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“Okay.” He exhaled and visibly relaxed, turning back to his monitor.

After glancing over at Corva’s office, I grabbed my phone and sent Nuni a quick text explaining the situation. He replied straight away asking for Corva’s direct line and telling me he’d get Sir var Hynt to call her himself.

Half an hour later, I heard the faint sound of Corva’s desk phone ringing. When she emerged from her office a while later, she beelined straight for my desk.

“Anita, you superstar. Vili var Hynt just called me himself to confirm the Rorik + Stimis event.” She gave me an impressed look. “Thank you for dealing with that so swiftly, darling.”

I gave a tiny shrug, pride filling my chest. “No problem.”

“Well, I’m very impressed.” She tapped a claw on my desk and smiled at me warmly. “I knew you were the woman for the job, darling.”

Guilt tangled with the pride, making my shoulders want to hunch up. But it was getting easier to separate my… situation with Nuni from work. Now that we’d decided to do it—and were actually, actively doing it—I was worrying less. I tended to stress over what-ifs until I made a decision.

Besides, I wasn’t willing to stop seeing him.

Once Corva had gone back into her office, I picked up my phone again to text him.

Thanks for that.

No problem , he replied, followed by, “Gym” this weekend?

My mouth quirked. “Gym” had become our jokey code word for our weekend-long sex marathons. Although we would most likely be meeting at the actual gym first, as was becoming our routine.

Yes, I sent back. Think you’ll be able to beat me at running this time?

Honestly, no, he replied. But I’m gonna fucking try.

He sent another text before I could respond.

And then I’m going to fuck you with that strap-on again. Told you my stamina was awesome.

My belly tightened with lust. We’d re-enacted Friday night a few more times over the weekend. I wasn’t going to point out that his ability to hold off from coming hadn’t really been a factor, seeing as his cock had been safely enclosed in the cage every time, because he was right. Nuni just didn’t get tired. He could just keep thrusting. And thrusting.

And holding my body completely aloft against my bedroom wall while he pounded into me.

And lifting me on and off the dildo with just the strength in his big arms as I straddled him on the couch.

It had been incredible, but… I did wish there was a way for him to fuck me with his actual dick. I wanted to feel it flexing inside me as he came. I wanted to see how much I could actually take. Definitely not all of it, but I liked a challenge. I wanted to test my limits.

Did your brother ever get back to you? I asked him. The one dating a human?

A minute later, Nuni replied, No. He’s really bad at replying to texts. Especially ones from me, apparently.

Oof. Nuni had mentioned that he and his brother Greid weren’t particularly close. I didn’t want to push it, seeing as there seemed to be some tension there, so I was about to change the subject when he texted again.

I’ll chase him this week. There’s no point calling him because he just won’t answer, but if I bug him with enough texts he’ll get back to me.

Well, it doesn’t matter either way , I sent back, then started typing, It doesn’t make what we CAN do any less special

I immediately deleted it, cringing. He didn’t care about it being special. It wasn’t special. It was just sex. And he might get weirded out if he thought I was developing feelings for him.

I wasn’t, I told myself resolutely. I just liked him as a person. And he was great in bed.

And I liked talking to him. He made me laugh. I liked finding out stuff about him, like his secret love of frogs and what he’d been like as a kid. He’d told me he and his sibling Laki had been terrors, constantly getting in trouble, until their dad had left and Nuni had started knuckling down in school to succeed.

I looked down at my phone when a text came through.

I know, Nuni had sent back, but… I want to fuck you so bad, Anita. With my actual dick.