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dreams, she’d be one happy girl.
    Not that she’d ever find out, of course.
    I wonder if he snuck those two sluts into his room after I went to bed last night?
    Well, that thought was enough to ruin her day. She crawled out of bed and hopped into the shower. When she was done, she dressed and twisted her hair into a tight bun and dressed in a blouse and conservative pair of slacks. There. Now, with the addition of her glasses, she looked about as unsexy as could be. Perfect for letting Cresso know she wasn’t romantically interested in him. But moments later, when she found him in the kitchen, his heated look left her with the uncomfortable feeling he knew exactly what she’d dreamt of last night.
    Impossible.
    “Mornin’. You look nice.”
    Damn it, why did he have to say that, when she’d gone to such an effort to not look nice? And he was breathtaking this morning, dressed in charcoal gray slacks and a striped dress shirt. She couldn’t help but recall some of the naughty things she’d envisioned in her dreams. Her cheeks flared with heat.
    Cresso’s gaze lingered on her while he lifted his cup of coffee for a sip.
    Genevieve realized she hadn’t responded, so she gave him a noncommittal grunt and headed to the coffee pot. She poured some into the cup that rested next to the coffeemaker and took a sip of the bitter black brew. “Whew, this is strong.”
    “I usually need a kick start in the morning.”
    Yeah, she’d bet. More often than not, he was probably exhausted from the prior night’s bed play with his countless lovers. In fact, that might even be the case this morning. “Must be hard having to pleasure more than one woman at a time.”
    Oh God, had she actually said that out loud?
    The shuttered look he gave her made her squirm. “I’m not really as bad as all that.”
    Well, she’d started it. Might as well go all out. “Right. Next you’re going to tell me you never slept with those two succubi who dropped by last night.”
    When his mouth pressed into a tight line and he glanced away, she had her answer. She inwardly cursed when her stomach dropped. Why the hell was she so disappointed? She’d known for a fact the answer was yes. As a matter of fact, Jeffrey could probably take lessons in sluttishness from Cresso. That was why the things she dreamt about between her and Cresso were never going to happen. When it came to men like him, that old adage “Once bitten, twice shy” most definitely applied.
    Genevieve took a seat across from Cresso at the small table and made a show of examining the kitchen. Anything to avoid looking at his heart-stopping face. The room was long and narrow, with cabinets made of polished espresso wood. Behind the flat ceramic stove was a stainless steel backsplash. Both were as clean and sterile as her laboratory. But then, of course, the man didn’t need to eat. “Nice kitchen.”
    “How much do you know about sex demons?”
    His quiet tone startled her into meeting his gaze. “Um…what do you mean?”
    Cresso set down his coffee cup and toyed with the rim. “Did you know that succubi vastly outnumber incubi?”
    The sudden change of topic was confusing, but she had to admit she’d been curious about his species. “I heard that, but I never learned why.”
    “When a succubus gives birth, if her child is female she is born a full-blooded succubus. But if the mother bears a male, he takes on his father’s characteristics. Historically incubi have only been able to produce offspring with succubi, so the only incubi born are the male byproducts of a succubus-incubus union.”
    Interesting. But why was he sharing this now ?
    His meaning suddenly hit her. “You’re telling me that it’s natural for incubi to have multiple lovers, because there are so many more succubi than incubi?”
    His cheeks reddened but he didn’t glance away. “I’m merely explaining to you how the species works. Until recently, sex demons could only safely mate with one another.