“I’m not doing anything,” Mia protested, then moaned as he pressed his hot mouth to her neck, nibbling on the sensitive spot in the area. Tremors of pleasure ran down her body, and her eyes closed as he pulled her closer to him, his large hands stroking her naked back. His lips traveled down her neck to her collarbone, then lower, until his tongue was slowly swirling around her right nipple. Her insides clenched at the sensation.
He lifted his head, looking up at her with a burning amber gaze. “You exist. You make me want you just by breathing. Everything about you appeals to me – your taste, your scent, the look on your face when I am deep inside you. I can’t go a single fucking day without touching you, without feeling you in my arms. I can’t even go a few hours. And it’s not enough, Mia . . . I want more. I want everything.”
Mia’s breath caught in her throat as she stared at him. His intensity was almost frightening.
“You have everything,” she whispered, clutching his powerful shoulders. “I love you. You know that –”
“Do I?” His hands slid down her back, cupped her butt cheeks. He pulled her closer to him until her lower body was pressed against his, the tip of his hard penis prodding between her thighs.
“Of course . . .” Mia gasped as she felt him beginning to push inside.
“Tell me you’re mine,” he ordered, and she wondered at the dark need she saw on his face. His face was flushed and his eyes glittered with some strange emotion.
Mia licked her lips. Only the head of his cock was inside her for now, and she was desperate for more. “I’m yours,” she told him softly, and then immediately cried out, her head falling back, as he entered her fully with one thrust.
“That’s right,” he whispered savagely, “you’re mine. You will always be mine.”
And for the next several hours, Mia didn’t doubt him for even a second.
* * *
“How are we getting to Florida? And can you please make some more human clothes for me? I don’t think I have enough here . . . And shoes . . . Maybe we should get some of my new clothes from New York?”
Feeling like a bundle of nerves the next morning, Mia paced up and down the kitchen, too wired to sleep past 7 a.m. despite getting less than four hours of sleep last night.
“I don’t think I’ve seen you this nervous even when you were spying on me,” Korum observed with amusement, slicing up a papaya for her breakfast smoothie. He was back to his normal self, having apparently gotten over whatever weird mood he was in last night.
Mia took a deep breath and plopped down on one of the chairs. “No, but seriously, I have nothing to wear. All I have are those jeans and the T-shirt that I was wearing earlier –”
“Do I ever not take care of that for you?”
It was true, he did. He always handled all the logistics, and everything came out perfectly fine.
“Okay, I am nervous,” Mia confessed, bringing her thumb toward her mouth to bite at the nail before she remembered that she’d gotten rid of that nasty habit in high school.
“Why? You should be happy. You’re going to see your family. Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“They’re going to find out I lied to them,” Mia impatiently explained, giving Korum a don’t-you-get-it look. “And then they’re going to flip out when they meet you –”
He sighed with exasperation. “They’re not going to flip out. We’ve discussed it already. You’re going to first tell them about me, and then I’ll do my best to reassure them of your safety and wellbeing.”
Mia jumped up, unable to sit still. “I know, but I don’t see how they would not flip out. I’ve never brought home a boyfriend before, and here I show up with a K. They’ve never even seen one of you except on TV.”
“Well then, they’ll have a new experience.”
Korum was completely inflexible on this topic. As far as he was concerned, her parents would just have to get used to the fact that their daughter was now his charl. Whenever Mia tried to bring up the idea of her going to Florida by herself, he would immediately shoot it down. Far too dangerous, he’d told her, and, besides, he had no intention of not seeing her for a week. When Mia had argued that they could still see each other at night – since his super-fast aircraft could get anywhere within the globe in a matter of minutes – he reminded her of the first part of his statement. Not all the Resistance fighters had been caught yet, he explained, and thus it was not safe for her to go anywhere outside of Lenkarda by herself.
Mia blew out a frustrated breath. “Okay, fine. So are we going there by the same ship that brought us here to Costa Rica?” At Korum’s nod, she continued, “And where are you planning to land? In my parents’ backyard?”
He laughed. “No, my sweet. That might frighten them too much, not to mention bring a lot of unwanted attention to your family. We’re going to land at a special section of the Daytona Beach International Airport, and I will make us a car there. Then we’ll drive to your parents’ house. Your arrival is going to be very human and straightforward.”
“And you’ll what? Sit in the car while I explain the whole thing to them?”
“I’ll drop you off and go for a drive to explore the area. You’ll call me when you’re ready for me to come by. Here, drink your smoothie and stop stressing. It’s going to be fine,” Korum said soothingly, handing her the shake.
“Thank you,” Mia told him after a few sips of the flavorful concoction. She was starting to feel marginally better. Maybe she was over-thinking it. “So when are we flying out?”
He shrugged. “Whenever you’re ready. We can go now if you want.”