Page 94 of Never Feed a Dragon

He laughed loudly. “I’ll take it.”

When he kissed my cheek, I turned my head to meet his lips.

Our mouths collided, and he kissed me slow and sweet.

Though he squeezed my ass, he made no move to take me back to bed. He just wanted to kiss me.

Despite my ridiculous grading system and lies, I knew I wouldn’t be able to end the test run with anything less than a genuine, romantic mate bond.

Because Eli had announced proudly that he was in love with me—and I was pretty sure I’d started falling for him weeks ago.

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VI

We moved my stuff into Eli’s bedroom that night, then snuggled up and watched a movie while he played with my hair. The cupcake blanket had finally emerged from the dryer, so we were snuggled up beneath it.

It kept bringing my mind back to the first night we’d been together.

And that made me happy.

It had been insane, but in a way that was kind of funny when I looked back on it.

We fell asleep on the couch together late that night, and Eli woke me up with his hand between my thighs early the next morning.

Then his mouth.

Then his cock.

Suffice it to say, I wouldn’t mind if every morning went that way. How could it get better than sex and snuggling, followed by shared laughter?

We got a message that our apartment was done a few hours later, so we threw some of my clothes in a bag, then headed out.

Flying was just as much fun as always. Eli kept me on my toes—and I needed that.

I loved it, too.

After we landed on the balcony of our new place, Randa and Jasper stepped outside to greet us.

My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw Randa. Her cheeks were pink, and her eyes were bright.

“You chopped your hair!” I exclaimed, abandoning Eli as I hurried toward her to grab a few of the short, bouncy strands. It was cut to her chin, blunt but choppy, and was almost exactly the same as the haircut she’d been obsessed with a few years earlier. She’d grown her hair out, but never really told me why.

I loved the cut on her, though. I’d been waiting for her to chop it again ever since.

“Finally,” she agreed, unable to hide her grin. “Jas has made me show him pictures of it multiple times, and I couldn’t resist anymore. I accidentally told him how much I wanted it short again the first night we met.”

“Okay, that’s adorable.” I tugged lightly on the strands before I hugged her, and released her. “How’s the place looking?”

“Amazing. Come on.” She tugged me inside, and I heard Eli chuckle behind us.

Randa gave me a tour, and we obsessed over the little details together.

She and Brynn had blown it out of the park.

I was going to love living there.

Randa and I were chatting about her newest art pieces in the kitchen when Jasper came over and put his hands on her shoulders, massaging lightly. Eli sat down next to me, his hand finding my thigh.

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