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"Thank you. But believe me, I wish I could stay here with you."

"Me too. But you're not the only one with work."

"Ah, fair point. I can't distract you too much. Let me walk you out?"

I nodded and watched as he grabbed his bag and came back to the door. He held it open for me and I slipped past, meeting his gaze for a fleeting moment. It was going to be good when we were away from work later and could be affectionate without worrying about who else saw, but at least we could have the occasional stolen moment at work too.

Chapter 15

CUPID

I hummed to myself as I put together breakfast, feeling rather satisfied after last night and the way it had felt for Eloise to fall apart in my arms. She was everything I'd ever hoped for in a match and far more. Being physically compatible was one thing, but it went deeper than that. It was still early, but it was easy to see the two of us peeling back the layers and discovering the small things that made us suited to one another.

Footsteps sounded and I turned around to find the woman in question entering the kitchen wearing one of my shirts. My body immediately responded to the sight.

Eloise seemed to notice and raised an eyebrow. "Are you ever turned off?"

I chuckled. "It's one of the disadvantages of being a god of attraction. There's no real off switch if I'm with someone I like."

"Mmm, I wasn't complaining last night." She sat down at the breakfast bar, the shirt riding up to reveal the top of her leg.

"It gets old after a while. Do you want butter on your toast?"

"Yes, please. I know I shouldn't, but it tastes so much better that way."

"It does." I grabbed the pot of butter and spread some over her toast. "But you can have whatever you want."

She raised an eyebrow. "Because you're going to help me work it off, right?"

I laughed. "If you want."

"After last night, yes."

"Then I'm yours until five," I said. "But after that, I need to prepare for the Jinx Valentine's Day party."

"Oh." She looked down at her knees. "I totally forgot about that."

I finished plating up breakfast and set her plate down in front of her.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." I grabbed my own plate and sat down beside her at the breakfast bar. "I'd rather stay here with you all day than go to the party," I admitted.

"Why did you say yes to hosting if you don't want to?"

"Optics," I muttered. "Aine wants a love god to be the face of the party, and I'm the one she wanted." I would be glad when it was all over and I no longer had to worry about the party.

"Isn'tshe a love goddess herself?"

"Yes. But apparently, she believes she's not well-known enough to the general public, so she's turned to me. Partly because I didn't want Aphrodite to be the one."

Eloise laughed. "Let's guess, the rivalry between the Greek and Roman gods again?"

"Something like that." I ate some of my breakfast.

"What even caused that?"

"Humans, more or less. The Romans stole a lot of the stories from the Greeks, along with lands, statues, and other things. It was just the progression of the world, but as I'm sure you can imagine, they weren't pleased about it."

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