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Nobody’s perfect. It’s just an idiosyncrasy. Nothing you can’t
deal with.
    She
did as he ordered and felt his hand begin to push the back of her head.
Grasping the base of his cock, she continued to bob up and down on him.
    Sure
he was close to coming, she glanced up at his face and suddenly stopped her
motion. Instead of watching her or having his head thrown back in ecstasy and his
eyes closed, he was watching the football game!Furious, Thea sat up and faced him. No amount of
convincing herself could change the fact that whatever they’d had together obviously
wasn’t working anymore.
    “Cole,
I think it’s time we talked.” 
    Grabbing
the remote, she clicked off the television and watched as a surprised look came
over his face.
    “What
the ...? Now what’s wrong, baby? I loved what you were doing. Why’d you stop?”
    “This
isn’t working. I’m sorry.”
    Cole’s
expression changed to reflect the hurt and anger he felt. “So now you’re going
to break up with me because I wasn’t totally focused on you giving me a
blowjob?”
    Disgusted,
she stood up off the bed and walked to the bedroom door.“I’m sorry. I just want something different
than this.”
    Cole
zipped up his pants and rolled off the bed to stand and face her. When he
spoke, Thea knew how much she’d hurt him.
    “You
want something that doesn’t exist anymore, baby. That’s the problem with you
ancient Aeveren. You want something that hasn’t existed since the Middle Ages.
That chivalrous knight-in-shining-armor shit doesn’t happen anymore. And you’d
better get used to that since you’re not getting a destined one.”
    “Get
out! Now!” she ordered as she ushered him toward the front door.
    “Relax,
baby. I’m just saying what you know is the truth.”
    As
Thea opened the door, Cole stopped in front of her, grinning. “I’ll wait for
you to call me this time. But don’t keep me waiting too long.”
    “Goodbye,
Cole,” she said as she fought back the tears.
    Alone,
Thea let herself have a good cry at the pain of what he’d said. Yes, she was old-fashioned,
but was that a bad thing? She was in her forty-fifth lifetime and had seen
hundreds of years—over a thousand, she thought with a sigh—of men who respected
and protected their females. For many of her lifetimes, she had that too. Was
it any surprise that this is what she was used to?
    But it wasn’t
just that the men she seemed to meet now weren’t old fashioned like her. It was
what Cole had said about a destined one that really hurt.
    And
you’d better get used to that since you’re not getting a destined one.
    Thea
regretted ever telling him she was a healer. She usually didn’t tell men about
her gift because then they often found out that healers rarely were given
destined ones. It made her feel less special than other Aeveren females, even
though she knew that was foolishness. Her gift helped people.
    That
was little comfort as she watched nearly everyone she knew in every lifetime
find true love with a destined one. She knew it may be a hopeless wish, but she
couldn’t help wishing once again on the star she spied out her window for a
destined one to love her and for her to love.
    And
if it isn’t too much to ask, please can he be old-fashioned like me?
    Thea
heard a knock at her door and sighed in disgust. Cole was nothing if not
predictable. After every fight they’d ever had, he’d returned to convince her
how much he loved her, and it seemed he was true to form this night too.
    This
time was different, though. Thea knew she’d have to deal with him, but she
wouldn’t let him convince her to stay with him again.
    I’d
rather be alone.
    Feeling
empowered by her decision, she flung open the door to tell him exactly why she
didn’t want to be with him anymore, and God help him the first time he called
her baby. But instead of seeing Cole standing on her front porch, she looked
out to see a greasy man with no coat staring back at