The Dragon CEO's Assistant by Jenn Burke

Author:Jenn Burke [Burke, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-517-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-07-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

AIDAN was warm—so damned warm. His internal clock said his alarm was probably going to go off soon, but all he wanted was to sink deeper into this heat and enjoy it. He kept his eyes closed, luxuriating in it… but his alarm didn’t go off.

Instead something behind him rumbled.

Memories rushed back in—interrupting Nassim’s nightmare, their conversation, Nassim asking him to stay. So that heat… that was Nassim. Spooning him. His arm draped over Aidan’s hip, his breath feathering Aidan’s hair.

A distinct hardness pressed into Aidan’s buttocks.

Aidan knew he should pull away. Instead he arched his back, pressing his butt more firmly against Nassim. There was another rumble, and Nassim pulled Aidan closer. Desire pooled low in Aidan’s gut, and he shivered in reaction to how much he suddenly wanted.

“Merry gods, I missed you,” Nassim whispered.

Aidan froze as reality washed over him like a bucket of cold water. Nassim thought he was Riladi. God—no. He couldn’t take advantage of that. It would be wrong—so, so wrong.

“Missed you so much, Aidan.” Nassim jerked as though he’d woken up fully. “Aidan?”

Aidan could hardly breathe. “You missed me?”

Nassim was suddenly out of bed, standing beside it, and all of the heat suffusing the room drained away. Aidan rolled over, not expecting to see Nassim’s bronze skin drained of color to the point it was almost gray.

“I didn’t say that.”

“You did.”

“No.” Nassim looked horrified. He shook his head and strode around the bed, aiming for the en suite bathroom. When he spoke again, icy, aloof Nassim was back. “I think you should return to your room.”

“You can’t just walk away and not explain—”

The closing of the bathroom door cut off Aidan’s words, and he stared at it, unsure what he was feeling. His chest was sore, and he couldn’t seem to take a deep breath. His eyes burned, making him blink, and a drop of wetness rolled down his cheek.

Crying. He was crying.

He swiped a hand across his eyes and jumped out of Nassim’s bed. He fought an urge to tear off the sheets and duvet and make a mess, to have some outward expression of the terrible emotions roiling up his insides.

Instead he settled for saying the truth. “You made me cry, Nassim.” He didn’t yell, but he was sure Nassim could hear him. “I don’t like it. And we will talk about it.”

There was only silence as Aidan made his way out of the master suite, but that didn’t surprise him.

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