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would have been wounded from earlier, leaving him hanging like that
in the bedroom.
“Thanks.”
“So, what do you want to talk about, big guy?”
He wasn’t sure. All he knew was that he didn’t like the tension
between them. With a nervous twitch beginning under his eye, Zeus
leaned against his desk, deciding to take a non-authoritative stance
instead of sitting behind it and seeming imposing. He placed his
hands on either side of him, gripping the sides of the desk. “How do
we make this work?”
Jasper seemed surprised. His lips slightly parted, and his eyes
widened a minute amount. “I don’t know.”
Zeus shifted slightly, crossing his ankles as he stared at his
stunning mate. “I don’t like to argue, at least not with you. We have to find a way both of us can get what we want without the arguing.”
Jasper pursed his lips in thought. “How about you not treat me
like spun glass, and I’ll try to stay out of trouble?”
“How about you do as I say?” Zeus held his hand up to stop any
protest. “Within reason, and I’ll try not to treat you like you’re so fragile.”
His mate eyed him suspiciously. “I somehow doubt you will
tolerate me going against you.”
It was true. He was basically giving up some of his control and
giving some of it to his mate.
When he’d been in the driver’s seat his whole life, it was hard to
let someone else behind the wheel, but he had to try. This relationship was the most important thing in his life, and he wanted it to work.
Why the hell did fate give him a strong-willed mate? Didn’t she
know how controlling he was? Zeus would try this new way of
thinking. It went against his natural inclination to dominate, but for Jasper, he would try.
“Deal.” He stuck his hand out, waiting to see if the redhead would
agree or argue further.
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Slowly standing, Jasper crossed the room and slid his hand in
Zeus’s, the need to dominate already rearing its head, but Zeus
tamped it down.
“So, can we have sex now?” Jasper smiled up at him.
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Chapter Three
Jasper took a deep breath. He wasn’t sure what he had just agreed
to, but if it stopped the wedge that was between them, he was all for
it. His pride had been wounded big time when his mate walked out of
the bedroom, making him feel like he’d been slapped.
He chalked it up to nerves and their argument, of course. Getting
to know someone and starting over was the scariest shit ever. It
helped when you had someone in your corner, but he didn’t know
anyone here. Jasper was willing to try. All he was asking was that
Zeus gave just as much effort.
He shivered when Zeus pulled him into the V of his legs and a
large hand traced down his spine. His cock came instantly to life from the touch and months of celibacy. The urge to crawl onto his mate and
impaling his ass on Zeus's cock was overwhelming. Jasper whimpered
when the Alpha walked him backward, and his legs hit the couch.
“I’m going to take you here,” Zeus said in the most dark and deep
voice, making the front of Jasper’s pants push out and become wet.
“Hell, you could take me anywhere, big guy.” He batted his eyes .
Stop that! That’s what got you into this mess in the first place, dumb ass.
Zeus lapped at his lips, pushing his tongue in to ask for entrance.
Oh god, this was their first kiss. Jasper opened greedily, sucking the wandering appendage in and groaning at the taste.
His neck was starting to hurt with how far he had to bend it back.
Zeus must have read his thoughts. He pulled Jasper up, Jasper
wrapping his legs around Zeus’s waist.
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Oh fuck, it felt like a stealth missile between his mate’s legs.
Could he handle all of that? He sure as hell was going to try. Jasper
pushed his ass down on the tenting cock, his body begging for Zeus to
enter him.
Jasper felt his canines descending, the need to be claimed fogging
his brain, and the need to be fucked short-circuiting what was left of it. “Please,” he begged into Zeus’s mouth.
“You made me wait a very long time for you. I should hold out.”
Zeus chuckled low.
“Then I’ll have to take care of this hard-on myself while you
watch.”
Zeus’s nostrils flared, his eyes hooded, and a low growl vibrated
through his chest. Talk about sexy.
Jasper unwound his legs, slipping down his mate’s chest as Zeus
watched. He toed his shoes off, shrugged his pants off, kicking them
away from him, and then pulled his shirt over his head. “Come and
claim me.” Jasper smiled as he opened his arms wide.