Page 77 of Charmed By Destiny

“Wonderful, I look forward to peeling it from your body with my teeth.”

Although Richard’s cock throbbed at the fantastic idea, he leaned back in his chair. “What makes you think I put out on the first date, sir?”

“Oh, it doesn’t have to be tonight,” Lucas said. “What I meant was I hope that someday in the future I’ll have the opportunity to lick my way up your thigh and help you wiggle out of your sparkly thong.”

In the past, Richard had made poor choices, and those men thought they were entitled to whatever pleased them at his expense. Lucas was the opposite. There was nothing the inspirit took for granted. Which Richard supposed was one of the many reasons he was falling so fast and hard for him.

Lucas was charming, but it wasn’t surface deep. His heart was the biggest, brightest part of him. Although Lucas claimed not to be a gambler, he’d risked everything and walked into the unknown to help his necromancer. Not one to do anything halfway, Lucas didn’t show up at work just to earn his paycheck.

Since day one, Lucas had devoted himself to learning everything and befriending everyone on staff, and Richard could no longer imagine the office without him. But he supposed that was natural. Destiny had intervened in their lives, and Richard was so grateful.

“Is now a good time to mention that I took a bath, then slathered myself in my favorite decadent fruit-scented lotion?”

“There is never a bad time to bring that up,” Lucas vowed. “I’d also like to add that I’m available for lotion slathering in the future if you’re ever in the market for a helper.”

“Thank you for the offer, I’ll keep that in mind. So often I think about how difficult it can be to reach certain spots. Or how annoying it is when certain parts of me get rigid from the constant stroking of the lotion.”

Lucas closed his eyes, and Richard picked up his glass of wine to enjoy the taste.

“Paint me a picture, Dragonfly.”

“I’d rather show you later.”

With a grin, Lucas’s warm gray gaze met Richard’s. “I’m free this evening. All night if you want me.”

“I definitely want you.”

“I’m equally interested in you,” Lucas said. “All of you.”

“And by all of me, you mean my heart, right?”

The humor disappeared from Lucas’s face, and the solemness of his expression nearly brought Richard to tears again. “I’d like that more than anything.”

“How has it only been a couple of weeks since we discovered we were soulmates?”

“I’ve asked myself that too. I don’t know. This is working, isn’t it?”

“So far, so damn good.”

“Gentlemen,” Richard’s father called out as he stalked into the dining room again. “Have we decided?”

“Uh, yes, I believe we have,” Lucas said, plucking his menu from the table. “I believe we’ll go with option one for us both.”

“Excellent selection. It will be delivered promptly.” Clark headed for the door, but Richard stopped him.

“Waiter, don’t you need to take our menus?”

“I prefer the termserverto waiter. And, no, keep them.”

“This place is getting a bad review unless the food is incredible,” Richard told Lucas.

“I’ve heard good things.”

“Is that why you picked this place for our date?”

“Did I pick it?” Lucas asked. “I think of it more like it chose me.”

“Destiny, maybe?”

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