Page 66 of Her Dragon Daddy Disaster
Levi looked me up and down from where he sat back against his desk, his arms crossed somewhat defensively in front of him. “Well, out with it,” he said, forcing the conversation back on track.
No more avoiding it.
“When I came here, you told me I was your mate,” I said, diving right in.
Levi nodded.
“How can you know this?”
“Because you are.”
His voice didn’t waver. I wanted to scream at him, to know how he could be thatconfident.
“You can’t know that,” I told him. “Because I don’t have a dragon in me. There’s no other part of me for you to be matedto.It doesn’t make sense.”
“I know.”
I rocked back on my heels at the casual admission. “Youwhat?So, you know I’m not actually your mate?”
“No, you are my mate.” He pushed himself off the desk. “I can’t explain how it’s possible, Sarah. Do I wish I could? Maybe, but that might remove some of the mystery of it. All I know is you are. My dragon knows it, and I trust it entirely. And I hope that one day you will, too.”
I was floored. “Just like that?”
“Just like that,” he said, stepping closer. Invading my personal space. “The non-dragon side takes longer to come around, but it does—if you let it.”
“I don’t know.”
“Is there something wrong with being my mate?”
“I …” I fell silent, thinking about his question. “I’m not sure, truthfully. I’ve never beenanyone’smate before, Levi. It’s all so new to me.”
He laughed softly. “You aren’t the only one in uncharted waters. But if you’d like, we can try to sail them together.”
The open admission of his uncertainty was a breath of fresh air.
“How can you be so confident?”
Levi was quiet for some time, thinking over his answer. When he spoke, he stared straight into my soul. “If you could see what I see when I look at you, then you would understand,” he whispered.
I shivered. It wasn’t cold in the office. If anything, it was warm. Yet I shivered anyway because those words were spoken from a place of seriousness Levi often didn’t reach. Like most men, he was casual and flippant … until he wasn’t.
That single glance into his thoughts hit hard and stuck around. Forcing me to consider things. Things I hadn’t thought possible.
Like maybe he was telling the truth.
Maybe Iwashis mate.
“Levi,” I whispered.
He came to me, a force of heat and desire that burned down any remaining hesitation, crossing a line that could not be retracted.
And I welcomed him in.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Sarah
Clothes flew everywhere as we undressed in a frenzy, pausing to caress, grab, spank and stroke one another only briefly. Too urgent were the unspoken demands we made of one another. Demands that could only be satisfied bodily.
