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He shoots Simone a grin that makes it clear he doesn’t find her as scary as she wants him to. He’s been with Simone nonstop since she came to this planet, and he helped her through some of the worst moments of her life. He’s seen her at her worst, and he still has nothing but love and admiration for her.

“If I were to poison you, I would go the rest of my life with a neglected cock.” Rallan rolls his eyes as he hands Simone a fork. “I have no plans of not using my cock ever again, so no, you are in no danger of poison.”

“Your poor neglected dick, except I can hear you jerking off every day before you come to help me with my hair.” Simone snarls at him but accepts the fork.

She digs into the food as though she hasn’t eaten all day. She’s been off on her own most of the day, so there’s a good chance this is her first meal. She can become distracted and forget to take care of herself sometimes. Especially when she’s working on something she’s passionate about, like preparing the houses for the other humans.

“You listen to me touch myself?” Rallan wiggles his brows at Simone, who scowls at him. “Do not worry. I listen when you touch yourself as well.”

Simone makes a shrieking sound to show her displeasure, and at the same time, I cast an accusatory look at Rallan. There’s a lot I’m getting used to, and one of the biggest ones is knowing there’s a male who wants Simone as much as I do. Not to mention, she might want him more than she wants me. The only thing that makes it almost okay is that Rallan has no issues with sharing her with me. Nope, it’s a me problem, and I’m still trying to figure out how far he can push things before I get too upset.

“Can we move on?” I snap.

I don’t enjoy this version of flirting he’s able to get out of Simone. She’d skewer me if I were ever to tell her that she’s flirting with Rallan, but that’s what she’s doing. Even Rallanknows it if his amusement is anything to go off of. It makes me wonder how long they’ve had this kind of relationship. Probably the whole time with how at ease he makes her.

She doesn’t worry about offending him or softening herself for him. She’s unapologetically herself and I’m envious he was able to make her so comfortable so quickly.

“Yes, you are right.” Rallan turns his full attention to me. “Explain to our mate why you broke up with her soul before she was sent here. It is what is keeping you two from finding happiness in one another, which in turn is stopping Simone from finding happiness on my cock. Fix it, please.”

“Do you ever think about not saying everything you’re thinking?” Simone snaps at him. “Why the fuck do you need to bring up your dick in every conversation.”

Rallan shrugs. “I will stop bringing it up as soon as I can pin you down and imprint the feel of me forever inside you.”

Simone’s eyes go wide. For a moment, I think she’s going to say something else to him, and their banter is going to keep going forever. Instead, her eyes grow glassy, and her toes curl into the blanket. It’s even worse than their banter because she’s getting turned on by what Rallan’s saying.

“This is the look I want on your face whenever my cock is mentioned.” Rallan leans back on his arms, his legs stretching out in front of him as he takes up half of the blanket. “But not right now. We have other things to do. Vex, speak to her, or I will continue wooing her. We both know I am much better at it than you are.”

I huff before wrapping an arm around Simone’s waist and pulling her closer to me. Rallan doesn’t fight me on it. I doubt he’d fight me on anything. He just goes with whatever’s happening and wears a smile while he does. The only time he’s ever been anything other than happy was when he was calling me out for not protecting Simone. He was furious then.

“Rallan told me you’ve been telling everyone I broke up with you,” I whisper in Simone’s ear as she takes another bite of her food. I can tell when she registers my words because her whole body goes stiff.

“You did,” she says in a low, angry voice that tells me I need to tread carefully. Rallan watches us like we’re his entertainment. He’s not going to be any help if Simone decides to kill me. “I’m pretty sure your exact words were, ‘I hope you find happiness. If you find someone else, know that I want you to be happy.’ How’s that not you breaking up with me?”

“I didn’t say we’re breaking up. I didn’t tell you that you are no longer my mate.” I furrow my brows, trying to figure out how she could have misunderstood me so much.

“You told me to go find someone else to be happy with!” Simone sets her food down on the blanket and turns in my grip so she’s facing me. “Why the fuck would you say that if you still wanted to be with me?”

My teeth grind against one another, and I take in a deep breath. “I didn’t know if I’d ever see you again, but that didn’t mean you were no longer my mate.”

“You didn’t know if you would see me again?” Simone asks with a bewildered expression. “So we might not have ever seen each other again, but we were still together?”

“Yes,” I say, my lips turning into a straight line, my brows pulling close together.

Simone puts her face in her hands and rubs her eyes. She turns to face Rallan, who just shakes his head, telling her he’s not helping either of us right now. “Vex, for humans, if someone tells us they hope we find someone to make us happy, it’s because we don’t plan on being the one to make that person happy.”

“I understand this. I couldn’t make you happy while I was still on Earth. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to join you onthis planet, so I told you I hoped you found happiness. Just like humans do.”

“No, but like, you told me to be happy without you.” Simone tries to clarify what she’s saying, but it confuses me more because she’s just repeating herself.

“I wanted you happy here, yes.”

“Without you?”

“Without me.” I tilt my head to the side. “What aren’t you understanding?”

Simone throws her hands up. “If you want me to be happy without you, how does that mean we’re still together?”

“Simone, you own my soul. Every piece of me is yours and will be yours until I die. Even then, you’re so stubborn that you might follow me into the next life just to prove you own me there as well. I can want you to be happy with another and still know that you’re my everything. We may not have been physically together, but there was never a moment where our souls weren’t connected.”