Page 22 of The Tech Guru's Heart

Link nibbled his bottom lip for a few seconds, which Ezra found totally adorable on the big man.“Yeah.”He cleared his throat, then added, “In a nutshell.”Rubbing the back of his neck, Link told him, “Fate doesn’t make mistakes.She brings mates together when one or both need each other, so while I’m uncertain of her timing right now, I want you to know I’ll be good for you.”Grimacing, he amended, “I’ll make it good for you.I want to support you, not hold you back or anything.”

Reaching over, Ezra rested his hand on Link’s knee.He rubbed lightly over the hairy flesh, surprised to find he liked the feel of the crinkly hair beneath his palm.Ezra didn’t have much body hair, but considering Link sat there without a shirt, his broad chest clearly displayed that he did.

Man, I wanna explore so bad.

“I haven’t met anyone I’ve wanted to try a relationship with in...a really long time, but—”

Ezra hesitated, taking a second to glance at his soup.He stirred, focusing on his simmering meal as he collected his thoughts.Mulling over things while alone and hiking was so very different than trying to voice his thoughts when a very sexy Link sat before him.

Appreciating that Link gave him a few minutes to sort his thoughts and find his words, Ezra turned off the burner so his soup could cool.He turned back to meet Link’s gaze and scoffed softly.“How I respond to you really makes me want to try.”Before Link could reply, Ezra admitted, “I’ve never had a relationship work long-term, and that definitely concerns me.I mean”—he lifted a hand, then dropped it into his lap a second later—“you make it sound permanent.Bonding for life, right?”

“Yes,” Link confirmed, his deep voice quiet and sure.

“What if we get tired of each other?”Ezra asked uncomfortably.“I’ve had it happen before.”

After a while, Ezra would just...lose interest in his girlfriend.Sometimes, they would go their separate ways amicably.A few times, Ezra had ended up getting an earful from the ex about how he was cold, distant, or uncaring.

“That’ll never happen for me, Ezra.”Link smirked, his eyes narrowing in a smoldering expression.“And I can guarantee that it won’t happen for you, either.”

“How?”Ezra shook his head, even as his body responded to that look.“I don’t think that’s really something you can promise.”

Link chuckled.“Because after we bond, you’ll be the only person I can ever get it up for.”

Wait.What?

“Huh?”Ezra gaped for a few seconds.“Really?”

“Really,” Link confirmed, sounding serious.“You know what that means?”

Ezra shook his head.

“That means I’ll make it my mission in life to give you so much pleasure you’ll never look elsewhere for satisfaction.”Link smirked again, obviously taking in Ezra’s dumbfounded expression.Letting out a husky chuckle, he claimed, “And sex between mates is far more enjoyable than anything you could experience with anyone else.”Link waggled his eyebrows suggestively.“That blowjob was just the tip of the iceberg.”

Gaping, Ezra felt a rush of heat flood his body just thinking of experiencing more with the other man.It had definitely been the best damn blowjob of his life.His prick thickened behind the fly of his shorts, pressing against the material almost uncomfortably.

And I do want more...so very much.

Unable to help himself, Ezra reached down and adjusted himself into a better position.The move drew Link’s attention to his tented shorts.The bigger man’s nostrils flared, and he swept out his tongue and licked his lips.

“Wanna help you with that,” Link declared gruffly, his tone betraying his desires.

“Yes, please,” Ezra murmured reflexively.

Link began to set aside his bag of jerky, then hesitated.His attention fell on Ezra’s soup.He pointed at Ezra’s meal and opened his mouth.

Ezra was about to say,it can wait, when his stomach took that second to grumble loudly.

Smiling, Link cleared his throat.“You’ve expended a lot of calories hiking today.”He indicated the soup again while holding Ezra’s gaze.“Part of taking care of you is making certain you’re fed.Please eat.”With a reassuring expression, Link told him, “I’m not going anywhere.”

With a groan, Ezra nodded.He knew the other man was right.That didn’t make setting aside his carnal thoughts any easier.Still, Ezra did it.

Ezra pulled a metal trivet from his backpack and placed it before him.Gingerly, he rested the small cook pot on it.Then he stirred his soup and blew on it, helping it to cool faster.

After a moment, Ezra carefully took a tentative bite.It was still a bit too hot, but the flavor bursting across his tongue caused his stomach to grumble again.He hummed appreciatively as he eased another small spoonful between his lips.

“Damn, that’s a great sound,” Link rumbled, drawing Ezra’s attention.He eyed him with a somewhat feral glimmer in his dark eyes, causing the hairs on Ezra’s arms to stand on end and his cock to twitch.Link grinned as he narrowed his eyes.“Yeah, wanna pull those kinds of noises from you while I’m stroking my hands over your body and burying my dick inside your hole.”Link’s nostrils flared, and his expression turned a little vacant, as if he was imagining just that.“Know you’ll feel so tight and hot around me.”

Ezra swallowed hard, trying to get moisture into his suddenly too-dry throat.His breath caught in his chest, and heat rushed through his veins that had nothing to do with his hot soup.It even felt as if his heart skipped a beat in anticipation.

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