Page 22 of Just a Bit Captivated

“Shut the door,” Zain said once they were inside his office.

His knees trembling, Aiden shut the door.

Leaning his hip against his desk, Zain regarded him with his inscrutable brown eyes.

Silence stretched, thick and suffocating.

“You told me you weren’t homosexual,” Zain said in a conversational voice.

If there was a god, a meteorite would strike the house right this moment, saving him from this humiliation.

Unfortunately, the cosmic bodies didn’t oblige.

“I didn’t lie,” Aiden said stiffly, looking anywhere but at him.“I just wasn’t entirely honest. I did find some men attractive in the past. I just didn’t do anything about it. So I wasn’t lying about my lack of experience.”

Silence.

“Can I go now?” Aiden said, rubbing the back of his neck. His face felt very hot.

“Look at me.” It was a quiet command, but it was a command all the same.

Aiden couldn’t disobey him.

Zain was eyeing him with a strange look on his face. “I’m not homosexual,” he said. “Your attraction is unrequited and unwelcome.”

This was the single most humiliating moment of Aiden’s life. He hadn’t thought it was possible to hate this man more, but he did now.

Laughing harshly, Aiden turned toward the door.“Right. All right. If that’s all—”

“I didn’t say you could go.”

Aiden froze with his hand on the door handle.

“While the situation isn’t ideal, it can be used to our advantage.”

Frowning incredulously, Aiden turned around.“What?”

Zain thrummed his fingers absentmindedly on the desk, his expression calculating.“Your lack of experienceisa problem. Gadielis skittish about the whole thing as it is. Saddling him with an unenthusiastic lover who doesn’t know what he’s doing isn’t going to work. You should at least know what you’re doing.”

Aiden’s heart started to pound. Did… Did Zain mean what Aiden thought he meant?

“I will allow you to practice on me,” Zain said, his fingers flexing on the desk.“Come over here.”

He was kidding.

He couldn’t possibly be serious.

It couldn’t possibly be happening.

Aiden swallowed, looking at him wide-eyed.

“It’s not funny,” he rasped out.

Zain’s lips twisted into a sardonic smile.“Trust me, I don’t find this amusing, either.” His shoulders were tense. His entire body was, tension rolling off him in almost tangible waves. “Stop wasting my time. We both know it will happen. You will get on your knees and you will learn how to suck cock. Now, Aiden.”

Aiden’s feet moved before he consciously made the decision. He stopped in front of Zain, feeling nearly dizzy with an awful combination of want, hatred, and confusion.

“Get on with it,” Zain said, his careless tone at odds with the intensity of his eyes. “Do you need to be ordered? I can order you.”

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