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“You’re…hiding in the bathroom,” Rynar said slowly.
“Yes, yes I am.” Nazyn growled. This was ridiculous. “Any advice? This must go against some weird Alien Inc. rules of conduct.”
Rynar’s lips twitched with the laughter he obviously tried to swallow back up. “As Alien Inc.’s top lawyer and the one who has read the rules of conduct multiple times, in his infinite wisdom–”
“And modesty.”
“–I can tell you–” The hologram flashed, Rynar disappearing from view.
Nazyn fisted his palms. Fantastic.
He was less than an hour away from giving his speech, his blasted hologram wouldn’t work properly,andhe had nowhere to sleep.
“–with absolute certainty,” Rynar’s voice filled the tight space again, as his hologram blinked back. “That we do not have a rule relating to sharing a bed. Because it’s so ridiculous, nobody thought to include one. Wedohave a rule about not bringing a bed into the office space, though.”
“Terrific.” Nazyn yanked on his pants, wanting to strangle someone with them. The woman at the reception had apologized profusely, but the entire hotel was booked. No other rooms, no other beds. Not even a damnfu-tton, whatever that was. “I’ll just sleep on the floor.”
His back already hurt thinking about it.
“You’re going to scrape your horns,” Rynar said. “Can’t you simply discuss this with Darcy and actuallysharethe bed?”
Nazyn finished buttoning his shirt and shrugged on his blazer, making sure he had his speech in the inside pocket. He needed to change some things before he walked up on stage, but he had a feeling Kiara would appreciate them. “That seems highly inappropriate.”
“You could do with some inappropriate once in a while,” Rynar muttered, even as his hologram flashed again. Damn humidity.
Nazyn ran his hand on his back, between his shoulder blades. He was itching to–
“No,” Rynar said sternly. “I know you want to, but it’s forbidden.”
Nazyn bared his teeth. He knew the rules. Yakirian had been clear about Deruzians showing their true might. “I’m not going to.”
Rynar looked like he was still waiting. “I said don’t do it.”
“AndIsaid I’m not going–do you hear me?”
“Badly. The connection is not ideal on my end.”
Nines. This day was going to sap all of Nazyn’s energy.
“I’ve found a way to fix it,” he muttered. “Well, I found outwhyit doesn’t work. Darcy told me.”
Rynar’s grin was absolutely infuriating. “She sounds smart.”
“She is,” Nazyn snapped. “Are you going to give me any advice or keep joking?”
“Both. Unclench your fangs,” Rynar said. Nazyn hadn’t been so worked up, he hadn’t noticed they’d descended. He licked them. “And relax. Sharing a bed is not a taboo on Earth.”
“It sounds like it should be.”
His body next to Darcy’s delectable one, with less than two feet of space between them? Madness. The bed was big, but so was Nazyn. He didn’t want to do something insane in his sleep, like hug her. His body already craved her presence, and there was a whole Nines-damned door between them.
Rynar sighed. “Andyousound like–”
Before Rynar could finish, the hologram stopped working for good. If Nazyn hadn’t spent so much time trying to make it work with Earth’s wireless system, he would have fisted the small black box into dust.
Calling Rynar again would have to wait. He had already been in the bathroom for five minutes. An eternity.
He rolled his shoulders back and stepped out, catching Darcy as she paced in the middle of the room.
