spotted on her nose made him want to lick her...
There were many things he dreamed of doing to her. The effort of doing nothing at all had been the most excruciating.
“How many types of dessert are there going to be this evening?” he asked.
“I’ve planned five, but it’s only going to be four now.” She plopped on the couch next to him, raising a cloud of white powder from her skirts. “The freaking thing that I believed would be the closest to the chocolate from Earth solidified into a rock instead of melting when heated.”
“Isn’t there usually just one dessert after dinner? Four sounds like three more than we need,” he said evenly. Judging by her flushed cheeks and trembling lips, she was teetering on the verge of a meltdown.
“You don’t understand!” She sounded devastated. “I wanted to have a variety for the boys to get a taste of food from Earth.” She shifted to face him, her bent knee landing on his thigh. “Don’t worry, I’m making tiny-little portions. The boys each can have up to three of those and still stay within the recommended dose of sugar, as per the Ministry’s requirements.”
“If they can only have three and you’ve made four types, doesn’t it mean that there is still one too many?”
She inhaled quickly, looking ready to argue, then exhaled slowly, as if deflating along with her argument.
“I guess you’re right...” She rubbed her chin. “They’ll still have some choice even without the stupid mousse.” She gazed at him then, tilting her head, her expression more relaxed. “How were you able to stay this calm when I was about to lose it? You, of all people?”
He chuckled, “We both know you’ve calmly stopped me from blowing up on more than one occasion, too.”
“It’s a good thing that only one of us tends to freak out at a time, now. There has been much less screaming and yelling lately, don’t you think?”
She smiled now, and he exhaled with relief.
The atmosphere in their house had definitely quieted down. At the beginning, they had fanned each other’s flames during an argument. By now, however, he’d learned to read Daisy’s moods much better and could predict the approaching storm before it happened. He managed to cool her temper flare-ups before they had a chance to blow out of proportions. He’d noticed, she had a similar calming effect on him, too.
Her gaze fell on her leg resting on top of his, and she scooted back quickly, breaking their contact. Her cheeks flushed again, their bright color now rivaled that of her apron.
“Anyway...” She shoved a lock of her hair under the colorful scarf she was wearing to hold back her bright orange tresses. “Four is enough, like you said. I better go change. Lievoa should be here any minute, now.”
He watched her go upstairs, his gaze lingering on her quick feet in open sandals as she ran. The sight of her toes no longer shocked him. Nothing about Daisy could ever repulse him. On the contrary, every little thing about her body was extremely appealing. His cock grew painfully hard at the mere thought of how her leg had touched his.
He groaned softly, shifting on the couch to make more space in his pants for his growing erection while he calmed himself down.
Daisy hadn’t been her usual bubbly self lately, tripping over her words and blushing violently. Whenever he asked her about it, she acted even more discomfited, denied that anything was wrong, and ran away from him at the earliest opportunity.
Had he done something wrong?
The only other relationship he’d ever had with a woman was with Shula, and it had started and ended in the bedroom. Most interactions outside of the bedroom were new to him.
With Daisy, he proceeded carefully, learning as he went. He worried that she would run all the way back to Earth if he made another mistake. And he already knew he would miss her desperately if that happened.
As happy as he’d been when she’d agreed to stay for the year, a year wasn’t enough. He needed her for life. And he had barely over ten months left to figure out how to convince her that he was worth spending a lifetime with.
GREVAR
“Did I miss your dad coming to the city?” Lievoa asked casually, popping a piece of stuffed esculi into her mouth. “I thought he had his visit scheduled for like two weeks ago.”
“Grandpa is coming?” Olvar immediately picked up on her words.
Zun and Daisy turned to