“I mean I want to come. Please, I can operate the device, I made it, I can scan and you’ll be ready to pounce on him—”
“No,” Mason said firmly.
“No?” Her lower lip trembled as she straightened her shoulders. “If you draw attention to yourself, sir, you’ll risk blowing it. I can do this.”
“No,” he reiterated. He couldn’t risk her down there amongst the scum and the desperate. She was too beautiful, too naive.
Her face flushed pink once again, but this time she was angry. “You’re being foolish—”
He leaned forward and interrupted her before she said something she’d truly regret. “Don’t say another word,” he said softly, “or you’ll be over my knee in a flash.”
She bit down on her lip. To his surprise, tears bubbled up into her eyes. “I… I…” She buried her face in her hands.
Something else was bothering her and it wasn’t his order to stay put. He prised her hands away and tipped her chin up. “What is it, Jade?”
She sniffed. “I’ve been on this ship for days and days. I’m not like you. I’m not a loner. I just want to see people.”
“People? These aren’t the kind of people you’ve come across on Malimor in your cozy township. You’re not here to make friends. Loner? Weren’t you flying solo?”
“To prove to them I had backbone. In truth, it was a mistake. I’m not cut out for running solo. I should have offered my services as an engineer at the base.”
“We learn from mistakes,” he said. “We need to make them to move forward. Also, if you’d not flown that mission, we’d not have met and that would have been unfortunate.” He lowered his lips and kissed her mouth.
“Unfortunate?” She smiled sweetly.
“Really unfortunate.” He kissed her again, harder and she responded by molding her body into his. By the time they’d finished smooching, his cock had gone hard and her nipples pressed against the fabric of her top.
One thing he couldn’t argue with was Jade’s ability to adapt and learn. She was adventurous, too. It dawned on him that they had more in common that he’d thought. Although she wasn’t a loner, like him, they both thrived on adventure, thinking on their feet and both of them relied on perseverance to see things through to the end. What had started out as an exercise in sexual compatibility, the dynamics of a particular relationship, had shifted into a new direction. He wanted more than a compliant mate who meekly kowtowed to his wishes. Jade was his friend. Perhaps lover, if she felt the same way. What he had to accommodate were her wishes, while not losing sight of his own. It was in that frame of mind, he realized she understood the mechanics of the device far better than him and would operate it quicker—speed would be essential in capturing Curtis.
He sighed, unable to ignore her heartfelt request. “Okay. You can come.”
Her face lit up, dark eyes sparkling. He brushed her raven hair back, bundling it into his hands. “Turn around,” he whispered, suddenly breathless in his eagerness to touch her intimately and all too aware of his cock pressing against his pants.
She bent over the workbench, pushing aside a few tools with flailing arms.
“Good girls need hard reminders that failing to obey means consequences, bare bottom ones.” He released his erection, then quickly pulled down her pants. Her little star flexed as if to invite him in—he’d save that conquest when they had Curtis safely secured in the hold. He lowered his line of vision to her shaved folds, which had swollen, glistening in their readiness. The girl was always wet for him, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to warm her up. He rocked his cock along the furrow, plying her slit with pre-cum.
She moaned, her eyes squeezed shut. “Yes, sir,” she murmured belatedly.
He nudged her feet further apart, opening her up, and he dipped the head of his cock into her pussy. She gasped and pushed back, trying to draw him in deeper.
With his hands on her hips, he held her steady and entered her with a single thrust. When his balls kissed her with a swing, he halted. As her slick tunnel embraced his cock, she’d given him no resistance. From deep within her, buried to the hilt in her core, he glided back and forth, building the rhythm, the speed. Occasionally, he targeted her soft spot, teasing it with caresses before returning to pound her hard.
“No wandering off,” he growled, accompanying his demand with a thrust. “I can’t bear to lose you.”
She whimpered, “Yes, sir.”
“No attracting attention, talking, unnecessary chatter.” He rattled off his rules while maintaining the pace. He grew breathless, excited by her mewls and gentle groans.
“You don’t engage with Curtis.” The cyborg wasn’t going anywhere near his girl. “You’re mine.”
Jade lifted her head. “Please, sir, may I come?”
He loved it when she asked. There was no reason to say no. She deserved it. “Come, yes, now,” he grunted.
She clenched his cock and went quiet, holding her breath for the duration of the orgasm. He watched her buttocks twitch, her muscles tense, then flop. He followed quickly, pumping every last drop into her, pressing his weight forward to keep her trapped between his hips and the table.