“I am. Mason was right,” I said, shaking my head. “If therewasa top alpha here, I would have… gone through with my mission. I would haveusedyou.”
“But youdidn’t.”
“But Iwouldhave.”
Ken growled. “How do you know that? Wesley, the truth is that you’re sitting in front of me right now and you haven’t doneanythingwrong. Mason is just paranoid because something similar happened to a friend of his, but the situations aren’t the same. Forget what he said.” He grasped me by the shoulders and looked me in the eyes. “I believe inyou.Okay?”
“Ken…”
“Let me ask you a question. What do you want todonow?”
I blinked slowly. What didIwanttodo?
“I don’t know what you mean,”Isaid.
“Well, you’re obviously not going back to Gunner or Scarlet Ridge,” Ken growled. “I’ll make sure of that. I’ll fight them off myself if Ihaveto.”
“What?” I said again, more worked up. “I - you still want me to stay here in IndigoMountain?”
“Have you been listening to a word I said?” Ken muttered. “Of course I wantyouhere.”
“But after everythingI’vedone- “
I couldn’t finish my sentence because Ken crushed his lips against mine. I made a tiny muffled sound before melting into the kiss. Electricity prickled over my skin, making me hyper-sensitive to everything. I’d never been kissed before and didn’t know how to react. It ended almost as soon as it started, with Ken pulling away before I could make sense of what wasgoingon.
“Sorry,” he said. “I just couldn’t stand to hear you talking like thatanymore.”
“That’s okay,” I said breathlessly. “Does that mean you’re notangry?”
He growled softly. “Ofcoursenot.”
“What about you being a doctor and me being a patient andwhatnot?”
“Can you walk?” heasked.
I thought about it. “I mean, not right now, because my body is aching and I don’t want to move, but… Yeah, I guessIcan.”
“Then you’re officially discharged from my care,” he said. “You’re no longer mypatient.”
“So… I guess this means there’s nothing stopping us from doing this, right?” Iasked.
A slightly smug smile tugged at his lips. “Isupposenot.”
He took me by the shoulders and gently pushed me down on my back. He straddled my waist, which made my cock twitch violently. I let out a small whimper at the suddensensation.
Ken paused. “Are you okay with this? I mean, we don’t have to do this. You can get through your heatwithoutme-”
“Oh, shut up,” I snapped. “I wantyou, okay? Not some stupid dildo. Did you miss the whole part of my sad story where I said Ilikedyou?”
That shut him up. With a small grin, he leaned forward to kiss me again. This time he went deeper, teasing my mouth open with his tongue and exploring the wet heat of my mouth. I couldn’t help a high-pitched whine in the back of my throat. The sensation shot right down to my dick, which was hardening already. He must have felt it, because his own cock began to grow stiff and the only thing between them was the fabric of ourpants.
Suddenly the heat was unbearable. The only thing that brought relief was Ken’s cool bare skin against mine, and I needed more of it. I growled and nearly ripped the buttons off his shirt, then pointed with a grunt to hispants.
“You want them off?” he asked. He sat up and undid them until he was only wearing his briefs. I nearly started drooling at the shape of his hard cock straining against the white fabric. Without thinking, I ripped off my own pants and underwear. The cool air of the room felt mildly nice against my burning skin, but the only thing that was truly relieving was Ken. I grabbed him and pulled him back on top of me and instantly sighed. It was like ice againstmyfire.
“Does that feel better?” he asked with a knowingsmile.
“Yeah,” I said honestly. “But it’s still notenough.”
