Taken by the Alien Next Door (Aliens Among Us #1) - Tiffany Roberts Page 0,58

her chin. “Like what?”

“The cactus.” The tiny frown that brought down his lips was almost enough to melt her heart again—almost.

Her brows creased. “The cactus was you trying to… I thought it was a housewarming gift.”

“Don’t human males give flowers to females they are romantically interested in?”

“Well, yes, but they’re usually a bunch of fresh cut flowers. Not potted flowers or, you know…a cactus. Not to mention the way you just kind of thrust it at me and ran off in a panic. I mean, usually the guys sticks around after he’s given his girl the flowers.”

“It wasn’t my intention to flee,” he said with a wince before running his fingers through his hair. “I…chose that cactus because it reminded me of a plant that grows on my homeworld…and because out of all the cactuses on display, it was the only one with a pink flower.”

“Why the pink one?”

He dipped his chin toward her. “Your nails. The note you left. The pink made me think of you.”

Tabitha looked down at her nails. “Oh.” He’d paid attention to so little a detail? “Guess you discovered my favorite color.”

Zevris hummed thoughtfully. “I plan to discover many things about my female.”

A soft sound came from where he was standing—a barely audible rasp of fabric sliding over flesh. Somehow, Tabitha knew exactly what that sound meant, but she turned her face toward him anyway as though seeking confirmation.

Her eyes flared. He was bent down with his back toward her and his boxers around his ankles, granting her a perfect view of his taut ass and his tail swishing nonchalantly back and forth.

Look away, Tabby! Just. Look. Away.

Tabitha did not look away. “What are you doing?”

He plucked his boxers off the floor. “I prefer to sleep naked.”

“But you can’t…you can’t—”

Zevris stood upright and turned to face her. He said something, she knew he did, but Tabitha didn’t hear his words because there he was, in all his delicious glory.

All his huge, delicious glory.

She’d known he was big, had seen his thickness through his pants, had felt it against her pussy, but seeing it… His cock was long and thick, with a defined crown. At a glance, it could’ve been mistaken for a human’s. But then there were the nubs running from the edge of his crown down to his base—a line of them on his underside and another on top.

Those were what she had felt when he was grinding against her.

Textured for her pleasure.

Heat flooded her core as she imagined all the spots those nubs would stimulate inside her. She gripped the blanket tighter as she rubbed her thighs together against the growing ache of need. And as she continued to stare, Zevris wrapped his fingers around his cock and gave it a stroke to its base. A drop of seed oozed from its tip, and Tabitha had the urge to lick it clean.

He grunted and stilled his hand. His shaft pulsed in the air. “I see my mate approves of her male.”

Her gaze snapped up to his face to find him wearing a naughty grin.

Way to go, Tabby. What was it he called you? Thirsty?

Yeah. She could seriously go for a nice, tall, hot alien drink right about now.

Trying to keep a straight face, she looked him dead in the eyes and said, “I’ve seen bigger.”

His grin faltered for a moment before he threw his head back and laughed. “I assure you, Tabitha, this is exactly the right size to fulfill your every desire.”

He turned off the light. Tabitha couldn’t see anything for a moment, but her eyes quickly adjusted to the diffused glow streaming in through the closed blinds—from the house lights across the street, most likely.

It helped that Zevris’s eyes and tattoos gave off gentle glows of their own, granting him an ethereal air and giving his skin a blue cast as he moved around the bed. He grasped the blanket and gave it a sharp tug, pulling it from her grasp. Her eyes widened as he climbed onto the bed, stretching himself out behind her.

“What are you doing?” she screeched, scooting away.

Zevris wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her back, tucking her body against his. He slipped his other arm under hear head. “I am going to sleep with my mate.”

“But you’re naked!”

“Mhmm.” His cock, now pressed along the curve of her ass, twitched.

“And hard.”

“Since I first laid eyes upon you.”

Tabitha groaned, turning her face slightly against his arm, unsure if she should be mortified or flattered. She’d never