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he said, smirking at her. “I won’t tell if you won’t. No one needs to know. I felt like getting you off and you needed the release.” He shrugged like it was no biggie.
    Amber pulled her dress down, desperately needing to cover herself. Mortified at her own behavior, she almost tipped off the table the need to flee strong.
    “Easy,” Lance said, as he put a hand to her hip. “Let me help you up.”
    She shrugged him off. “I’m quite capable, thank you very much.”
    “It was my pleasure.” He grinned at her. What an arrogant ass.
    “I’m thanking you for stopping me from falling off of the table. The orgasm was pretty average.” Where the hell did that come from? He did deserve it for being so damned arrogant.
    There was a dangerous glint to his eyes. “Bullshit. You just told me that you’re used to getting groped and that you don’t enjoy having someone go down on you. Were you lying?”
    She shrugged, trying to act as nonchalant as he had just moments ago. “I can do a much better job on my own.” She winked at him. “You have your letter. I’m out of here.” Hopefully this helped bring him down a few notches. Jerk!
    His mouth fell open but she didn’t wait for him to regain his composure. Amber turned and hightailed it out of there. She held her chin up and even though her legs were shaking, she somehow managed to get out of his suite without falling on her ass.
    She was too horrified to look at the guard’s face. How embarrassing. What had she done? Her only solace was the look on Lance’s face as she left. The wide eyes and gaping mouth. The guy had been completely gob-smacked.
     

Chapter 6
     
    The human giggled at something Brynn said. Lance ran a hand through his hair and then flexed his shoulders. He was standing far enough away so as not to draw attention. Besides, this was the section of the garden where he often hung out. It wasn’t his fault that lunch, long over, had been organized under the trees out here. Or that many of those that had attended the lunch were still milling about.
    He couldn’t get the human female out of his head. Couldn’t stop staring at her. It was irritating as fuck. He knew that she was lying about preferring to come on her own, yet…he made a noise that belied how frustrated he was feeling.
    Her hair was in a loose ponytail. She was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. The shirt was loose-fitting and the shorts came to just above her knees. There was nothing remotely sexy about the casual ensemble, yet his dick was as hard as steel reinforced granite. Then again, it had been that way since she left his suite the evening before.
    “I’ll be back.” Brynn grinned at her. “Don’t go anywhere.” The male had stayed at her side all through lunch.
    Lance took a step in her direction but Kai was at her side before he could take a second one. Fucker!
    “Oh!” She gripped her chest. The word fell from her lips in a startled cry that reminded him of the noises she had made the night before. His dick twitched.
    “Hi!” She waved, heaving a sigh of relief. “You guys move too quickly. You scared the hell out of me.”
    “Sorry! I wanted a chance to talk to you alone…” He dug his toe in the dirt. “I was wondering if you would accompany me to dinner this evening?”
    “That’s really sweet of you…um…” She wasn’t used to the attention. It looked like, although she was flattered, she didn’t like it much. “It’s just, well, lunch with Brynn and then dinner with you.” She blushed. “It just seems wrong somehow.” Not to mention where his own tongue had been buried the night before. He had to smile. Human females had such hang-ups. He normally found this irritating. Normally.
    Kai chuckled. “It’s not wrong. This is a dating program. You are free to date us all.” He lifted his hands. “Have you agreed to being exclusive with Brynn?” The male’s nostrils flared. He was double checking to make sure that the human and Brynn