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So I did.

Multiple times.

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Ellie

Ha-joon kept his word and rocked my world… And other things.

I didn’thatehaving his finger in my ass.

I just didn’t love it either.

Renee looked at me like I was crass when I said it like that. I looked right back at her like she was nuts. He had his finger in my ass. There was no need to pretty that up or talk in circles. It didn’t make it better to say his digit was in my nether flower or forbidden entrance or some bullshit.

He had his finger in my damn ass. Grow up.

Like… Grow the fuck up and just be adults and call it what it is. He fingered my ass. He did something new to me and I wasn’t sure if I liked it.

I didn’tdislikeit. I liked how much he fucking loved it.

Seriously, the man was so into my damn ass that I was fucked better than porn or movies or my wildest dreams. I ached in ways I hadn’t known possible, and I was a vampire with advanced rapid healing. So that was unreal and amazing.

And after he woke me up for another round, I threatened to go back to my condo if he didn’t let me get the sleep I needed. The pout he gave me was great, but there was too much going on for either of us to call out sick.

I did promise to come back over the next night so he could calm down and not try to get a month’s worth of sex from me in like eight hours.

Though I did understand given how amazing it was.

What wasn’t amazing? The annoyed lion Alpha waiting for me at my parking spot the next morning.

I swallowed a sigh, accepting this was happening and something I’d let go on too long for us to end up here. That didn’t mean I wasn’t validly annoyed because he could have just let it go.

Clearly, he wasn’t the sort without at least a conversation.

“You shouldn’t have poked him,” I said as I got out. “We both know you did so don’t even try it. You took shots at him in front of me knowing I was involved with him. There’s no way you didn’t do that with him for him to react that way. Obviously, there were things happening that I missed because he doesn’t get jealous for no reason.”

Gerald seemed shocked that I came out swinging, but then the disappointed look came back and he opened his mouth.

It irked me and I was sleep-deprived.

Sleep-deprived from amazing sex, but sleep-deprived just the same.

“He’s not the right fit for you, Ellie, and we both know that—you’re smart enough to know that.”

I snorted, giving him a look of disgust and shaking my head which again shocked him. “Let’s stick to work, Gerald, because you’re not even someone I’d be friends with outside of work, much less ever date.”

“Excuse me?” he hissed, looking completely affronted.

And taken aback.

I turned to face him and focused on his confusion. “You’re judgmental, Gerald.” I nodded when he frowned. “You’re judging me right now. You’re giving me that disappointed lookyou do oftenright now. Like you have anyrightto judge my decisions or in any world I should defer to your input or opinion. You have thismisconceptionthat just because I listen to your legal advice for the hospital that—”

“Wait, I do not and—”

“You do,” I defended. “So don’t gaslight me and try to act like this is me. I’m also not the only one who’s seen it.” I held up my hand to him and decided to use Renee to help me. “Go tell Dr. Bass what you said to me about both of us knowing that Ha-joon isn’t the right fit for me and that I’m smart enough to know better and see what she says about that.” I smirked when he flinched.

Because he should.