Page 64 of The Artist
“Fuck!” Thor leaned his head back and raked his hands through his dark hair. “He did!”
“When?” Aubri demanded.
Celeste answered. “Last night. I heard them when I went to the bathroom around midnight.”
“Belle, tell us how many times you slept with my brother?”
I couldn’t meet Aubri’s eyes. “A few times.”
“Tell useverything,” Thor demanded. He was so intimidating with the way he pushed his chest out and made his tone hard.
“After he rescued me, he warmed my body and it just happened. And then last night we did it again.”
“So, twice?” Freya asked.
I hesitated.
“Three times then?”
I hid my face behind my hands and sucked in a steadying breath.
“You slept with Masonfourtimes?” Thor sounded mad as hell.
Freya held up a palm in his direction. “Thor, calm down. Mason and Belle didn’t commit a crime and there’s no need to get mad at her. Put the drone on autopilot before you get us all killed.”
Thor pushed a few buttons. “I’m not mad at Belle. I’m fucking furious at Mason. How dare he touch her? He knows we can’t touch outsiders.”
“Huh. Is that a rule? That would explain why Indiana turned me down.”
Aubri narrowed her eyes at Celeste. “What are you talking about? When did you try and hook up with Indiana?”
“Oh, it was years ago. I always found him extremely attractive and I wondered if…” Celeste stopped herself and her gaze darted to me.
“You wondered what?” Aubri asked impatiently.
Celeste leaned back. “You know, what every woman wonders when they see a giant of a man.”
We all looked toward Thor, who was large even when sitting down.
“I’m not following,” Aubri said.
Freya sighed. “That’s because we’re surrounded by large men all the time. I think Celeste is referring to the size of Indiana’s penis.”
Thor sputtered a laugh with no mirth behind it. “You wanted to know the size of his cock?”
Celeste shrugged. “That, and I was curious to see if Nmen are different in bed than French men.”
“Of course, we are!” Thor claimed. “We’re a hundred times better.”
“Is that so?” Celeste gave a dry chuckle. “That’s an easy claim to make without backing it up. Are you willing to demonstrate your talents and let me be the judge?”
Thor’s eyebrows shot up. “What the hell, Celeste. You’re pregnant.”
“So? Pregnant women can have sex too.”
“I’m…” He trailed off and looked to his sister as if she had his answer. “I’m flattered, but sex is between a man and his wife. That’s why Mason went over the line. He’s putting himself in danger by having sex with someone he can’t have.”
“Why? It’s not like we French have dangerous sexually transmitted diseases. Those were eradicated after the Motherlands discovered us sixteen years ago. That’s one of the best things that we got from working with them.”
