Yulia was still feeling elated the next morning. Lance was sleeping soundly next to her, and she looked at him for a couple of moments before getting up, thinking that he was handsome even with his face relaxed in sleep. That she had actually enjoyed him touching her last night had been such a relief! She had stayed present with him instead of disappearing back into her memories with very little effort, just by needing to look at him and breathe in his scent.
She was going back to work the day after Boxing Day, so she would be able to go to the chemist and get some condoms. She was planning to initiate s*x with him the next time he fed, thinking that it would be the ideal lead up to their first time.
She couldn’t help but feel that s*x really was the key to their relati
