sweetheart, they didn’t care about anything as long as they got what they were after. The only thing that kept them coming back was my money and social status. And, well, maybe good sex too,” I added sheepishly.
That brought her eyes right back to mine. Again, hostile. I smiled, pleased to get that reaction out of her. I loved it when she showed me her claws.
“They weren’t in love with me, Maya. I wouldn’t do that to anyone. It was nothing more than sex.”
She grimaced. “They were all blonde because Claire is a brunette?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m a brunette, too,” she pointed out the obvious.
“And a very beautiful one at that.” I reached out and grabbed her hand. “You’ve been different from the very beginning.”
Before she could understand what I was saying to her, the owner of the place stopped by and cleared our plates, forcing me to retract my hand. Lifting her face, she gave the bastard a big smile. He’d been running in circles around her ever since we’d stepped into the goddamned place.
“Tack, Niko,” she said softly.
After the guy murmured something back to her in Swedish, I cleared my throat, and he threw me a displeased look before leaving us alone again. Maya turned back to me, a smaller smile on her lips.
I knew I was being irrational, but I didn’t want to share her smiles with anyone. I wanted everything that made her perfect to me to be only mine, and I wouldn’t stop until I had all of it.
“I’m a jealous guy, Maya.”
The smile slowly slipped from her lips.
“You’re sure you’re not seeing anyone? I will get possessive over you. So, if there is anything you think I should know, you should tell me now. If you are with me that means we are exclusive.”
“You are aware that the same goes for you too, right? I’m not the one who is sleeping around, Alexander. If someone has the right to get jealous here, I would say it would be me.”
Reaching over, I gripped her hand in mine.
“From now on, you will be the only woman in my bed, and there won’t be any other men for you either.”
“So essentially you’re saying you are mine? I think I remember you telling me that you weren’t looking for a relationship.”
“Things change.”
“Could you be more tightlipped? Be more specific, please.”
“It’s you,” I replied, fidgeting in my seat. I didn’t like to be questioned, but she deserved to hear what she already meant to me. “You changed the game the day you left. When you made it clear that you weren’t ordinary. I would have eventually seen it if you had stayed, but I knew I wanted more with you the day I got back from the airport.”
She seemed to mull over my response for a while. I was different for her too. I wasn’t someone she would usually consider being with, I knew that now. She was friendly with everyone around her, her home was just that: a home, not a freaking museum. If I could make a guess, I would say she much preferred to stay in instead of going out to some black tie event. She didn’t fit in my so-called world, which made her all the more attractive to me.
“Long-distance relationships are challenging. And truth be told, I don’t think you can handle something like that.”
“I’m touched to see how much trust you have in me.”
“Because you radiate trust, and I’m the one who is being unreasonable. Why go through something that will only last one or two months? What are we even going to do? Talk on the phone every day? Skype? We aren’t teenagers, Alexander.”
“Let me worry about all that.”
She didn’t look convinced, but she didn’t fight me on it either. I knew she would take me any way she could. Lucky for me, something about me made her happy. In a few days, it wouldn’t matter anyway. I wasn’t leaving without her next to me. As soon as I found my opening, I would convince her.
“Do you want to walk around a bit, maybe? I want to check in on Linn, but I can show you around before that, if you
That brought her eyes right back to mine. Again, hostile. I smiled, pleased to get that reaction out of her. I loved it when she showed me her claws.
“They weren’t in love with me, Maya. I wouldn’t do that to anyone. It was nothing more than sex.”
She grimaced. “They were all blonde because Claire is a brunette?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m a brunette, too,” she pointed out the obvious.
“And a very beautiful one at that.” I reached out and grabbed her hand. “You’ve been different from the very beginning.”
Before she could understand what I was saying to her, the owner of the place stopped by and cleared our plates, forcing me to retract my hand. Lifting her face, she gave the bastard a big smile. He’d been running in circles around her ever since we’d stepped into the goddamned place.
“Tack, Niko,” she said softly.
After the guy murmured something back to her in Swedish, I cleared my throat, and he threw me a displeased look before leaving us alone again. Maya turned back to me, a smaller smile on her lips.
I knew I was being irrational, but I didn’t want to share her smiles with anyone. I wanted everything that made her perfect to me to be only mine, and I wouldn’t stop until I had all of it.
“I’m a jealous guy, Maya.”
The smile slowly slipped from her lips.
“You’re sure you’re not seeing anyone? I will get possessive over you. So, if there is anything you think I should know, you should tell me now. If you are with me that means we are exclusive.”
“You are aware that the same goes for you too, right? I’m not the one who is sleeping around, Alexander. If someone has the right to get jealous here, I would say it would be me.”
Reaching over, I gripped her hand in mine.
“From now on, you will be the only woman in my bed, and there won’t be any other men for you either.”
“So essentially you’re saying you are mine? I think I remember you telling me that you weren’t looking for a relationship.”
“Things change.”
“Could you be more tightlipped? Be more specific, please.”
“It’s you,” I replied, fidgeting in my seat. I didn’t like to be questioned, but she deserved to hear what she already meant to me. “You changed the game the day you left. When you made it clear that you weren’t ordinary. I would have eventually seen it if you had stayed, but I knew I wanted more with you the day I got back from the airport.”
She seemed to mull over my response for a while. I was different for her too. I wasn’t someone she would usually consider being with, I knew that now. She was friendly with everyone around her, her home was just that: a home, not a freaking museum. If I could make a guess, I would say she much preferred to stay in instead of going out to some black tie event. She didn’t fit in my so-called world, which made her all the more attractive to me.
“Long-distance relationships are challenging. And truth be told, I don’t think you can handle something like that.”
“I’m touched to see how much trust you have in me.”
“Because you radiate trust, and I’m the one who is being unreasonable. Why go through something that will only last one or two months? What are we even going to do? Talk on the phone every day? Skype? We aren’t teenagers, Alexander.”
“Let me worry about all that.”
She didn’t look convinced, but she didn’t fight me on it either. I knew she would take me any way she could. Lucky for me, something about me made her happy. In a few days, it wouldn’t matter anyway. I wasn’t leaving without her next to me. As soon as I found my opening, I would convince her.
“Do you want to walk around a bit, maybe? I want to check in on Linn, but I can show you around before that, if you
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