Avery laughed and leaned back in his seat, happily finishing off his frozen yogurt. For some reason, he didn’t mind Kimiko calling him old or a dirty old man in general. As long as she wasn’t uncomfortable with how forward he was and what he was into. Avery was glad she seemed to indulge him and was happy about it.
He looked at her empty container and shook his head. ”Do you want me to hunt down the culprit for you?”
”Safety first, my little imp. You know you can after we are in the air,” he added and fastened his seatbelt just as the jet started to roll forward. Caden stifled a young, covering his mouth. He sighed and reclaimed Nero’s hand. ”Although, I may fall asleep on you.”
Nic’s words did nothing to slow Cassi’s pounding heart, or the flips her stomach was doing. She knew Nic cared and had been hoping he would have said those three words to her yesterday in his old apartment. Cassi wasn’t sure of her feelings until yesterday. She knew they were powerful and that she was falling for Nic, but she didn’t know how seriously.
For someone like her, who was to live a long, long time, relationships flowed differently. She could have confessed her feelings to Nic right away, but life moved differently for him. She didn’t want to push something on him that might be his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Cassi had lived several lifetimes already and would likely live a few more before her Goddess claimed her from this life.
Cassi blushed, looking away from Nic’s face even as he tilted her chin towards him. Of course, she liked the sound of Nic’s voice. There wasn’t much about Nic she didn’t like. His lips reconnected with her, and Cassi didn’t waste time kissing him back.
She shifted her hand from his chest to rest on his cheek, brushing her fingers along his jawline, tracing his ear before she framed her fingers around his ear and into his hair. Whatever time she got with Nic wouldn’t be enough, but she would make every second count.