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Then she looked at Dargus again, and her breath caught at the smile he had on as he regarded her. Not because his tusks were clearer to see when his lips curved upwards, but because it was a warm smile. One you gave someone you were happy to see. Someone you cared about.
You have a screw loose, Emi. He doesn’t care about you as a person, only as a tool. Of course he would be happy to see you smile your way into his suicidal plan instead of fight him every step of the way!
Emilia cleared her throat to shush her thoughts and also to break the silence that had fallen between her and Dargus. Even Cubbie had gone silent, shifting his gaze between the two.
“Did you talk to your brother? Will he do as I ask?”That’s right, girl, stick to business.
Almost immediately, Dargus’ face turned serious. He sounded more confident than a moment ago when he told her, “He’ll send the video on what would be Wednesday noon on Terra. Your parents won’t be able to tell it wasn’t actually sent from your communication device.”
She let out a relieved breath. “Thank you.”
“Also, Bargus congratulates you on choosing to be my partner on this case… Not because it’s an overly risky endeavor,” Dargus hastily specified, “but because working with me is, I quote, a pain in the undertail.”
Her lips quirked. “Did you tell him I have no tail?”
Dargus chuckled again, a deep, masculine sound that resonated in her on some primitive level. She rubbed her thighs together.
Keeping it professional, my ass.
“Let’s get this video made,” she announced as firmly as possible, putting Cubbie down. He curled into a ball and rolled out of the room, as if to give them the privacy they needed.
Just like that, Dargus’ insecurity was back, evident in his awkwardness when he stood up and in the restlessness of all his limbs. Nervous about getting recorded? Or about having to pretend they were a couple that couldn’t keep their hands off each other in the honeymoon phase of their relationship?
Emilia was right there with him on the last one, but for a different reason. Now that the time had come to play out her own scenario, she was suddenly unsure she could do this.
Could she touch Dargus freely during the video… and keep her hands off him afterwards?
CHAPTER 10
COCKS-BLOCKING SONS OF UNCHASTE NIBIRUAN FEMALES
Dargus’ nerves started acting up again the moment Lia motioned for him to sit on the floor in front of the holowall. It now displayed a Terran urban landscape as seen from up high.
He had calmed down a bit while she had been explaining the plan to him. But now that the plan was a go, his tuft was a ball of nerves all over again.
After how he had abducted Lia and more or less forced her into helping him –like some low-life criminal– Dargus had felt immense relief when she had told him of a way to make it up to her. He had agreed right away to make this recording of them. All he had to do was sit in front of a still photo she had made with her ancient-looking communication device. It would be no hardship to wear the face modifier for several minuionas, smile from time to time while Lia did all the talking, and hold her close as if they were mated.Right?
Wrong. It would be hard. Double hard, to be exact, if the last time his body had been in intimate contact with hers was any indication. Dargus might have dealt with the bulging problem with the help of some ice while Lia had been changing into her current outfit in the med bay. But one look at her luscious curves in those tight trousers of hers, and things inhistrousers were again looking… up.
Add the fact that he had zero experience with being someone’s mate, and you had the recipe for anxiety.
That was why the sechiona Lia began lowering herself to the floor beside him, Dargus jumped to his feet.
“Sorry, I…”Think of something, quickly!“I… I forgot to take my earring off.”Phew, that was a close call.
“You have an earring?” She sounded quite surprised.
“Of course, all mature Luvians do. See?” He parted the locks of hair surrounding his left ear, thus bearing the small gold band attached snugly to the upper rim.
Lia gasped. “Your ear is like a cat’s! Just… extra small… Huh.”
The translator’s explanation of what that Terran animal was, didn’t sound bad, and Dargus felt himself relax a bit. She didn’t mind his ears not being huge, wrinkled, and hairless like hers. Also, there was a positive note in her voice when she spoke of the ‘agile, cunning and cuddly four-legged predator’.
“What do you mean bymature?”
Aaand his relaxed state went out the illuminator. “It’s a… term.”
Her lips quirked. “Which means?”
