The Professor and the Siren by Vala Stone

Author:Vala Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vala Stone
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

10. Orlando

“This is the galley,” I told Mariana, perhaps unnecessarily, at the end of my quick tour of the ship. She eyed the gear aboard with a practiced eye and then grinned my way, immediately recognizing that we had too little equipment for the work we did.

Dad had disappeared at the start of the tour but was now waiting for us with a spread of breakfast items. Neither he nor I had eaten yet, and from the sound of Mariana’s rumbling tummy, neither had she. I was glad my dad had thought to provide food; this was typically one of the things I completely forgot about.

As she sat down at the table, I couldn’t help but think how well she fit into our space. She seemed to belong here. She spoke easily too, not letting any awkward pauses fall the way they might if you left the conversation up to me. It was nice. Now I could focus on listening to her, and sitting at her side, I could put my hand in her lap and touch the silky skin at the back of her knee.

She’d shoot me these flustered, shy little smiles every time I did something, so I kept doing it; I loved those little smiles. Her cheeks were slowly growing pink, which made it more and more difficult for me to stay in my chair. I’d never been so easily turned on in my life—Mariana was just so cute.

“Ahem,” my dad said from across the table. “You two better head out if you want to have plenty of time alone in the water. I need to check on the engine repairs. The parts should arrive today.”

He was right, of course. We should head out. The sooner I had my Siren all to myself, the better. As soon as I started leading her to one of our dinghies, she clutched onto my hand tightly, tugging me to a halt the moment we were out of hearing range of my father. “Did you have to do that?” she asked.

Confused, I eyed her blushing face and raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?” Did she not want to go out with me for a swim anymore?

But she shook her head. “Touch me like that in front of your father!” Huh? It was an innocent touch, wasn’t it? Or had I missed something?

Maybe she saw just how confused I was getting because she relented and gave me that shy smile again, the one that made my heart thump loudly in my chest. “You really don’t know what you’re doing, do you? How can you be so bloody sexy and not know?”

Ah, I’d turned her on as much as I’d turned myself on by touching her skin. That was indeed a no-no in company, I knew that. But I kind of liked it, so I smirked at her instead. “I liked seeing you flustered. Should I not do that again?”

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