His Human (The New Neighbors #2) - M.A. Innes Page 0,46

for you. What if your body has adverse reactions to the bonding? What if I am not providing you with enough security or emotional stability or what if I am not caring for your physical needs? What if I should be taking more control of your life to keep you content? What if I am taking too much control and you become upset with me?”

I had a feeling he could’ve kept going.

Clearly, fabulous multitasking had some downsides.

“Wait.” I kissed him and snuggled closer, encouraging him to hold me tight. “Nothing is perfect the first time. Yes, you can figure out a lot about what I want and what I need just by sensing my reactions, but we talk, remember? You don’t have to know everything right off the bat.”

But my sexy Dom was beyond smart and didn’t like not knowing something.

Before he could complain or start listing off his worries again, I smiled and stroked his chest. “Think of our relationship as a long-term project where the information keeps coming in slowly, but it’s still fascinating.”

Maverick chuckled. “Yes, you are fascinating.”

“And so are you, Master.” Stroking his chest, my fingers slowly moved down one smaller tentacle and started teasing at the tip. His body relaxed, softening a bit as I pleasured him before thankfully going solid again.

As I stroked the little nubs and sensitive parts of his limb, I let the heat and need I’d been feeling all night rise to the surface again. “I want to learn all the ways to please you and to make you happy. I want to submit to you in different ways, so you always have something to control. I want to give myself to you.”

Limbs wrapped around me, pinning me against his body. “Your culture does not always understand how special that is. Giving yourself to another is the most wonderful thing one person can do.”

There were a thousand other things we needed to talk about if we were really in the process of bonding, but for now, they weren’t important…and judging by the direction his tentacles were going, Maverick was ready to shift gears too.

“It’s been a while since you checked the restraint and plug.” My reminder that he was in control seemed to push him into his take-charge mode again because he pinned me against him with his larger tentacles and the smaller ones started working at my pants.

Erotic didn’t even begin to describe the sensations.

“Your responses indicate you find this highly pleasurable, but I have not stimulated your erogenous zones.” He was honestly asking a question, but his confused professor voice was hot too.

“I…” How was I supposed to think when he was turning me on like that?

“I like being restrained.” I thought that was a good explanation, but he scoffed.

“Yes, but there is something more. Is your increased desire a result of being stimulated for so long?” His tone said he was going to keep guessing until he figured out what had scrambled my brain, so I fought to answer him.

“I like being helpless.” I sucked in a breath as my pants came down, and the sexy jock he’d picked out earlier came into view.

My erection was straining the fabric and it looked almost obscene, but the visual just made it harder to think. Closing my eyes, I pushed the fantasies to the back of my mind and did my best to focus. “Being helpless and being restrained are kind of different for me. You undressing me as you held me down touched on both of those for me.”

“Ah.” The pleasure in his voice was probably from figuring out something interesting, but it still sounded like I’d pleased him, so it hit all the right notes for my submission. “You enjoyed the exhibitionism at our meal earlier, as well.”

That would have been easier to follow if he hadn’t been pulling at the jock so he could inspect my dick. “I…yes…”

As he tugged and ran his tentacle over my still-hard cock, I had to suck in a breath as I strained against him. Master just made a low sound like he was telling me to be patient and kept studying my dick. “I see no ill effects and your circulation is still more than adequate.”

I was glad the circulation to my dick was good because there was no blood left in my head at the moment.

“We shall have to use this more often.” Master traced around the restraint, making a happy noise. “I enjoy restraining you and you enjoy being