Chapter Two
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
The spell between us breaks when a waiter shows up out of nowhere to hand each of us a menu. I feel a little self-conscious all of a sudden, and I quickly open the menu to hide my face behind it.
What now, self?
My brain says one thing, but my heart says another. It's crazy enough that I'm yearning for someone like him, but it's even crazier that Mr. Mine actually wants me back. I know there's every chance his desire for me is a one-off thing, and that my novelty can wear off the moment he gets what he wants.
I know that.
But still.
He's the kind of man who can have any girl he wants, but isn't it just the craziest thing that he's been looking at me like I'm as unreachable as a star?
Why, Mr. Mine?
Is it my virginity?
My age?
Maybe even my race?
The waiter asks me if I'm ready to order, and I manage to utter something coherent even as my mind continues to spin. I think I asked for some toast and avocado shake, or at least I hope I did. It's just so hard to think, and it gets even harder when it's Mr. Mine's turn to give his order, and the sound of his lovely, deep, dark voice has my toes curling anew.
Oh, Mr. Mine.
Will there ever come a day I won't find you sexy?
The waiter finally leaves, and he takes with him the menu I've been using as shield. Tiger-gold eyes find me right away, and l can't help but respond to the sheer sexual heat of his presence.
Everything about him enthralls me the way no other guy has. Boys back home seem like toddlers when I compare them to him, and even those slick, smooth-talking Miami guys that my grandfather has occasionally set me up with don't stand a chance.
Mr. Mine makes all of them look like sissies, and just sitting next to him has my heart thumping wildly against my chest. I try to shift around in my seat when the restlessness stirring up inside of me becomes unbearable, but this only backfires as my knee accidentally bumps into his leg, and my lust immediately threatens to overflow.
Animal magnetism, I can't help thinking yet again, and this time the meaning reaches deeper into my skin, and all I can do is squeeze my legs shut as tightly as I can.
"You shouldn't be looking at me like that."
The suddenness of his words startle me, but it's the roughness of his tone that makes something hot and forbidden unfurl inside my body, and I find myself yearning once again to tell him things that I find secretly cute, awesome, and kinky.
Do you know, Mr. Mine...
Only porn and smutty books used to turn me on, but you're the first flesh-and-blood male to make me feel like this.
Just you and no one else.
But since I still lack the courage and confidence to say such things, all I can do is clear my throat and ask, "How exactly am I looking at you?"
"You're looking at me like you fucking want to eat me."
My lips part, but nothing comes out.
You have such a way with words, Mr. Mine. You really do.
"Have I shocked you?"
The thickness of his voice enslaves me, and the way his whole being is now pulsing with raw masculinity has my pussy tightening with desire.