tumbled from his lips as he released his seed into the spray. “Rose.”
*****
Rose was holding on to the wall to keep herself steady. This was the first time she had taken the initiative and kissed a man; usually they made the first move. And boy could JadEN kiss. She had never been kissed like that before in her whole life. It shook her to her core. Maybe it was the Katieran juice. She had to be drunk or something. She needed to sleep it off. In the morning, she would realize that whatever she had been feeling with JadEN was all a mistake.
Rose had passed out on top of the covers still wearing most of her clothes. The next morning she immediately regretted drinking too much of the Katieran juice. Her head felt like someone had hit her and knocked her against a wall or something.
“Ugh, kill me now,” she moaned as she turned over onto her back. She was never drinking that much Katieran juice again. Some of last night was a little hazy, but she remembered kissing JadEN. She’d practically thrown herself at him, how embarrassing.
She wished she could blame it all on her being drunk, but that wouldn’t be entirely true. Throughout her dinner with Commander TylOR, Lizzie, and JadEN, she found herself being drawn to JadEN. She would pause in what she was saying just so that she could hear his voice. She peeked at him from across the table because she had to see his expressions. It wasn’t just his good looks that appealed to her, though he was drop dead gorgeous. She especially liked the small streaks of silver that ran through his dark hair. They gave him a sexy, distinguished look. Her body reacted just by being close to him. Everything about him excited her.
Then he’d touched her arm as he escorted her back to her sleeping quarters. She immediately felt sparks light up and she tingled all over her body. The whole time they walked back to her quarters she wondered what it would be like to be kissed by him. She pictured them naked together and making love all night. She had wanted him before she even kissed him. Unfortunately or fortunately, she had drank enough Katieran juice that she lost some of her inhibitions. The moment their lips met, those tiny sparks turned into a fire that was lit within her, and she knew only he could put it out.
Rose frowned, thinking about her behavior and how she had practically tackled JadEN. She had never been that aggressive towards a man before. Not once during the whole thing did she think about ConEL. That surprised her. She had been obsessed with ConEL for a while now. He invaded her dreams. She compared every man she had met against him, and they always fell short.
But not JadEN. JadEN was just as good-looking as ConEL. They both had silver streaks in their hair, but that was where their similarities ended. ConEL was introverted and serious. But JadEN, he opened up to people and his intelligence was clear with every word he spoke. That was a major turn-on for Rose.
She’d once thought ConEL’s silent and strong persona was appealing. But it wasn’t nearly as appealing as being able to speak with JadEN about just about anything for hours. That was what she secretly longed for. Someone she could talk to, share her life with, along with having a happy, active sexual relationship.
Damn it! She wasn’t in a relationship with JadEN. She barely knew the man. They’d shared one kiss, that was all. Okay, so the kiss with him was better than sex with all her previous lovers combined, but JadEN didn’t act like he was interested in anything except for sex. She’d heard the rumors about him and Prima Kat having a fling, and that he’d wanted to mate her but she chose Prime Medic SydEL instead.
She couldn’t understand that herself. Why would anyone chose someone over JadEN? This was so typical of her. She always fell for emotionally unavailable men. First she formed an unprofessional attachment to one of her clients, who was in a relationship with another woman, and now she