"Would be a problem if you were attracted to me. But you're not."
I'm not?Rian watched as she paced back and forth, the escaped curls from her top knot framing her sweet face, her lips pouting in annoyance, her skin pink and luscious. She crossed her legs and leaned back, her shorts revealing fleshy thighs that looked like they’d fit his large hands perfectly. Nothing bony or sharp about her.
His eyes tracked her well-rounded calves, down the line of her shin ending in dainty feet. She had cute toes, he couldn't help but think, seeing them curl inwards as they stepped closer to him, as if nervous.
"So, what do you think?"
His gaze swung up to hers. "Huh, what?"
With a sigh of an old woman, Aditi explained once more, "I was saying that you not being attracted to me makes it easier."
"Makes what easier?" he asked warily.
"Kissing, of course."
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Rian reared back, eyeswide.
"W-what?” he squeaked in an undignified manner. Kissing? Who was kissing who?
"It’ll be like research. Cold and clinical,” Aditi said, thankfully not noticing anything amiss. “You can tell me what I'm doing wrong."
"D-d-doing?"
She stepped closer. If Aditi was the predator, his fight or flight response was non-existent. He was going to die. He just knew it. She was too close and he couldn’t breathe.
"What the hell are you doing?" he rasped, his feet locked in place.
"Getting into position.” She placed one hand on his shoulder.
"What position!" His mind conjured images of positions. Many many positions that Aditi could assume. Starting with her on her knees, her mouth full of him. Or bent over the kitchen counter. Or riding him on the couch. His pants were getting too tight and he still couldn’t breathe.
Fuck my life, is this what a panic attack feels like?
"For the kiss,” she frowned. “Haven’t you been listening?”
He hadn’t. His mind had been painting vividly erotic images that had caused him temporary deafness and permanent brain damage.
Then, as if she’d realised something shocking, she backed away.
"Oh no. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have assumed."
What now?Rian had no energy to ask the question.
"You look like you would have kissed scores already. I didn't realise you've never been kissed."
That broke through the haze that had clouded him for the last multiple minutes.
"Stop talking,” he ordered, aghast that this had been her conclusion to his obvious shock.
"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable, Bugs. Forget I said anything. I'll find someone else.”
The fuck? Someone else?The acid in his stomach rose at the thought, observing her as she turned away.