Torrent smiled. It wasn’t fair. It only made him more attractive. His rugged good-looks turned a tad boyish. In short, he was devastatingly handsome. “This? This is nothing. Less than nothing. We are both fully clothed. Now, if we were to remove these barriers.” His eyes darkened up a tad and he turned serious. “If I were to touch, stroke and caress you.” His voice both lowered and deepened. “If I were to do so with my hands, my mouth and my cock… now that would be sexual. If I were to make your pussy weep with a need so great that—”

“Okay, I get it.” Her voice shook just a little, which made his mouth twitch and his eyes crinkle a little at the edges. He found her reaction to his words humorous.

“Believe it or not, I want more than just sex. I want to get to know you. I want to be reasonable about this because, as my mate, you are my equal. I really want you to give this a chance. I’m willing to discuss it.”

He’d turned down the advances of another woman. He was trying to be nice, well, sort of. She got the feeling that this was being nice for a guy like Torrent. “If that is true, then I want to negotiate one other thing aside from the no sex rule.”

“It’s not a rule.” He frowned. “A rule would indicate that sex is off the table. I want us to rut. Ideally right now and in as many positions as possible.” He swallowed, causing his throat to work.

Oh flip! Those crass words were affecting her. She felt overheated, her heart was beating out of her chest and her palms were sweaty.

“However…” A deep purr. “I understand that you need time and space. I gave it some thought. It would be best if you initiated sexual contact. I will avoid doing so. You tell me what you want, when you want it and how you want it and I will oblige. It would be my pleasure and yours.” His gaze moved back to her mouth and he inhaled deeply.

This was different. It was also not something she was used to. Normally her ‘dates’ dictated when and how they wanted it. This was new and refreshing. Not that she was going to actually take him up on it. “Okay… fine. We’re mated, so even though I’m not fully onboard, I agree to give this thing a try. I agree to at least getting to know you a bit better but without the pressure of sex.” What did she have to lose? It’s not like there was much for her back home and Torrent intrigued her. He was multilayered, that was for sure.

He nodded and seemed to relax. Torrent moved off of her and went to sit on the edge of the bed, finally giving her some room to breathe.