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met you in person, I was floored.
“I'd be lying if I said that some primal, masculine part of me didn't want to just take you in my arms, tip your head back, and give you a kiss that would leave you breathless, right then and there in your office."
With my face flaming, I remained speechless, wondering where he was going with all this. My mind was already beginning to spin off in some pretty interesting and sensual directions.
Raking a hand through his thick, dark hair, Eric continued. "I guess, in short, I'm just trying to express how incredible you are to me, and I've picked up a few clues here and there that this feeling might be mutual. At the same time, I've also been getting a few little clues that you've been trying to keep things professional between us, which I respect, and which is more than fine, but...I get the feeling that you might be holding yourself to your position here because you think it's expected. And I just want to tell you that if-"
His words were cut off by the sound of his cell phone going off.
Wincing, he pulled his phone from his pocket. "Sorry. So sorry. Just one moment."
He glanced at the screen and then answered the call, leaving me to wonder just exactly what he'd been going to say. Head spinning, I dared to hope that maybe he'd been about to say what I thought, that I didn't need to keep things strictly professional if I didn't want to, that maybe we could begin some sort of a relationship. The thought was absolutely dizzying.
Though I wasn't sure how a long-term relationship would work out, with me living in the States and him on the island, I knew that wouldn't preclude a short-term relationship at any rate, maybe a very physical one. Just contemplating this while surveying Eric's long, hard body from head to toe, trying to be discreet about it, I developed butterflies in my stomach. I couldn't deny that a night with him, or several, would be like some sort of erotic fantasy come to life.
After listening briefly with his phone to his ear, he said all right, ended the call, and got to his feet, gazing at me. "I'm so very sorry, Liz. The dragon shifter sharing information with me observed some activity at the lake a while ago...a few Gray Forms heading this way. I have to go deal with things now, but I'll be back as soon as I can. Maybe not tonight, but tomorrow for sure. Until then, Nate, the shifter of mine who's been keeping an eye on you, will continue to guard you here."
Pausing, Eric dropped to one knee beside me and took my hands. "Please don't worry about a thing. This kind of problem with the Forms is pretty typical, and it will be resolved very soon. You're safe, and you'll always be safe here on the island. I promise you that. I care about you, and I'll always keep you from harm.”
With that, he leaned in, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and left my bungalow, leaving me sitting on the couch feeling as if I'd had my mind blown on a thousand different levels over the course of the past hour. Which, really, was not far from the truth.
I sat for a while, just being quiet, just being still. Just letting everything Eric had told me sink in, trying to digest it all and make sense of everything. I realized that the one thing he hadn't told me was how exactly I could still help with the infertility issues in the village if the cause indeed turned out to be of supernatural origin.
Eventually, only slightly hungry, I made a small salad for dinner, ate it at the table, and then took a glass of wine out to the wide porch out front. In the dark, beneath a beautiful velvety blue sky studded with stars, I sat in one of several wooden rockers and sipped my wine while listening to the gentle sound of the ocean, which was not too far distant from me. The air held the definite tang of salt, a fresh, clean scent I'd grown to absolutely adore during my time on the island.
Part of me felt like maybe it wasn't wise to be out of the
“I'd be lying if I said that some primal, masculine part of me didn't want to just take you in my arms, tip your head back, and give you a kiss that would leave you breathless, right then and there in your office."
With my face flaming, I remained speechless, wondering where he was going with all this. My mind was already beginning to spin off in some pretty interesting and sensual directions.
Raking a hand through his thick, dark hair, Eric continued. "I guess, in short, I'm just trying to express how incredible you are to me, and I've picked up a few clues here and there that this feeling might be mutual. At the same time, I've also been getting a few little clues that you've been trying to keep things professional between us, which I respect, and which is more than fine, but...I get the feeling that you might be holding yourself to your position here because you think it's expected. And I just want to tell you that if-"
His words were cut off by the sound of his cell phone going off.
Wincing, he pulled his phone from his pocket. "Sorry. So sorry. Just one moment."
He glanced at the screen and then answered the call, leaving me to wonder just exactly what he'd been going to say. Head spinning, I dared to hope that maybe he'd been about to say what I thought, that I didn't need to keep things strictly professional if I didn't want to, that maybe we could begin some sort of a relationship. The thought was absolutely dizzying.
Though I wasn't sure how a long-term relationship would work out, with me living in the States and him on the island, I knew that wouldn't preclude a short-term relationship at any rate, maybe a very physical one. Just contemplating this while surveying Eric's long, hard body from head to toe, trying to be discreet about it, I developed butterflies in my stomach. I couldn't deny that a night with him, or several, would be like some sort of erotic fantasy come to life.
After listening briefly with his phone to his ear, he said all right, ended the call, and got to his feet, gazing at me. "I'm so very sorry, Liz. The dragon shifter sharing information with me observed some activity at the lake a while ago...a few Gray Forms heading this way. I have to go deal with things now, but I'll be back as soon as I can. Maybe not tonight, but tomorrow for sure. Until then, Nate, the shifter of mine who's been keeping an eye on you, will continue to guard you here."
Pausing, Eric dropped to one knee beside me and took my hands. "Please don't worry about a thing. This kind of problem with the Forms is pretty typical, and it will be resolved very soon. You're safe, and you'll always be safe here on the island. I promise you that. I care about you, and I'll always keep you from harm.”
With that, he leaned in, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and left my bungalow, leaving me sitting on the couch feeling as if I'd had my mind blown on a thousand different levels over the course of the past hour. Which, really, was not far from the truth.
I sat for a while, just being quiet, just being still. Just letting everything Eric had told me sink in, trying to digest it all and make sense of everything. I realized that the one thing he hadn't told me was how exactly I could still help with the infertility issues in the village if the cause indeed turned out to be of supernatural origin.
Eventually, only slightly hungry, I made a small salad for dinner, ate it at the table, and then took a glass of wine out to the wide porch out front. In the dark, beneath a beautiful velvety blue sky studded with stars, I sat in one of several wooden rockers and sipped my wine while listening to the gentle sound of the ocean, which was not too far distant from me. The air held the definite tang of salt, a fresh, clean scent I'd grown to absolutely adore during my time on the island.
Part of me felt like maybe it wasn't wise to be out of the
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