Hisstillhard cock was shimmering with his cum but he tucked it back into his pants, though he kept the laces undone. When she wrapped her arms around herself, Kirov cursed under his breath and retrieved her shirt, helping her slip it back on so she was covered.
But he didn’t allow her to pull away from him, not the way she wanted. Instead, Kirov slipped behind her, wrapping his arms around her front, hugging her to him.
“Don’t,” she whispered, her throat tight.
“Stop it,” he rasped in response. “Do not diminish what just happened.”
Sucking in a breath, Lainey felt tears sting her eyes, but she swallowed whatever emotion placed them there. She didn’t want to cry in front of him, not again, and especially not after what they’d just done.
“What can I give you right now?” he murmured in her ear, softly, his voice soothing her. “Tell me.”
She squeezed her eyes shut. God, why did he have to be sogood? Why couldn’t he be a complete asshole like her ex-boyfriends? It would make this so much easier.
A laugh bubbled from her throat but to Lainey it sounded slightly hysterical, nervous.
Because she could think of nothing else, she whispered, “A piano.”
Kirov went quiet and he pressed a kiss to her temple, leaving his lips there. Slowly, Lainey began to relax and she wondered if the strange force between them helped her calm down.
Then he said, “I cannot give you that now. But I promise you,luxiva, I will in time.Tev?”
“Okay,” she whispered because she could think of nothing else to say.
Chapter Fourteen
“Why are you so quiet today?” Crystal asked, looking up from her tablet.
In the back of her mind, Lainey wondered if Kirov had also made the tablet at some point. Was it his own invention?
“Am I being quiet?” Lainey asked, tossing the mini-UFO, in its sphere form, back and forth in her hands. She shrugged, hoping it seemed nonchalant. “I guess I’m just tired.”
“Couldn’t sleep?” Crystal asked next, her eyes going back to the drawing she was working on.
Lainey relaxed a little, her gaze straying to Vixron, who was standing at the window, looking out over the view.
“No, not really,” she murmured.
It was early in the afternoon and after Kirov dropped her back off at the house last night, she hadn’t been able to sleep. For a multitude of reasons.
Part of it was because he’d been so sweet when they’d had to say goodbye for the night. He hadn’t said much, just pulled her into his body, giving her one of his fantastic, warm hugs, and tilted her face up so he could kiss her. He’d kissed her slowly and without any rush, despite that they’d needed to be quiet and sneak her back inside her room before Vixron noticed she’d been gone.
Part of it was also because she hadn’twantedto say goodbye. She’d been tempted to just go back to his empty house with him and crawl into his bed and cuddle and kiss and touch him and do all the things she knew she shouldn’t do.
But a big part of why she couldn’t sleep was because she was worried. Worried about how things would unfold with him now that they’d been intimate and wondering how she could leave her heart intact and unbroken when she eventually had to leave Luxiria.
Lainey was so lost in her thoughts, staring into space, that she almost didn’t realize it when she heard a hovercraft approaching.
Her breath hitched and she was up, striding over to the window to see if it was Kirov, not caring if Crystal or Vixron thought her actions were odd.
But it wasn’t Kirov.
It wasKate. A very pregnant Kate, looking like she was about to give birth any moment. Vaxa’an, her mate and the Prime Leader of Luxiria, helped her down off the hovercraft. The blatant worry on his face, him fussing over her as she walked towards their house, was unexpectedly…cute. Watching them together, Lainey thought it was obvious that they loved each other deeply.
Kate had come at Lainey’s request, she realized, swallowing her disappointment that it wasn’t Kirov. Crystal stood up from the fire pit circle, frowning out the window, but Lainey was out the door, going to greet the human woman that they knew very little about.
“Lainey,” Kate said, smiling, reaching out to pull her into a hug. She was careful not to crush the other woman’s bulging stomach.
“Thanks for coming to see us,” Lainey said softly. “If I’d realized you were this pregnant, I wouldn’t have—”
