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I shake my head."It sounds terrible."

Boris' smile is soft."It's our reality."

I nod since I don't know what else to do.

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Chapter 33

Boris

I watch several different emotions fly over Simon's face.I didn't want to have this conversation.I came over because I wanted to kiss him without having to think about Ira being there.Selfish, perhaps.I understand Simon having a lot of questions, though.

I think he's accepted the whole wolf-shifters-are-real thing, but maybematesis a bigger hurdle.

Simon watches me, but I don't know what he's looking for.

"Sooo..."He blows out a breath.

"So?"

He shrugs."I don't know."

I give him a quick grin before pulling him down for a kiss.When he opens for me and curls an arm around my neck, I want to howl in victory.

He's mine.

I deepen the kiss, allow my hands to wander, and he squirms deliciously.It makes me grin, which ruins the kiss.

Simon huffs, and my grin turns into a chuckle."What are you huffing about, love?"

"You."

"Why?"

He shrugs.

I capture his mouth again.I want to strip him naked and lick every inch of him, but I don't know where he wants this to go."Want you naked."I speak low against his lips, and some tension creeps into him at my words.Not what he'd planned then.Damn."Or I could take you out for lunch.There is a nice Thai place on Amber Row.You feel like Thai?"Now I want Thai.Yup, we'll do Thai.It might be best to slow this down anyway.

I stand, and Simon yelps as he clings to me, then it's like he realizes what he's doing and tries to put his feet down.I don't allow him.I heft him higher and start walking.

"Boris!Put me down!"He gives me a wide-eyed look.

"Why?"I like having him in my arms.

"I'm a grown man.I'm as tall as you are.I'm too heavy."

I raise an eyebrow to show how unimpressed I am.I walk with him out into the hallway without a word.He splutters for a couple of steps, then he wraps his legs around me, and I hum.

He shakes his head."Seriously."

"I like having you in my arms.One day soon, I'll have you naked like this."

A blush paints his cheeks, and I grin."I think I'll fuck you standing up."

He unhooks his legs."Put me down."

I slowly allow him to slide down my body but capture his mouth in a kiss before he can move away from me.He resists at first, then he leans against me, and I growl low at the back of my throat.