Guardian by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Author:Kaitlyn O'Connor [O'Connor, Kaitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, near future, librarian heroine, spicy sexy romance, alien shifter hero, dragon shifter hero, suspicious neighbor
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

It was nothing short of amazing that the comment was so easy to take as a joke instead of an insult. She laughed, even knowing it was entirely likely that it was true.

Well, maybe not.

He was amazing to look at, but that didn’t mean he was any good in bed.

He probably hadn’t practiced anything but pleasing himself.

“I meant the food,” she said mockingly.

“Oh.” He tried to look disappointed, but he was focused on opening a bottle of wine.

Dismay flickered through Marilyn when she saw what it was he had. She really didn’t process alcoholic beverages well and beyond that she was well aware that men referred to alcohol in any form as pussy-lube.

Which it was, because it lowered inhibitions in some and made for a great excuse for others.

In her case it didn’t just lower her inhibitions it transformed her into an idiot.

On the other hand, she was just feet away from her own apartment and she thought she should be fine if she only had a few sips.

And she hated to throw a sour note into what was a first date.

Maybe.

“I could never, never eat a steak this big. Ever. Let me just cut off a piece I can handle and give you the rest? I’m sure you need more. You’re a big guy.”

“Eat what you want and don’t worry about it,” he said dismissively.

She shrugged inwardly, but instead of just tucking in, she cut the piece off that she wanted and moved it to the other side of the plate.

It was seasoned to perfection and cooked to perfection and so tender it was like butter. “Oh my god! Now I’m really impressed. I’ve never had a steak like this in my life!”

His brows rose, but he focused on tasting his own. “Damn! You’re right. This is good.”

Setting his utensils down he poured her glass full, ignoring her attempt to stop the pour, and then filled his own glass.

Marilyn found it easy to focus on the food—not the wine—sipping tiny sips and she still had a buzz before she was half way through. “What do you invent?” she asked after a few moments.

He shrugged. “This and that. Whatever comes to mind, you know.”

She didn’t, but she could see his point. She supposed inventors only made things when they discovered a problem that needed to be solved. “Sounds like it would be … challenging,” she said, thinking about how hard it must be to get by financially until one made something that made money.

But that explained the job thing, she realized. He must be living on money already made!

“I have a confession,” she said after she’d had a few more sips of wine.”

“Yeah? What kind of confession?”

She snickered. “I had this idea you were an actor.”

He chuckled, but then it occurred to him that she’d actually pegged him pretty closely. He’d spent years undercover as a galactic ranger and that had taken acting. It was the main reason, he supposed, they’d decided to place him as a guardian when they’d pulled him from the field because of the raid that had gone down sideways.

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