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“There’s no courting in that statement.” Let alone cock.
“I’m working on it.” He gave me a crooked smile. “We’ll have dinner with your grandmother tomorrow night, and then . . .”
I tilted my head. “Then . . .?”
“What do you think of a date involving ice?”
10
ELRIK
“Do you mean something like swans slowly melting on a table at a fancy buffet?” she asked. “Or using molds to make ice cubes that look like dice?”
“Neither.”
“Tell me.”
I shot her a smile. “Do you like ice?”
She shook her head. “I guess so?”
“I’m an ice lord. Surely you can come up with a better answer than I guess so.”
“Insulted you, did I?” she said with a low laugh.
“I’m going to surprise you, sweetheart. Wait and see.”
“Then I can’t wait until you present your surprise.”
From the moment I met Melly, some part of me had known she would come to mean the world to me. We hadn’t touched at the wedding, and it wasn’t until she was sitting in my office that I felt something unexpected awaken inside me.
But her kiss . . . that had solidified everything in my mind and in my soul.
She was my fated mate, the one person I never expected to find. Now I was determined to court her and claim her.
We finished looking around inside of the function hall, but we didn’t find anything suspicious.
Locking up, we walked to my truck, and I lifted her inside again, buckling her. This time, I paused to kiss her, and it wasn’t long before she was moaning and clinging to my shoulders. I could kiss this woman all day and night and still end up needing to kiss her again.
Finally, I lifted my head.
She gave me a blissful smile. “You’re good at that.”
“I’m good at a lot of things.”
Her eyes sparkled, and fuck, they were brown now. Was that a good sign? “I’m sure you are. Or you think you are,” she added pertly. “Every guy says that. Very few deliver.”
“There’s time yet.” I could tell myself I wasn’t going to open my heart to anyone, that I would hold myself back and give myself time to heal. But all I wanted was Melly. By my side. In my bed. Smiling up at me with everything she felt for me blazing in her brown eyes. I embraced the feeling like a man standing on the shore with his arms wide while a big frothy wave crashed over him.
“I want to kiss you forever,” she said. “But we have to interview Sue and Alfred before they leave the hospital, then get me back to Creature Cones so I can help Clara. She’s going to start wondering what happened to me.”
I’dhappened to her, and I was quite proud of the fact.
After I’d buckled, I pressed down on the brake pedal and pushed the button on the dashboard to start the truck.
Nothing happened.
“Odd.” I pushed it again. Still nothing.
