Wow, Miran was pissing everyone off .
He didn’t seem to notice.
“I’m not hungry,” she said, moving to examine the offering in the room’s vending machine. One of the drinks the machine offered caught her attention.
That was how she’d escape.
She heard him set the food box down on the table. “Please try to consume a little food.”
Ordering several different drinks out of the machine, she forced a smile on her face and walked over to the table. She set the bigger one in front of Miran, then sat down with the smaller one in front of her.
“Sure, I’ll eat. You should join me.”
He let out a sigh and opened the box. Pulling out several containers, he set them on the table before sitting down. Neither of them moved to open any of the containers.
She needed him to drink, but he probably wouldn’t do that until he ate. He wasn’t going to eat until she did.
Ignoring the knots in her belly, she popped open one of the containers and picked up a bite and popped it in her mouth.
He didn’t follow her example. He kept his gaze on the table between thim, his mouth in a tight line. Why was he so upset? He was going to tell her he didn’t like her. Or maybe he was going to give her instructions on how to be better at sex in the future.
He could be about to explain that she’d need to do better with future clients.
It certainly wasn’t to tell her that he loved her and wanted them to run off together. That was too much to hope for.
She barely got that bite down. After that, she gave up on eating. “What is it?”
“I need to apologize,” he said. “But I don’t want to.”
That wasn’t what she expected, but that shouldn’t surprise her. Nothing had gone as planned so far.
“What’s your apology and why don’t you want to say it?” she asked.
“I took advantage of you,” he said, his shoulders slumping and his head falling forward.
“Because you bought me?” she asked, thoroughly confused.
He looked up, obviously surprised by her confusion. “Because we had sex!”
Hope unfurled inside her. “You liked what we did?”
“Of course I liked it,” he said. “If I died tomorrow, I’d be a happy man because I got to taste you. Sinking my dick deep inside you was as close to an otherworldly experience as I’ve ever had. Your body is sublime, and your pleasure is captivating.”
His bold words and proclamation made her insides warm. “You liked me?”
“You’re slick is ambrosia," he murmured, his face relaxing into a softer expression. “The sounds you make when you come are the most beautiful sounds. Nothing in my life has ever felt as good as your body wrapped around my cock and convulsing from climax.”
Eager to feel all of that again, she reached out to touch his face. “Want to do it again?”
He looked regretful. “I need to tell you some things first.”
She withdrew her hand with a little frown. “But you’re not rejecting me?”
“By the moons, no,” he said. “But after I tell you everything, you might not want to be near me any longer.”
“Is this where you admit that it’s all a lie?” she asked.
“Lie?” he repeated. “What’s a lie?”
