Page 4 of Unwrapping Chase
“It’s marvelous,” I lied through my teeth, though, in some ways, it wasn’t a lie. After everything with my former Daddy, I was so lucky that Jared welcomed me here.
Elijah. I swallowed. The bastard. Though so much of what happened had been because of me and my too-trusting nature. But… even now, despite my promises, I craved that security that came with love.
Tam appeared satisfied and continued to skip beside me, making their long red tunic-style sweater flare at the base. My eyes caught on the elves and reindeer woven into the thick sweater, then darted up to the fake antlers on their head, the bells softly jingling with every movement. Tam had certainly embraced the Christmas spirit.
But Nyx was different. His cocked white eyebrow told me that he didn’t believe my lie without actually speaking. Even his clothes, a light purple cable-knit sweater, didn’t scream Christmas, and I couldn’t imagine him wearing fake antlers.
I ripped my gaze away from Nyx. I had no idea why he attracted my attention so much. I was old enough that I shouldn’t be having this sort of reaction, or I should at least be able to control it. How many people had I been attractedto over the years? An inordinate amount. And I’d just lost a Daddy; I didn’t need a new one, nor would this lollikrake want or understand what I needed.
I glanced at Nyx for the hundredth time, and he nodded toward the human yet again and prodded me with a couple of his tentacles. I’d asked Chase dozens of questions, and he’d kept the answers short and to the point. I hadn’t actually learned anything about him, which I wanted.
It wasn’t strictly necessary for me to know the person I was fucking, but I did prefer it. Having sex with someone I didn’t know well was a way for me to connect, to feel more, to get to know them. Nyx viewed sex differently than I did, even though we both fucked outside of our coupling, but he understood my need to play as well as connect with people I vibed with, and he encouraged me.
Chase was someone I wanted to know, to understand. But it was more than that. There was something about him that called to me. I wanted to feel him close to me, and I wanted to knowwhohe was… I paused in my step for a moment, then had to hurry to catch up to his longer strides. I wasn’t quite sure why, but he was special.
Besides, it wasmyChristmas, and he was the present I wanted.
Edging closer to the polite human, I brushed one of my tentacles over the back of his leg again, starting at right below his round ass to his ankle, and Chase stumbled. I hadn’t put any pressure, so it was because he liked it, or at least I hoped he did.
Great ocean, I wanted to stuff one or both of my spiculi down his throat until he was gagging on me. Once he had ingested mylivns, a natural aphrodisiac that my spiculi released, he would go into a frenzy. I wanted to see his brown hair mussed and his deep blue eyes wide with desire as I fucked him until he couldn’t walk and was still presenting his ass, begging for more.
“Do you like snow?” I asked, trying to get any information about this human. He was special, even if he didn’t know it yet.
He glanced at me, stopping for a second. “You’re asking me a lot of questions, Tam.”
“Is that a bad thing?”
“Of course not,” Chase replied with a shake of his head, then he started walking. “I’m just curious as to why you are asking them.”
“I want to know you,” I said, touching his calf with my tentacle. “I want to know everything about you. I want no mystery left, and when I look at you, I wish to know your soul.”
Chase stared at me for a long moment, and I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d pushed him too far. Some people didn’t like emotions involved in their random fucks. But Ineededto know him.
He released a long sigh, scrubbing a hand over his face. “Do you want honest answers or the corporate answers?”
“Honest. Why would I want anything but honesty?” I asked, horrified. I wished to know the real Chase, not a scripted version of him.
He glanced at me, then his eyes flicked to Nyx. The knot in Chase’s throat bobbed, and he ripped his gaze away, cheeks bright red like the bulbs I saw decorating the garland. I beamed at the movement. Chase was definitely attracted to Nyx, which made me so incredibly happy. I wanted both Nyx and I to enjoy this human. Trying to convince Nyx of that might be difficult, great boulder in the ocean that he was, but having Chase interested was half of the battle conquered.
Chase grunted when he had to yank the sled up a steep hill. “I’ll give you all the honest answers you want if you promise not to tell anyone, especially my brother—Jared, the owner and my boss—” he added when I cocked my head, “that I said anything but the approved script to you.”
Promises were a serious thing, so I took a moment to actually contemplate it. “I can tell Nyx, correct? I keep no secrets from my coupling.”
Chase shot me a wide smile, and my hearts crashed together. That smile. I needed to see it for the rest of my life, not just for the next three days.
“You can, of course, tell Nyx everything.”
“Then I accept. Give me your honesty,” I demanded loudly, making Chase smile again. See? I was already wiggling my way into his affection. In no time, I’d be stuffing him full. Or—I glanced at his groin—he’d stuff me full. That would be something that I’d enjoy as well. We could do both, in a variety of positions, many times.
“I hate the snow,” Chase confessed. “I like the warmth and water, like the ocean.”
Something deep inside of me was so supremely satisfied by that answer. Nyx and I lived on a warm planet in the Mikrocomulus system that was just inside the Planetary Alliance space. It was warm and had sandy beaches aplenty. Both Nyx and I could tolerate the cold, though not all lollikrakes could, which was why the snow didn’t bother our tentacles. We were deep water lollikrakes, though we were adaptable to shallow water and land living.
“So, do you actually like working here?” I probed.
“No. I hate it.” He shot me a look. “I’m very lucky to have it, and I’m thankful that I can be here. But I wouldn’t choose to stay here.”
Once again, I was so incredibly ecstatic with his response. It finally hit me why he was so special and why all of his answers made me burst with joy. I wanted to keep him. I didn’t even know Chase, and I wanted him permanently.