interested in. I could marry some fawning mouse but I’m not attracted to them. And I worry about what I might turn into, stuck in that kind of relationship. After that women were like cheeseburgers. Something I needed for my body but…” He gave a sharp little laugh. “Problem with fast food is that afterward I’m still hungry.” Jeremy’s eyes locked on hers. “I haven’t felt even remotely satisfied in many years. And like this? Sated? Replete? Never.”
She digested that. A multitude of women treated like fast food. Years of moving from one to the next. She could tell that he wanted to commit to one woman. His nature was driving him into it; wolves mated for life. But it was the wolf in him that made it almost impossible to have a stable relationship with a normal woman. She wondered if he would be able to break a habit of three years so easily. After things settled into complacency between them would he be fucking the next pair of willing legs that opened to him? And there must be lots of those, given his looks, his charisma and his job.
Jeremy interrupted her thoughts. “What about you? Why no man in your life?”
“I was in a serious relationship for several years. It ended a year and a half ago. I haven’t met anyone sufficiently interesting since then. I don’t date just to fill up my social calendar. If there’s no spark I’d rather stay home and eat ice cream.”
He laughed. “I’d say we have a bonfire going, wouldn’t you?”
Her lips twitched up. “A forest fire. Dangerous, wild but…oh, the heat.”
“Very hot,” he agreed with an answering smile. Then he turned serious again. “How did things end?”
“I caught him in bed with my best friend.”
His looked shocked. “How can someone like you be surprised in that way? Wouldn’t you have known?”
“Not unless I read his mind which, as I told you, I don’t do. I sensed feelings, of course. I knew he and Barb were attracted to each other…just assumed that neither of them would act on it. I was wrong.”
“What a total idiot.”
Lee stiffened. She had been an idiot but that didn’t mean she liked him saying so.
Then he continued, running a light finger over her breast and belly, “To have this and be looking elsewhere.”
“You’ll look too,” she said softly. “With your sexual appetite I have no doubt you will both look and want. Your cock will stir at the sight of other breasts. The question is, will you act on it? When a beautiful woman offers herself to you will you be able to say no?”
“Lee, it isn’t even remotely possible.”
“Bullshit,” she said and glared at him.
Jeremy drew back. “I will not screw around on you.”
“Good. Because if you do you’ll find that every shift in the wind carries my scent, every woman looks like me, you’ll hear my voice instead of hers…but none of them will satisfy you. I will curse you with frustrated desire.” His eyes widened at her threat. Lee didn’t know how she would lay that spell but is sounded good. Got his attention, that was clear. She continued, “Just don’t say you won’t even be tempted because that’s a pile of crap. All I ask is the decency to let me know if you want to move on. Don’t think you can have me and the easy fucks in dark alleyways too.”
“Right now I can’t even imagine being interested in another woman.”
Lee started to say something but he held up his hand. She closed her mouth and waited for him to finish.
“But okay, years from now when this fire has been contained in a neat domestic hearth I will look at those other women and wonder what they would taste like, feel like. And when a hand reaches for my crotch maybe they’ll find me hard.”
Lee held her breath. The bastard was telling her more than she wanted to hear. Both the idea of being with him years from now and the way he described responding to another woman bothered her. She wasn’t anywhere near ready to consider that kind of long-term commitment
She digested that. A multitude of women treated like fast food. Years of moving from one to the next. She could tell that he wanted to commit to one woman. His nature was driving him into it; wolves mated for life. But it was the wolf in him that made it almost impossible to have a stable relationship with a normal woman. She wondered if he would be able to break a habit of three years so easily. After things settled into complacency between them would he be fucking the next pair of willing legs that opened to him? And there must be lots of those, given his looks, his charisma and his job.
Jeremy interrupted her thoughts. “What about you? Why no man in your life?”
“I was in a serious relationship for several years. It ended a year and a half ago. I haven’t met anyone sufficiently interesting since then. I don’t date just to fill up my social calendar. If there’s no spark I’d rather stay home and eat ice cream.”
He laughed. “I’d say we have a bonfire going, wouldn’t you?”
Her lips twitched up. “A forest fire. Dangerous, wild but…oh, the heat.”
“Very hot,” he agreed with an answering smile. Then he turned serious again. “How did things end?”
“I caught him in bed with my best friend.”
His looked shocked. “How can someone like you be surprised in that way? Wouldn’t you have known?”
“Not unless I read his mind which, as I told you, I don’t do. I sensed feelings, of course. I knew he and Barb were attracted to each other…just assumed that neither of them would act on it. I was wrong.”
“What a total idiot.”
Lee stiffened. She had been an idiot but that didn’t mean she liked him saying so.
Then he continued, running a light finger over her breast and belly, “To have this and be looking elsewhere.”
“You’ll look too,” she said softly. “With your sexual appetite I have no doubt you will both look and want. Your cock will stir at the sight of other breasts. The question is, will you act on it? When a beautiful woman offers herself to you will you be able to say no?”
“Lee, it isn’t even remotely possible.”
“Bullshit,” she said and glared at him.
Jeremy drew back. “I will not screw around on you.”
“Good. Because if you do you’ll find that every shift in the wind carries my scent, every woman looks like me, you’ll hear my voice instead of hers…but none of them will satisfy you. I will curse you with frustrated desire.” His eyes widened at her threat. Lee didn’t know how she would lay that spell but is sounded good. Got his attention, that was clear. She continued, “Just don’t say you won’t even be tempted because that’s a pile of crap. All I ask is the decency to let me know if you want to move on. Don’t think you can have me and the easy fucks in dark alleyways too.”
“Right now I can’t even imagine being interested in another woman.”
Lee started to say something but he held up his hand. She closed her mouth and waited for him to finish.
“But okay, years from now when this fire has been contained in a neat domestic hearth I will look at those other women and wonder what they would taste like, feel like. And when a hand reaches for my crotch maybe they’ll find me hard.”
Lee held her breath. The bastard was telling her more than she wanted to hear. Both the idea of being with him years from now and the way he described responding to another woman bothered her. She wasn’t anywhere near ready to consider that kind of long-term commitment
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