She waited for him to say she would have to quit, that her job was to stay home and raise their baby.
But he merely opened his binder. "Well, let's not upset the ADDA gods and get this done." He met her gaze again. "Because I'd at least like the chance to know you a little, Gaby. And to do that, we need some place private, where people won't be listening in."
Her stomach did a little flip at his slightly deeper voice.
Her dragon rose her head. Just imagine when he's naked and above us.
Don't you dare flash images right now.
Then hurry your ass up.
For the first time, Gaby regretted all the porn she'd watched online, making it hard not to imagine her and Ryan doing all those things. But she had never planned to be a virgin this long, and a woman got curious.
Well, at least she had stored up a trove of things she wanted to do with the male sitting across from her. And that motivated her to finish the damn paperwork as quickly as possible.
Looking down, she answered, "Then let's each agree not to talk until we finish all the signatures required."
Ryan pretended to zip his lips and throw away the key. It was super corny, but she still smiled.
Maybe if she were lucky, they'd be some laughter before all the sex. She'd always dreamed of having that kind of male.
However, as Ryan looked at his binder and started reading, she did the same. Yet, she couldn't help but glance up every so often to study the human. But then he'd meet her gaze and smile, and she'd look back at her binder.
Each time she signed a page, her heart raced faster. It was all really happening, and soon.
Unlike male dragon-shifters, females didn't have constant access to the human males unless they turned out to be a true mate. She'd only have three days with him until her next fertile peak the following month.
And if after three months there was no baby, the human was free to walk away. The only exception was if there was a mate-claim frenzy, then ADDA would allow it to play out. However, true mates were rare and most likely not in Gaby’s favor.
She clutched the pen tighter in her fingers. She wanted more than three days, or nine in total.
Her dragon yawned. Then make the most of what we have. Don't waste time once we're alone at the ADDA house.
And right then and there, Gaby agreed with her inner beast.
Oh, she'd let Ryan know she was a virgin, but not until he was all but inside her. No doubt, he'd be too far gone to care.
And once that was done, she could finally explore a male and live out one of her many fantasies.
True, the whole point of the lottery was to conceive a child for her clan. But that didn't mean she couldn't enjoy the process.
So Gaby went back to reading and did her best to ignore Ryan as she went, only caving for a glance every ten minutes or so until she finished.
Chapter Three
As a man of thirty-six, Ryan used to think he'd learned how to control his body and his dick better than a nineteen-year-old boy.
And yet, the entire time he'd sat inside that small room with Gaby, her scent surrounding him and her heated glances making his body temperature rise, he'd been harder than he'd ever been in his life.
Did dragon-shifters emit some sort of special sex hormones? He didn't remember reading anything about it, but he hadn't been the best student, either.
Which meant he had a lot to learn in a short time.
And only three days at a time to better know the dragon lady he wanted to toss on a bed and fuck like there was no tomorrow.
Even now, as he waited on the front step of the house they were to share for the next three days, keeping an eye out for the car Gaby would be riding inside, he was doing his best to tame his raging cock.
With zero success.