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Jacob grinned and shook his head. “No, how about we take this to bed?”

“You have the best ideas,” Fran said, grinning at him and giving him a quick kiss.

“It might seem silly, but I scattered rose petals over the bed. Again, I wanted to show you how much you mean to me.”

Fran turned and took in the bed, the white rose petals standing out against the purple bedding. Fran then looked back at Jacob. “That’s not silly. Thank you, babe, for doing all this for me. I hope once you’ve mated me, you’ll let me mate you.”

Jacob nodded. “Just take it easy on me, you’ll be my first.”

Fran nodded. “I’ll always take care of you. You’ve had sex before, right?”

“I have, but I was always in charge. With us, we’re equal. We share everything.”

Jacob didn’t think Fran’s smile could get any wider, but it did.

Fran stepped forward, brushing his nose against Jacob’s before kissing him.

Not being silly, Jacob wrapped his arms around Fran and kissed him back, the kiss getting more and more passionate.

After a while, without breaking the kiss, Jacob started unbuttoning Fran’s shirt. Pulling his lips from Fran’s, Jacob dipped his head and started kissing Fran’s neck.

Fran, for his part, tilted his head to the side, giving Jacob better access, and groaned when Jacob hit a sensitive spot. But Fran wanted to see Jacob too, so he started pulling at Jacob’s polo shirt.

Now they were both getting in each other’s ways. Jacob pulled back and let Fran pull his top off. Then Jacob leant down and picked Fran up.

“Careful,” Fran cautioned, kissing his cheek.

“I will be,” he promised, laying Fran down on the bed on top of the covers and the petals. The rose scent surrounded them. Jacob followed Fran down and lay over him, using his arms to keep most of his weight off of Fran. “Hi,” he said gently, rubbing his nose against Fran’s.

Fran raised his hands and cupped Jacob’s cheeks. “Hi, mate of mine. We can go as slow as you need, or stop whenever you need too.”

Jacob smiled. “And that would be why I’m going to make slow sweet love to you, sweetheart.”

Fran grinned. “Then what are you waiting for?”

“Absolutely nothing,” Jacob replied, getting down to the serious business of driving his mate to destruction. Finally, when they were both naked, Jacob made love to Fran, biting him at the base of his neck and howling loudly in triumph.

And after a bit of rest, Fran made love to Jacob and claimed him in the same way.

CHAPTER 45

Fran woke up the next morning wrapped in Jacob’s arms. He lost count of the number of times they made love through the night, both of them well and truly mated.

He gently kissed Jacob’s chest and quietly sighed happily. The thought Jacob had put into their evening was lovely. They had both gotten up in the middle of the night to have their main course and, after making love again, they had dessert.

Fran honestly couldn’t remember ever being so happy.

He felt Jacob drop a kiss on his head. “Morning, sweetheart. Best morning ever.”

Fran rubbed his cheek on Jacob’s chest. “Morning, babe. Best morning ever? Even better than being allowed coffee and bacon?”

Jacob pretended to think about it. “I mean, pretty sure it tops coffee and bacon.”

Fran laughed and lifted his head to look at Jacob’s smiling face.

“So gorgeous,” Jacob said, pulling Fran down into a toe-curling kiss. He then rolled them so that Fran was under him.

“Didn’t you get enough of me during the night?” Fran asked him.