mean that Nic is my soul mate, does it?

Damon has a strangely speculative look on his face, whereas the others look frankly uncomfortable.

“Come on, you guys. You know how I feel about a soul mate. It’s too risky!”

They say nothing.

“She’s not my soul mate,” I deny forcefully. Why won’t they believe me?

“Well, in that case, all the more reason to keep it in your pants,” says Damon.

“Maybe. Or maybe not,” I shrug.

“What do you mean?” Liam asks.

“I think if I sleep with her, I will stop obsessing over her.”

“Worst idea ever!” Pat says, leaning on his elbows on the desk. He looks at me intently, probably trying to figure out if I am joking.

“Is it?” I plow on. “The way I see it, having her around me all the time and not being able to do anything about it is driving me crazy. So if I sleep with her, I will be over her.”

“You can’t be serious, mate,” TJ says with a somber expression on his face. For once, his blue eyes are not looking mischievous.

“I don’t know what else to do! She is terrific at what she does and I don’t want to lose her.”

“Lose her?” Liam asks, raising one eyebrow.

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