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His throat bobbed as he stared at me in silence. Then he drew me closer, his other hand lifting to cup the back of my neck as he kissed me.
A shiver raced down my spine. This kiss was… different. It was slow and soft and almost sweet. It kind of made me want to rip my mouth free and flee the bathroom in terror. But at the same time, I found my hands settling on his chest, over the thumping rhythm of his twin hearts. After a few more seconds, Nuni parted his lips and dipped his tongue into my mouth, deepening the kiss but still keeping it slow and lazy.
He looked as dazed as I felt when we eventually parted, but he blinked a few times before clearing his throat.
“So.” His voice was lower and rougher than normal. “The only-annoying-each-other-in-the-professional-sense thing didn’t work.”
I swallowed, reluctantly sliding my hands off his chest. “No. I guess it didn’t.”
His expression was serious as he watched me, but a hint of uncertainty bled into his eyes as he began, “What do you…”
“Maybe we could—” I paused, my heart hammering. “Maybe if we were really discreet…”
His eyes flared with heat. “I can be discreet. I can be discreet as fuck.”
I snorted, my mouth twitching into a tiny smile. “Okay. Good to know.”
He grinned back, then glanced around the tiny stall. “Now’s probably not the time to, uh, talk about stuff, especially as I’m the creep lurking in the women’s bathroom.”
Snuffling a laugh, I stepped back and fixed my dress. “Probably not. And my sister will be wondering where I am.”
“Fuck, my brother’s waiting for me.” Nuni stuffed his dick back into his pants before pulling out his phone. He winced. “I’ve got, like, ten missed calls.”
“You better go.” I felt bad for keeping his brother waiting. “We can… We could talk tomorrow maybe.”
“Okay, yeah. Awesome.” He stood up and fastened his fly. “How’s my hair?”
I was trying to smooth down my own hair, but I stopped and reached up to fix his with a smile. “Less than flawless, but acceptable.”
He grinned down at me. “This isn’t gonna work if you start actually being nice to me and giving me compliments.”
I laughed. “Okay, noted. Compliments are just as off-limits as mentioning the flaming shots.”
He reached out and pinched my chin with a mock-threatening glare. My belly swooped with pleasure, so I quickly glanced back at the stall door.
“Okay, wait here until I’ve made sure the coast is clear.”
He nodded. “So this wasn’t all just an evil plan to get me thrown out of the bar for being a pervert?”
I rolled my eyes, giving his stomach a weak shove before turning and unlocking door. As I peered out, I wondered what excuse I was going to give my sister and her friends for taking so long. Tamyn was relentless when she thought there was a juicy piece of gossip.
Wait…
“Are you seeing someone?” I whirled back around to face Nuni.
He blinked in shock before rolling his eyes. “Why do you always fucking ask me that? No, dude, I’m not a fucking cheater.”
“Oh.” I blinked. “Okay. Just… you told Tamyn…”
He snorted. “Yeah, to get her to go away. I’m not interested in her.” Gaze growing more serious, and a little nervous, he told me, “I’m not… I don’t fuck around with multiple people at once, Anita.”
I exhaled a slow breath and nodded. “Okay. Me neither.”
Then my gaze drifted down to his hand, zeroing in on the two missing claws. On the two fingers that had recently been inside me.
“What happened to your claws?” I asked hesitantly.
He went still, and when I glanced up at his face, his ears were fluttering wildly.
