“I think you should extend an expenses paid invitation to a few of the bigger gamers,” Ji-Su suggested. “If they agree to attend, their fanbases will tune-in or attend in person to watch them play.”
“That’s smart.” Elaine added it to her list and then closed the portfolio. “I think that’s enough to get us started. Ji-Su, I’d love if you came by the casino to review a couple of potential locations for the tournament. We have several that could work and I’m sure you’d have great insight on which would work best.”
“I’d be glad to come by.”
They talked for a few minutes longer before wrapping up the meeting. Elaine tucked her portfolio and pen away in her briefcase.
“I don’t suppose you have any of my favorite candies, do you, Mr. Raul?” she asked with a hopeful note as she rose to leave.
Raul chuckled and walked over to his desk to grab the candy dish sitting on the credenza behind it. “Of course. I had Gloria buy some for you when we set the meeting date.” He held the dish out to her. “Help yourself to as many as you like.”
With a happy smile, Elaine took several pieces of candy from the dish. She put all but one in her leather tote. “Thank you, Mr. Raul.”
“What are those?” Ji-Su asked.
“They’re Beny Locochas Sandia, Mexican candy.” Raul said. “Want one?”
“Sure.” He’d never heard of them but he wanted to try it. Raul held the dish out to him and Ji-Su took a piece. The red and green wrapper crinkled as he pulled it open.
“Careful, Ji-Su.” Elaine warned. “They start off sweet but the centers are spicy.”
“I like spicy,” he said before he popped the candy into his mouth. He tasted watermelon. It was sweet. But when he made it to the center of the candy, the taste of chili powder hit his tongue. His eyes opened wide at the change in flavor. He’d never had candy that was sweet and spicy mixed together. It was a combination that he liked.
“What do you think?”
“It’s good.”
“Uh-oh, Mr. Raul. Looks like you’ll have to keep them in stock for Ji-Su too.”
Raul smiled and reached out to hold Ji-Su’s hand. “If that’s what he wants I’ll have a truckload shipped in tomorrow.”
Ji-Su laughed at that. “Are all vampires this over the top?” he asked Elaine.
“From what I’ve seen, yes,” she answered with a teasing wink. “I’d better get going. I have a beauty pageant organizer coming in for a walk-thru at nine.”
Raul and Ji-Su said goodbye and Gloria came to show her out. Ji-Su was about to ask Raul if he was going in to the casino when his desk phone rang.
“One moment, sweetheart.” He held onto Ji-Su with one hand and picked up the phone with the other. “This is Raul,” he said into the receiver.
“What?” he snapped out the question, eyebrows pulling down into a fierce frown. “How did that happen?” Raul listened for several moments before he cursed in obvious annoyance. “Fuck. We’ll have to take care of it. But hold on a moment.” He lowered the phone to speak to Ji-Su. “I’m sorry, sweetheart but I need to take this. I’ll probably be a while.”
Ji-Su nodded that he understood. “No worries. I’ll be upstairs. Come find me when you’re done.”
“I will.”
With sensual heat shimmering in his eyes, his big, gentle vampire raised Ji-Su’s hand to his mouth and pressed a kiss to his palm before letting him go.
Ji-Su shivered at the kiss, but he didn’t linger. Leaving Raul to his work call, he went upstairs to their bedroom.
Chapter 30
Ji-Su went up to Raul’s room, closed the door, and flopped to his back on the king size bed. It seemed as if Raul would be occupied with that phone call for a while, so he grabbed the remote to watch TV. Unfortunately, nothing caught his attention. Instead, his mind kept drifting back to the heated promise that had been within Raul’s warm, brown eyes when he pressed that kiss to the sensitive skin of his palm.
He loved Raul’s eyes. Whether they were dark or glowing bright with emotion, they were amazingly expressive. He loved to gaze into them whenever Raul was on top of him in this very bed. On the heels of that thought, arousal started to shimmer over his skin.
Ji-Su turned onto his front. He rolled his hips, getting friction on his stiffening cock by pressing it into the bed. The mattress massage didn’t feel as good as Raul’s big hand gripping and stroking him, but it was enough to set off a spark of pleasure low in his stomach.
Seeking more of that feeling, Ji-Su slipped a hand beneath him, rubbing his cock through his shorts. As his arousal rose, he continued thinking of Raul. Remembering how the other day, in the early hours before the sun rose, Raul had laid him out in this exact position. With his thighs on either side caging in his lower half and big hands pinning his arms to the mattress, Raul had fucked him slow and steady until he was sobbing into the pillow. He shivered at the memory of his lover’s thick cock sliding sodeep inside him. As he brushed a thumb over the head of his own cock, he moaned his lover’s name. “Raul.”