“Ha ha.” I deploy the maximum capacity of my jaw muscles to deny his pride the satisfaction of a smile, but the restraint crumbles the exact microsecond Nyra bursts into a raw, booming laugh across the bench.“The script lacked that level of comedic value,” I insist, nudging her side.“What can my animal say? My wolf favors the Alpha.” She pushes her weight up from the bench, using both palms to gather her dark hair, pulling the strands tight into a high training pony. “The sequence has delivered immense entertainment, but since our hands finished your claw work yesterday, Ro, my office booked a full-spectrum cosmetic application for the twelfth hour. Which dictates my boots must clear this perimeter like, right now.”Kael arches his dark brows with a highly suggestively flick of his gaze. “A full-spectrum application sounds like an explicit carnal euphemism from this coordinate.”“My mind possesses absolute certainty that it would register that way to your ears, Mr. I’d Like to Know
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