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“You’re very pretty.” She made a moue at Delaney’s uniform. “Except for that. I’ll help you take it off.” She held out a tab to her. “Here. Come join us.”
She was getting very handsy, and while Delaney found her attractive, she froze, unsure what to do.
Ulrek came to her rescue. “She is working.”
The female blinked languidly up at him. “You too, captain. You should join us as well.” Then her hands were all over Ulrek.
Delaney bit back the ridiculous stab of jealousy. Why did she care if this gorgeous woman was mauling him?
Ulrek ignored her advances. “I’m working too. Maybe later.”
The woman pouted but backed off.
The rest of the meeting went by quickly, and soon, Delaney and Ulrek were walking back to the transport.
“Is this what theNew Horizondoes?” she quietly asked when they were alone in the transport.
“We do everything. Sensitive deliveries, escort missions, defense, whatever is needed.”
“Why did you bring me there?”
"Two reasons. First, because I need you to be an extra pair of eyes and ears, and this safe transaction was good training. And second, because if I hadn’t, Varan would have insisted one of his females sit with me while we talked business. It is both a courteous gesture of hospitality and a tactic to distract the other party during negotiations.”
“Oh.” Delaney thought back to the woman in Ulrek’s lap, high on Euphora, her hands touching him everywhere.
He smirked. “I didn’t think you’d like it.”
“I don’t care either way,” she lied.
“If you say so,” he replied mildly.
Where the fuck did this insane jealousy come from? Ulrek wasn’t hers. Hell, no!
Ulrek set the transport to head back to the ship on its own, then pushed his seat back and pulled Delaney into his lap.
“Don’t worry, my Star. I have no interest in her. The only one I wanted in there was you.”
Delaney’s tummy fluttered a little.
“But she’s right,” Ulrek whispered into her ear. “You’re very pretty. I can’t wait to see you give in to the Euphora.”
“You just want me horny and crawling all over you.”
“Yes.” He didn’t even try to lie. “But I don’t need Euphora for that, do I?
“I—”
“Yes, I know, you hate me.” Ulrek buried his face into the side of her neck, nuzzling her. “And as I said before, I like you too.”
Chapter 20
Delaney
Delaney sat down on the bench to take a well-deserved rest and admire her handiwork. The greenroom was barely recognizable. It smelled and felt so much better now, with most of the rotting foliage gone and the humidity under control.
After a thorough questioning of the crew, Delaney had figured out how the settings had gotten so horribly out of whack. It had all started in the bed with the mystery plant: some of the leaves had gotten yellow and crispy. Thinking it was because of a lack of water, Tahra had gone in to fiddle with the settings, twice.
But the symptoms for too much water and too little water were very similar, and the issue had gotten worse; that was when Ulrek had gone in as well, increasing the humidity. Then, thinking there was perhaps too much light and the leaves were drying up from being burnt, Gavin had turned down the lighting. When that still didn’t work, Berus thought maybe there weren’t enough nutrients.
