Chapter 6
A grinning Alex settled into a nest of pillows at the head of the bed, while Mani crawled toward him on all fours. Keeping low to the bed meant all that white hair tickled over Alex’s legs and thighs, causing him to twitch from the sensation and the sheer delight of all he was feeling and seeing. The movement of Mani’s muscles gave the act the motion of prowling. Mani flicked his gaze back and forth, as if also drinking in all he saw. Alex fought the urge to squirm, not from embarrassment but because his reaction to Mani seemed a little narcissistic. No sooner had he the thought than he cast it out.
To hell with it. Modesty was fine, but he had gone too long pushing any sense of self-admiration aside. He hadn’t blamed his failed relationships on anything he’d done wrong, exactl
