Page 54 of Izzy
"I know Seryn's guest house is way nicer."
Todd drew his eyebrows together. "Your apartment is nice. It's very cozy. Plus, it smells like you. The best part is that you're here, though."
Shit. Ulises heart did a little flip as if it were trying to wiggle its way out of Ulises' chest to get to Todd. If it were just a fewpretty words, Ulises might not have had a response at all. At least not a strong one. But Todd meant every word. He'd spoken in a matter-of-fact way as if all the guesthouse was missing was Ulises.
Ulises should use his big brain but the one in his dick took over his thought process and he found himself straddling Todd's lap.
Todd gripped Ulises' waist as if stabilizing him. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, but his eyes held heat. It didn't take him long to get with the program.
He pulled Ulises closer. When their lips connected, they still had the same problem as before. Neither of them was dominant so the kiss was tender, but they didn't hesitate. The chemistry between them helped push things along but not fast enough for Ulises’ liking.
It felt like forever since someone else had made him come. Jacking off in the shower was fine, but he wanted to feel a connection with another person. Sex always made him feel as though he belonged to someone, and it like it. But in the moment where skin touched skin, he could pretend the person touching him cared about him.
Ulises was delusional. It didn’t matter that Todd said what he had and was willing to stay with him. Todd was Izzy's mate, not Ulises' boyfriend.
Ulises ended the kiss and sighed. He closed his eyes so he wouldn't have to see Todd's kiss-stung lips and the way he gazed at Ulises with equal parts want and confusion.
"Why'd we stop?"
Ulises shook his head, not wanting to answer. He started to climb off Todd but then his front door opened, and Izzy entered the apartment. Ulises flew off Todd as though he were a teenager caught making out by his parents.
He tried to make himself as small as possible, but he couldn't sink into the couch cushions enough.
Izzy filled the room with his presence, larger than life itself.
It didn't help that wore his cut and his jeans that hugged his body in all the right places. The chain from his belt to his pocket made him seem badass.
Ulises’ cock was still hard and his blood, while not as hot as when he'd been kissing Todd, was still warm in his body.
It didn't help that Todd had moved closer to Ulises. Ulises had nowhere else to go. He already pressed into the arm of the couch. If he stood, Izzy would see how hard he was. It would also be the same as admitting guilt. Maybe his delusional state of mind was a constant problem but if he sat there, still and stiff, maybe Izzy wouldn't kill him.
Ulises sighed and shook his head.You kissed Todd. Izzy's mate. A dragon shifters mate. Way to go, idiot.
Ulises was just about to tell Todd and Izzy to leave when he felt Todd's hand on his thigh. He opened his eyes and looked at it, then at Izzy, who had reptilian eyes and fangs. He sniffed as if he were a dog trying to catch a scent.
Ulises picked up Todd's hand and moved it off his leg only to have Todd put it back. "You're gonna get me killed."
"I'm not going to kill you, baby." Izzy took a step toward him but when Ulises shrank way, he stopped.
Izzy fell to his knees. It was such an odd thing to do. He knew they'd been making out right? That Ulises was on top of Todd with his tongue down Todd's throat? Todd, Izzy's mate. He had to know all that because Izzy might be a lot of things, but stupid wasn't one of them. And he undoubtedly smelled their arousal.
Ulises held his breath, waiting for the moment when Izzy either said why he'd put himself in such a vulnerable position or he attacked Ulises for daring to put his hands on his mate.
"All I want is to protect you. To take care of you." Izzy held out his hand.
Ulises looked at it. "Why are you lying?"
"I'm not, baby. I swear it."
"You want something." That had to be it. "Whatever it is, I don't have it. You can ask anyone in the club."
Izzy sighed. He put his arms down to his side. "You think this is a ruse."
Ulises shrugged. "What else could it be?"
"Maybe that I'm fucking in love with you. I don't speak for Todd, but I'd say based on the way his lips are red and the smell of his arousal he's at least in lust. Am I wrong?" Izzy met Todd's gaze.
"No. You're not wrong." Todd tried to take Ulises’ hand, but Ulises pulled away. "It's more than that. I like you a lot, Ully."
