Until Him (Inevitable, #1)

by Cora Rose

I’m striding into his apartment, feeling kind of dumb for bringing all this extra food with me. But whatever, this dude needs to eat. I pull all the takeout boxes out of the bag, setting them on his counter in a nice little row. “I had a long practice and was starving. Brought some for you too,” I say, opening each of the drawers in his tiny kitchen before finding the forks. “Why are you bringing me food?” he asks, seemingly offended that I brought something other than myself and my chem book. I just roll my eyes. “So, you’ll let me suck your dick and drink your come, but sharing a meal is too much?” He blinks at me, the pencil stilling between his fingers. “Fine,” he says in a clipped tone, grabbing a fork, opening one of the containers, and peering inside. He seems to like what he sees because he stabs a piece of meat and shoves it into his mouth. His eyelids flutter a bit, and I bite back a smirk. The asshole was hungry, I knew it. Curie walks over to me and brushes against my ankles, and I pull a toy mouse from my pocket. I chuck it onto the floor, but Curie just eyes it like it has an infectious disease. “Go on,” I say. “Play with it. It’s yours.” She turns to me and gives me a look like I just insulted her mother and then struts away. “Why the fuck are you buying my cat toys?” I shrug. “Dunno. Wanted to win her over or something.” Theo devours another large bite and then mumbles, “Don’t buy her stuff.” I shrug, feeling annoyed he’s so prickly when I’m just trying to...