We just lay there for a while and were silent. Joshua stroked my back gently and our breathing slowly calmed down again. The fact that I had already come through Joshua for the second time, even though I didn't really know him, hit me.
Crap! I had never been intimate with anyone for 27 years and had never felt attracted to anyone. Not that I didn't wish I had. I felt lonely and always wanted a partner. And I wasn't a prude either. But I'd only known Joshua for 24 hours, and I'd slept through more than half of that. Why was I constantly throwing myself at him and couldn't keep my hands off him?
I understood the concept of mates in theory. But feeling this insane attraction was something else.
I lifted my head from Joshua's chest to look at him. He opened his eyes and met my gaze. He was
