Forbidden Vampire Mate by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Drowlgon Press

Chapter Ten

Effie

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He'd somehow managed to pull off the perfect date, which was impressive, given that she wouldn't have been able to put it together herself. But the aquarium followed by ice cream out in the sunshine by the estuary hit the spot. It was both charming, and romantic, with enough informality to put her at ease and stop her from overthinking too much.

Plus, she really did love the penguins.

She crunched on the last of her ice cream cone, glad she'd gotten the waffle one instead of the plain wafer. She'd hesitated, wondering if it made her greedy to do that, but decided she didn't care.

Lucky for her, Wendell ordered the same.

"You never told me what you did at the nursing home," he said.

She frowned. Hadn't she? Oh, that was right, all she'd said was that she wasn't a nurse. "You haven't told me what you do either," she pointed out.

"I'm a lawyer," he answered immediately.

Ah. Right. Which she could have worked out if she'd thought for longer than a moment about the legal advice pretence that Jim had concocted.

"I'm a masseuse," she said, realising there was no reason not to tell him. "Specialising in geriatrics."

"What got you into that?" he asked.

"Do you really want to know? Surely it's a boring subject to talk about on a date." She wasn't even sure if she wanted him to say yes or no. Did it matter what he thought of her job? A small part of her had to admit that it did. She wanted him to like all of her, especially what she did for a living.

"Of course. I want to know everything about you. Work is just the start. I know we've already talked about books, but I feel that subject still has a lot of talking time ahead of it. What about your favourite film though?"

She chuckled. "If you're not careful, you're going to end up firing twenty thousand questions at me and ending up with the answer to none."

"Sorry," he muttered. "I'm just excited. I've never felt like this before. It sounds scary to say that out loud. Even scarier to think it, in some ways, but it's true. I can't believe this feeling is so new to me. It feels so comfortable, and yet so exciting at the same time."

She wasn't ready to tell him, but she felt the same way. It was impossible for her to not feel at ease with him, even though she barely knew him. And that in itself was exciting. None of the faery boys had ever made her feel this way while she was growing up.

"I got into it because I wanted to help people. When I have a patient, I use a tiny part of my magic to soothe away the ache of their bodies. I know that kind of thing is partly frowned upon, but I can't help it. I have to do it. How can I stand by and watch while people go through such pain?"

He nodded. "One of the reasons I got into law was because pro-bono work is such an expected part of the job.

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