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“No, Reef.” He grips my waist and hoists me onto the countertop. His breath catches, his face tightening for a second from the strain on his ribs, but he pushes his hips between my knees, anyway. “We’re two people who live in the same house.”
My feet hook around the backs of his thighs. “That’s what roommates are.”
“Did you fuck every roommate you’ve ever had?” he demands.
My hands hover over his bare chest, wanting to touch, but I curl my fingers into fists. I need to focus. I need to get the variables right. “You’re my only roommate.”
His eyes squeeze shut. “That was a bad example.”
“Yes.”
He opens them again. “Do you crawl into anyone else’s bed when you can’t sleep?”
“No.” I shudder at the idea.
His hand returns to my throat. “Do you let anyone else touch your nape?”
“No.” Another instinctive rejection.
His other hand drops to my hip, tugging my ass to the edge of the counter. “Do you spend your Heats with anyone else?”
A burn races through my body, and my gaze falls to where his hard cock nestles against my balls. “No.”
He draws my chin up. “Have you ever wanted to?”
My mouth opens, but nothing comes out.
Kain bends closer, his breath a warm caress over my lips. “Have you?”
“No.”
“Do you fuck anyone else?”
“No,” I whine, wiggling in place.
His hips give a slow rock. “Do you want to?”
“No.” The answer is immediate.
Something fierce flashes across his face. “Then stop calling me your fucking roommate.”
My heart pounds. “But then what am I supposed to call you?”
Kain goes still for several heartbeats before a broken laugh escapes him. “That’s the problem, isn’t it?”
“I don’t understand.”
“You have a category for everything.” His body stills where it meets mine, and I hate it. “Safe food. Unsafe food. Work. Gaming. Exercise. Sleep. Sex.”
His mouth hovers near mine. “Me.”
My skin burns.
He closes the distance, his nose skimming my cheekbone before his growl fills my ear. “And I’ve spent twelve fucking years waiting for you to figure out I don’t fit into one box.”
“Every variable has a category.”
“Not me.”
