Page 757 of Love Bites

AFTER THE MATING

Later, after room service delivered their sandwiches, Bethany and Math sat in bed, eating them.

Bethany crunched through the bacon in the sandwich, the sheet drawn up around her chest because she just couldn’t deal with eating while naked and available for inspection.

And, oh God, she wasso frickin’ hungry.She might have to order another one of these sandwiches. Or an entire cheesecake.

Math kept eyeing her, his golden, glittering eyes blazing as he ran his fingers down her arm or her bare leg that stuck out of the sheet. His eyes were entirely consumed by the sparkling fire, no hazel left at all. They were absolutely beautiful.

His gaze kept returning to the dragon marking on her chest that still felt a little alien, but at least it was pretty. It was exactly something that she would have chosen to tattoo herself with.

Math stroked his finger down the back of the dragon tattoo’s head. “I can’t believe this worked. I can’t believe it created a marking instead of a terrible scar.”

Bethany swallowed toast and bacon. “Did you think you were going to hurt me?”

Math looked away from her. “You told me to do it, and I couldn’t stop it. I was praying I could heal you afterward, like I did with the sea serpent venom and when I’ve bitten you while we’re—” He gestured toward the bed they were sitting on.

Bethany laughed and set her sandwich down and moved around behind him to hug him around his waist. “Good grief, you’re just as wound up about sex things as I am, aren’t you?”

He shrugged, his broad shoulders moving under her fingertips and lips. Muscle rounded on both sides of his spine, and he did indeed have dimples on the small of his back. She would lick those later, she was sure. Or dig her nails into them. “My parents were uptight like you wouldn’t believe. They didn’t express any affection toward each other around other people, even me.”

She hugged him and laid her cheek against the back of his shoulder, pressing her boobs against his strong back. “I hope you’re a little better than that.”

He laughed and reached around behind himself to stroke her back. “I think I’m not quite as repressed as they were.”

“Well, they produced you, somehow.” She tightened her arms around his waist and kissed the back of his shoulder.

“Yes, they did manage to mate.” He shoved another bite of sandwich into his mouth and choked on it.

He coughed hard and pounded on his chest, his eyes wide as he glanced back at her, behind his shoulder.

“Math, are you okay?”

He coughed some more but managed to swallow.

“Jeez, Math.” She patted him on the back and watched to make sure he didn’t turn blue. “Lumpy sandwich?”

He swallowed hard and then stared straight ahead at the wall, his golden eyes wide. “My mother’s mating mark was on thebackof her shoulder. I always thought it was because she was so modest that she didn’t want people to see it.”

Math twisted his body and looked down at where Bethany was pressed against his spine, her mouth right above the back of his shoulder.

Oh.“Well, I guess you learned something about your parents today.”

He shook his head. “I could have happily gone my whole life without knowing that.”

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