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Ha-joon

“How bad?” Ellie asked as I slid in behind her.

“Mum’s on my side and I think figured out it’s all a ruse, but Da showed some of his true colors about being jealous of me,” I muttered. “Ha-yun shocked me stepping up and really—she shocked me.” I kissed her hair and snuggled closer. “Thank you for letting me use the on-call warlock. I needed to get out of there. I couldn’t be in the house where Myung tried to kill me.”

“Tonight?” she gasped as she sat up and faced me.

“No—well, yes,” I sighed and sat up too. I told her the truth and how he’d tried to kill me when I was a toddler.

She swallowed loudly and I was shocked to see a deep pain in her eyes… Of understanding.

Did Ellie have a sibling who had tried to kill her?

Wait, I couldnothandle that at the moment.

“Tell me the rest,” she pushed.

I reached out and cupped her cheek, smiling when she rubbed her skin against mine like it was the most natural thing in the world. “I want to tell you how beautiful you are, how perfect you are.” I chuckled when her lips slightly parted, taking advantage of her shock and kissing her. “I want to tell you how amazing you are and how much I appreciate you.”

“I do love hearing that,” she murmured before kissing me this time. She moved along my jaw, somehow taking over this seduction. “What else has been eating at you that you need to get off your chest, love?”

Oh, she was distracting me in the best way possible.

I was totally on board with this plan.

I grabbed her around the waist and chuckled at the cute yelp she let out as I moved us. I smirked at her as I moved my arm behind my head while leaning against her headboard and made it clear I was there for whatever she wanted.

Hoped for it even.

“That I love how sexy you look in heels, but I hate that you wear them all day, so I hope you’ll take Alan seriously and consider his idea,” I told her honestly.

“Bring up the man who is like an uncle to me in bed and I will stop doing dirty things to you,” she grumbled but then kissed my chest.

“Fair.” I let out a sigh as her lips teased my nipple. “That I love your lush arse in pants and skirts. Normally, I have a preference, but your arse is so damn delicious that I can’t decide and it’s not a line I’m giving you. It’s just that amazing and I’mnotthe only one who thinks that. The amount of men who check out your ass is fucking annoying.

“You zoom by the loaded lobby and every fucking time at least five heads turn that I see.Minimum. The pants are perfectly tailored to accentuate your bouncy bottom and the skirts—just perfection. I bet seeing you in a gown would drive me mad. It might be the only time I don’t focus on your arse.”

“Okay, that might be enough out of you,” she mumbled and moved two of her fingers over my lips before kissing more of my chest.

I just sucked on her fingers instead and then talked about other parts of her body that I adored. In between thosecompliments, I told her how sexy her mind was and how it flat did it for me when she tore down duffers and put assholes in their place.

A few days ago I’d seen one of the trauma surgeons bitch her out that their jobs were so much harder now that Dr. Fitz was gone and she had done that and not hired another rock star to replace him. I’d been so pissed off it had taken a lot not to lay him out, but I told her how turned on I’d been when she’d done it with just words.

She’d knocked the man down several inches just laying into him in a way that was so impressive she should honestly teach classes. I was a good speaker, but I sucked at not just telling people to sod off or go fuck themselves. She basically sympathized and was understanding that the guy was struggling becausehewas so lacking and needed someone to carry his ass.

She went on and on that it must be the hardest on Dr. Capenter if the only competent person in his department was Dr. Fitz. That she would absolutely take his suggestion to heart and start looking for qualified surgeons since the department didn’t have any. She was glad he told her that they were overpaid for the experience and how Dr. Fitz had been doing all of the work.

Ellie had needed to know that after all.

She turned it all around on the fucker like he’d deserved, and steam was coming out of his ears after she walked off not even understanding in the moment how she’d smacked him around. That was talent and wordsmithing of a divine level that I wanted to learn.

I talked about her other talents and attributes as well, gushing about her now that she’d given me the green light. I really got into it, needing some positive time after all the negative of the night.

“Fuck, love,” I groaned as she swallowed my cock, not having been ready for that. “Shit, I was telling the truth. All of it.” I nodded when she smirked up at me.

She knew that. Right, she was able to sense lies somehow I didn’t understand since vampires weren’t supposed to be able to do that.