Page 74 of Devilish

“Come up here.” I sat back in my chair and drew him into my lap, and Kai straddled me. “There, isn’t this better?”

He looped his arms around my neck as I smoothed my hands up his back. “Much.”

“Good. Now, where were we? Oh, that’s right.” I pressed a kiss to that tempting mouth. “You have questions. Now’s the time, beautiful boy.”

Kai took in a deep breath, then finally spoke. “Have you…have you ever been in a relationship like that before?”

“No. All of the relationships I had in the past were purely physical.”

Kai frowned, not too happy with that answer, but I wouldn’t lie to him. Not ever. My number one rule was honesty, and this was something he needed to hear and understand.

“They revolved around desires of the flesh and nothing more. Not because I didn’t want more but because I never found anyone who fit what I was looking for.”

Kai wriggled further up my lap, his sweet behind warm and snug against my hard-on as his legs cradled my hips. It was as though he were made specifically to be there.

As if he could read my mind, Kai whispered, “I fit.”

“Yes, you do.” But I could see something else was on his mind, something important to him. “What is it?”

“I don’t want to be with anyone else. And I don’t want to share you either.”

It took every ounce of control I had not to smile at his demand as I stared into his earnest expression. He was dead serious, and his possessiveness made a growl rumble up inside me.

“Done.”

“Just like that?”

“Just like that.” I kissed along his jaw to his ear. “This has always been about you and what you want. It’s always been your choice. I’ve just been waiting for you to choose me.”

Kai caught my lips in a kiss so sweet that it made my stomach flip.

“I can’t ever remember wanting anything as much as I want you.”

I brushed my lips over his and pulled him in tight, positive he could feel my heart with as loud as it was thumping. “I’m yours.”

Kai nestled in and pressed a kiss to the side of my neck, and as he relaxed into my hold whispered, “And I’m yours.”

As we sat there like that in my office, arms and legs twined around one another, I couldn’t help but think about how long I had waited for him. How far I had looked.

I’d gone from country to country, searching for the kind of feelings coursing through me in that moment. But it wasn’t until right now, with this beautiful boy in my lap, that I was finally experiencing true fulfillment—and, by some miracle of fate, he felt the same.

27

KAI

THE STORM CLOUDS rolled in late Monday afternoon as I walked into Lucien’s library and eyed the oversized chair that faced the windows.

I had the place to myself for a few hours, since Lucien had headed out to meet with the insurance company looking after The Veil, and instead of sitting around twiddling my thumbs, I planned to put the time to good use.

A conversation we’d had last week had been niggling away at the back of my mind, about what I might want to do now that I was free of Rupert and had the opportunity to look toward the future. But never having thought about it before, I’d had no answer.

Thatwas going to change today.

With a tray of tea in hand, I carefully made my way over to my favorite spot and placed it on the small table beside the chair. I’d already plugged in the laptop Lucien had given me, and after pouring myself a cup of the tea and adding the flavored, frothy milk, I curled my legs up under me and reached for the computer.

The problem was, I had no idea where to start.

“Have you given any thought to it before? Is there anything you’d like to try?”

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