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THE NEXT MORNING, PHATEopened his apartment door as quietly as possible, hoping to avoid Solgre’s censure for not coming home last night. Instead of a lecture about disappearing, Solgre sat hunched at the kitchen table. Kien’s snores came from the pullout couch they shared.
Solgre glanced up briefly, as if surprised to see Phate standing in the doorway. He wasn’t sure Solgre knew he’d been gone.
“Log your date,” he grumbled, returning his attention back to the array of parts in front of him.
“I was with Tasha.” Phate closed the apartment door and made his way to the bathroom for a shower and change of clothes.
“It doesn’t matter. Log your date.”
“We...we had sex or made love, as they call it.”
Solgre waved a hand in the air. “Good for you.”
“I don’t want to add that part.” Phate thrust his hand through his hair. “Adding that doesn’t seem...appropriate. I don’t want anyone to analyze that. It was...personal.”
Kien turned over, sending the metal legs creaking under his weight. “I logged the sex I had. I even made sure to add that I didn’t make my penis vibrate because the males here don’t have that ability.”
Phate shook his head. The idea didn’t sit right with him.
“We aren’t going to read your logs, Phate,” Solgre grumbled. “It’s for research purposes only and part of our mission. You are a scientist first and foremost or have you forgotten that?”
“I haven’t.”
Chapter Twelve
Nisha juggled threegrocery bags in her hands as she accepted a fourth from Tasha so she could unlock her apartment door.
“So, how is this new relationship of yours going to work out if you keep up these long work hours?” Nisha asked.
Tasha finally got the key in the door. While also trying to juggle her own bags, she pushed the door open. “I’m hoping he’ll understand. He didn’t seem to mind when I told him that I would be home late tonight.”
It had been two days since they’d made love and their relationship had gone from acquaintances to...to what exactly? Boyfriend and girlfriend? Lovers? Acquaintances with benefits?
Hm.She would need to figure that out.
