Recommended Listening: [Eyes Don't Lie – Isabel LaRosa]
"No!" Huo Renyi protested, quickly shutting his thighs together. He couldn't handle the shame that came with having himself completely exposed to his hunter's eyes.
Immediately, Zou Jiayi's head perked up and worry flashed in his eyes. Perhaps he'd been too hasty. The last thing he wanted to do was make his mate feel uncomfortable or to feel forced into submission.
That was not what his father taught him.
"Forgive me, is this moving too fast for you?" Zou Jiayi questioned, his voice tender and his eyes softening as he climbed back up to cup his mate's face. "Please, love, tell me what's wrong."
Huo Renyi's breath shuddered, not from fear, not from discomfort, but from shame and how overwhelming the moment between them was.