Page 28 of How Not to Date an Angel

Julian considered. He couldn’t exactly explain to the angel that he was sent here to tempt them. Lying felt worse than just omitting.

“It was part of an assignment,” he said quietly, the scratch of Rami’s nails against his scalp the only sound.

But then the angel hummed. “Sounds like a terrible assignment,” Rami said.

Julian only purred a little louder, and shivered all over again when Rami continued on to the rinse.

“It’s not so bad,” he told them as the angel cupped their palm over his head once more.

The warm water slid down his shoulders and he arched back into the angel’s touch as the suds washed down his skin.

“And it’s not like I get to choose my assignments. I just do what the boss tells me.”

The angel paused for a moment, and Julian didn’t think they were sipping their wine. “And who is your boss, if not Lucifer?”

Julian scoffed. “Some asshole named Carl.”

Carl, the reason Julian was in this whole mess.“Want to be the first to tempt an angel?”he’d asked.“It’ll be easy,”he’d said.“We’re trying something new,”he’d claimed.

Bunch of bullshit.

Before he could get too worked up about it, Julian released a breath and focused on the angel’s actions.

Rami’s fingers sorting through Julian’s long hair felt almost as nice as the scrubbing. They worked the tangles out using their fingers, and the conditioner they used made his hair soft and silky.

In Hell, Julian supposed casual touches were few and far between. With the angel’s hands all up in his hair, scrubbing and touching and combing, it shouldn’t have been a surprise that Julian’s cock beganto take interest in the proceedings. Heat rushed to his cheeks, and he glanced down, making sure the bubbles were still in place.

How embarrassing. Over anangel?

Just to be safe, he dragged a few more bubbles over with a hand beneath the water.

The angel would be done soon and then Julian could… deal with his problem.

He took a desperate drink of his wine, only spilling a bit out of the corner of his lips.

He was supposed to be—

Julian blinked. Right.Hewas supposed to do the tempting, not… not the other way around!

He didn’t want to seduce the angel. That felt… worse. A bit unforgivable.

Did it matter if the angel forgave him?

You’re a demon,that annoying voice in his head pointed out.

Yeah, but he wasn’t fucking cruel.

“So you’ve been on Earth now for… how many years?” Julian asked lightly.

Rami’s hands paused in his hair before they continued. “Several hundred years now.”

“Long time,” Julian murmured. “You live alone.”

“You’re astute,” the angel drawled.

Julian rolled his eyes. “No angel buddies to hang out with?”

Rami hummed. “Not really. I was sent to observe, blend in. So that’s what I’ve been doing.”

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