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I nod. “I understand why it would be odd, especially for humans who don’t typically mate bond. I don’t know how or why Eden is my mate, but I feel like the luckiestxalain the universe to have found her. We both do.”

“I’m glad you realize that,” her father says, his eyebrow quirking in amusement as I give Eden a squeeze and she flushes even more.

“Mezli and Phelix are wonderful, too.” Eden’s voice is dreamy and her mother practically squeals in delight at her daughter’s obvious happiness.

“Speaking of Lord Nafar, I’ll go grab him so he can say?—”

“Mmm, where did my gorgeous mates go? I’m starving for you,” Phelix rumbles in a low voice that makes my nipples harden.

I turn over my shoulder to see Phelix emerge from the bedroom, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes—completely nude. His cocks are fully erect and already weeping with need, and he brings a lower hand down to palm one lazily as he steps into the living room.

“Ah!” Eden squeals, quickly turning so the holo screen is facing away from our mate.

“What’s wrong?” Phelix asks, dropping his hand from his dick with a concerned frown.

“Eden’s on a vid comm with her parents.”

“Oh fuck,” he curses, scrambling back into the bedroom, banging into the doorframe with another expletive.

“He looks…nice,” Eden’s mom says, looking a bit dazed after getting an eyeful of his dicks.

“Oh, he’s alright I guess,” I say, rejoining Eden by her side. “We only keep him around for his equipment, if you know what I mean,” I add with a wink.

Her mother blinks a few times before bursting out into a warm laugh that sounds so much like Eden’s it makes my heart squeeze with affection. “I can see why.”

Eden’s dad raises a gray brow at his wife, and she just laughs even harder. “Well, I look forward to meeting him when he’s a little more, uh, prepared.”

“I don’t know, he looks pretty prepared for something,” her dad deadpans, immediately making me fall in love with him.

“Hah! Your parents are such a delight. Now I know where Eden gets her charm from.”

“Yeah, sure, uh, I should probably go!” Eden says, desperate to move away from the topic of Phelix’s junk.

“Alright, sweetie! We’ll talk later. I love you!” Eden’s mom says, waving her hand at us.

“I love you, too!” Eden cuts off the comm feed and lets out a loud groan.

“I’m so sorry!” Phelix calls from the bedroom. “I didn’t know you were on a comm. Give me just a moment and I’ll come out and apologize.”

“Too late, they already saw the goods and gave you the seal of approval,” I shout back, earning a chuckle from Eden.

“Not exactly how I imagined introducing my mates to my parents,” she says with a sheepish smile.

“I think it went pretty well! They seemed okay with you being mated to two hot aliens. We’ll make them adore us when we come visit you,” I say, squeezing her shoulder reassuringly. At least it’s meant to be reassuring, but her smile falters.

“Uh, you won’t need to visit,” she says hesitantly.

“What? Of course I’m going to visit. I’m going to make our rich mate buy a private ship and shuttle us back and forth to Europa 3 every damn week. You’re stuck with us, so stop coming up with reasons why we can’t be together!”

“What’s that about me buying a ship?” Phelix asks, emerging from the bedroom in one of my robes, which strains at the shoulders and barely does anything to cover up his delicious girth.

“You don’t need to buy a ship!” Eden says shaking her head.

“Yes, you do!” I argue.

“No, youdon’t. I’m not leaving!”

I blink back at her, my frustration evaporating in an instant. “You’re not?”

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