C U R I O S I T Y | Aemond Targaryen

T H I R T Y - N I N E

Aemond's P.O.V.

"You drive me fucking crazy, you know that?"

I groan under a heavy breath while shaking my head and grinning at the half-naked girl skipping away from me. With the purest glint in her eye, Cordelia feeds herself another spoon full of mint chocolate chip ice cream and dares to fucking wink at me. Cleaning off her spoon deliberately slow, her gaze drops to my lower regions, and she lets out a soft amused laugh.

After leaving the Symphony, Cordelia practically begged me to stop somewhere to get a late-night snack and, of course, I couldn't say no to her. So, naturally, I got her favorite dessert, a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, on the way to the hotel near the colosseum that I rented for us tonight. On the drive to the hotel, Cordelia ate some of her ice cream with one hand while teasing me shamefully in her other hand.

The little minx knows what she is doing to me... Knows the effect she has on me.

I rented a suite from one of the hotels that sponsors the Iron Throne Enterprise political events, since we're on the other side of the city for the Rhoynar Symphony, and I didn't want to drive us home so late at night. To make this night better, I checked Cordelia's schedule before getting us the penthouse and found out she's off tomorrow from both school and work. Which is why I basically carried her through the lobby and all but threw her to our hotel room, knowing what the tonight and tomorrow has in store for us.

However, the second I tore Cordelia out of her dress, she snatched her ice cream and walked away from me like the dessert was more important. She's been wandering around the penthouse, making sure she's out of my reach as she sensually and leisurely eats her ice cream. I've been patiently waiting for her to have her fill of mint chocolate chip, but she's been making a show out of it for me and I can only take so much.

"... Baby."

I grunt in a tight, low tone when she holds my gaze as she puts another spoon covered in ice cream into her mouth. Smirking with the spoon in her mouth, Cordelia suddenly spins around and continues strolling through the suite like she wants to admire the interior design. With my hands in my pockets, my only way to hold myself back from tossing her damn pint of ice cream out the window, I drag my gaze down her body as she inches toward the glass doors to the terrace in the room.

Cordelia's still wearing her black high heels, and her thick curls are somewhat frizzy from when I was kissing her in the elevator. When I tugged off her tight black cocktail dress moments ago, I found her wearing a matching sapphire blue lace lingerie set underneath it that I've never seen before. Which tells me three things: she recently brought the lingerie set, she thought of me when she got it, and she purposely wore it for tonight.

"Love, you're going to want to put down that ice cream now."

I suggest tightly in a raw tone, sauntering towards her like a dragon closing in on its prey. Peering over her shoulder to take a peek at me, Cordelia blushes with a grin on her face as she pulls the spoon gracefully from her lips. Her eyes dart to my exposed chest for a second too long before she snaps her head back to the glass doors like something ignited inside her and she's trying to hide it from me.

"I like when you say that." She squeaks out while scooping up more ice cream from her pint and stepping carefully to the windows on one wall. Frowning in amusement and attentively following after her, I ask in a smooth hum while noting the sapphire bow on the back of her panties. "Say what?"

"Love."

She hums in the same way I usually do, while turning slightly to look at me again. I watch a pretty little blush smooth over her cheeks and neck from her saying the word herself. Stepping cautiously closer to her, I watch her bring the spoon to her lips as she murmurs like it's a secret of hers.