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Trenton had made his name by commandeering the very Dominion slave ship he’d been merchandise on. In fact, it had been Ulrek’s ship, theStellar Fortune, now renamed theSecond Chance.
Did that mean Gavin had been one of the men who’d originally stolen Ulrek’s ship out from under him? But now they worked together? Delaney was so confused. She glanced over at the ex-Dominion captain, but he maintained a mask of perfect neutrality.
“Do you ladies mind if we join you?” Ulrek asked. “We didn’t want to take up another large tub with just the three of us.”
“No,” Ulia said. “Please, join us.”
“Yes,” Delaney said at the same time.
Argh! She’d meantYes, we mind very much. Now go away.But it came out sounding like,Yes, join us.Fuckity fuck fuckington.
“Thank you,” Ulrek beamed. He knew damn well what she’d meant and was going to take advantage of the misunderstanding anyway. Such a jackass.
The males lowered themselves into the pool, Ulrek taking the spot right next to her. He dunked his head under before sitting up again, smoothing his wet, silvery hair back off his face. None of his disguise faltered, not even a bit.
What wizardry was this? Honest-to-goodness waterproof, smudge-proof 3-D makeup? Makeup that Ulrek was so sure would stay put that he was soaking in a hot tub? She had an urge to rub it off him, but that would require touching him. All over.
The reality hit her. She, Delaney Torres, was sitting in a hot tub next to Ulrek the Horrible! Who also happened to be Ulrek the Sexy.
Ulia asked about the most recent adventure they’d had, and the other Tallean guy, Tuhror, launched into a story about tricking the Dominion out of a shipment of medicine. But Delaney couldn’t focus on the story, not with Ulrek mere inches from her.
Every so often, a thick thigh or brawny arm touched hers, sending totally inappropriate zings of awareness through her body. The worst part was that Ulrek seemed completely unaffected when this happened. He just laughed and kept adding to the story, and everyone treated him like this Captain Uzzar of theNew Horizoninstead of Ulrek the Horrible who’d ruined everyone’s lives.
She stayed still and tried to ignore the completely unacceptable way her body was reacting to the alien next to her. It wasn’t her fault he was so damn hot. She just had to wait this out. Once Angie’s mates called, they’d be out of here to meet them for dinner and drinks.
Drinks, yes, she really needed drinks. That would solve her problem.
Angie’s comm rang out from behind her, and she reached for it, wet hands and all, to pick up the call. Tallean comms were waterproof, and the touch screen had no problem registering wet fingers. Good thing, too, since Delaney had dropped hers several times in the sink.
“It’s my mates,” she said. “We’re meeting them at the Hideout for some food, and they’re wondering if you want to join us.” She covered the speaker of her phone and lowered her voice. “Honestly, I think they want to grill you guys for any new info on New Rhea, since you were there last.”
Or maybe the directors wanted to keep their eyes on Ulrek. You know, the wholekeep your enemies closerthing.
Ulrek rumbled a laugh. “Of course. We’ll meet with them.”
Shit!
For a moment, Delaney wondered if she should fake a stomach ache or something just so she wouldn’t need to spend more time with Ulrek. But after Craig, she’d promised herself she wouldn’t change her plans for anyone, not even a very dangerous if admittedly annoyingly handsome space captain living a double life.
Angie ended the call with her beaus. “All right, let’s get going.”
Ulrek stood first, and Delaney found herself staring directly at an impressively well-formed, semi-hard cock. If this was what he looked like when he was half aroused, what the hell did he look like fully erect? He climbed out of the tub, then offered her a hand, a smirk on his face. He’d caught her staring.
When she didn’t take his hand of her own accord, he grabbed hers and hauled her out of the tub. Delaney’s eyes went wide as she found herself plastered against his very muscular and very naked body. The disguise felt very real too. Her skin sizzled in all the places they touched, which was everywhere.
Just hate-fuck him already and get him out of your system.
Damn it, brain! Where had that thought come from? Wherever it was, it needed to go back there, sit down, and shut the fuck up. Totally unacceptable.
“You’re welcome,” he said, giving her a scorching look.
He steadied her, then turned to join Gavin and Tuhror. No one else had witnessed their little moment. To everyone else, he’d simply helped her out of the tub, and that was that. The three walked ahead of her, and it was almost impossible to keep her eyes away from his broad shoulders, trim waist, and…oh my…perfect ass.
Next to her, Ulia sighed. “What a view.”
What a view indeed!
Chapter 5
