Chapter 195: Lucian, let a man breathe
Cass ate his cookies in silence as Lucian was not really giving him any privacy as he did so. Hell, Lucian wasn’t giving him personal space. Not with his hand on his waist, his other hand on the back of his neck.
Lucian was watching him intently, his gaze unwavering as he stared at Cass’ lips. Cass felt his gaze like a brand as they never left his lips. Hot, unblinking, not even the second eyelid that covered his eyes came into view. Cass’ cheeks were pink as he was trying to finish his cookies quickly. He could tell that the rest of the group was getting restless, and he could practically feel their probing stares.
He really didn’t want to give Lucian any ideas right now. He didn’t want the others to know that they were kissing each other. Hell, he wasn’t even sure if he wanted to be kissing him. He kind of felt that last night had been a desperate situation. Outside of his control.
"How are those cookies, Cass?" Cass felt a different kind of shiver run down his spine as he froze, cookie midway to his mouth to look up at Lucian. He hadn’t realised that his gaze had wandered to his chest until he had to jerk it back up to his eyes.
Lucian’s voice was deep, casual. Too casual for how close the man was to him, and how close Cass was to him in turn. Cass felt his grip tighten on the cookie in his hand and it crumbled slightly.
"Uh, good?" Cass offered, slightly confused as Lucian’s lips turned up into a smile.
"Good. You were so excited about them yesterday I just wanted to make sure they were up to standard." Cass didn’t know what to say in the face of his genuine words. Cass felt his jaw drop slightly as he looked up at him.
"Are you serious?" Cass felt the words tumble out of his mouth and watched as Lucian’s brow furrowed slightly.
"Why wouldn’t I be?" He asked back and Cass just didn’t know what to say. He just stared at the other man, crumbly cookie in his hand as Lucian watched him. "Are you going to finish eating? You only have a few more bites." Lucian said and Cass dropped his gaze and began to eat the cookie again.
He wasn’t sure what this was...but it felt dangerous.
"Lucy? Cass? Is everything alright?" It was Fiona. She was shouting, but it was loud enough that Cass and Lucian could hear her, but not so loud that it felt painful. Lucian finally turned his head, his mouth opening as he yelled back to her.