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My heart stops. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, you’re to go nowhere alone.”
“Why do you care what happens to me?”
His gaze lingers on my face before trailing down my body. “You’re staying with me again at night.”
I don’t push the fact he didn’t answer my question because quite frankly I’m terrified of what the answer could be. I do however push his new command. “I don’t want to.”
“Yes, you do.”
“It’s like I say one thing and you hear another.” I glare at him, shooting bullets and daggers and acid from my eyes. “I. Do. Not. Want. To.”
“Yes. You. Do.” His smile is cocky and crooked and now I don’t feel bad at all for slapping him before.
“Then can I at least put a mattress in the corner or something?”
“You’re not sleeping in the corner.”
I throw up my hands and stomp towards the bathroom. Is there any point arguing with him? He’s so infuriatingly stubborn and cavalier.
As I’m brushing my teeth angrily, a very naked Captain strolls in, his cock hard and swollen, his body smooth but scarred and tattooed. My eyes follow his path in the mirror to the shower where he twists the taps, tests the heat, and climbs in. Meanwhile my toothbrush hangs limply from my mouth.
He lathers soap between his hands and drags them down his body, rolling just one over his solid cock. My womb clenches. He’s doing this on purpose. He knows I’m watching.
I don’t even rinse out my mouth, I get out of there so fast I stumble over my own feet making him laugh hysterically. He is not funny. Not at all.
I take my place in the corner of the room and then I wake up in his bed with his head resting on my middle and my hand in his hair.
Fuck. He’s sneaky.
“If Roger really poses a threat, why doesn’t he deal with him now?” I ask Geoffrey as the captain’s caution weighs heavily on my mind.
Geoffrey stops what he’s doing. “Because the men would riot if a crew member was punished before a crime committed. He has been warned. If he acts on it, the captain will strike.”
Thank God. I just have to stay around people who can keep me safe so he never gets the opportunity.
“What will he do?”
“It depends on what Roger does first. I’m hoping he stays away from you but he’s sick enough to not give a fuck about what the captain says.”
I shudder at the thought. “What kind of criminal is he?”
“The worst kind.” He lowers his voice and leans into my ear. “He raped and killed his wife and her sister.”
“What? Why?”
Shrugging, he places his hand on my thigh. “Why does anybody do anything? Don’t worry, you’re safe.”
“Until I’m not.” I blow out a breath and rest my head on his shoulder. “I just want to go home, Geoffrey.”
“I know. Maybe soon.”
“Even you don’t sound like you believe that.”
He pushes back his black hair. “I don’t know what to say, pet.”
“Pet?” I smirk and look around me. “You’re a genius, Geoffrey.”
“Why thank you.” His eyes sparkle with humour.
“Why are you here? What did you do?”
Raising a brow he says, “I’d have thought that was obvious. I used my talents at chemistry to create bad things.”
“Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why did you choose that?”
He shrugs. “Doing things legally got me no results. I wanted to make an impact but for that I needed money.” Sighing heavily, he places his hand back on my thigh. “I had this thought that if I couldn’t see the people my drugs were harming, then it didn’t count.”
I look around again. “But you’re still doing it?”
“Yes, I’m still doing it, but we are trying to get out of that industry. Captain says the drugs are a desperate means to an end. Hence the Viagra.”
I glare at him. “Oh yes, that.”
“Good stuff, right?”
“No, Geoffrey. No.”
We stay like this for another moment before I stand to leave with Chatterbox hot on my heels. “I’ll fetch us coffee.”
“That would be great.”
I don’t just bring him coffee, I bring Captain coffee too. I need to keep busy, I’m getting bored. There’s only so much time one can spend as a captive on a ship before they start longing for a good shopping trip.
“To what do I owe this pleasure?” Captain asks, taking his drink and humming when he sips it. “That is perfect.”
“I need something to do. I’m losing my mind.” Then I rub my belly. “Also… I need feminine products. Tampons, pads, a moon cup, whatever. I’m due in around a week.”
To be fair to him he doesn’t cringe, he only nods as he places his drink on the console between some rather important-looking buttons. “I’ll see what I can do. Anything else?”
“Chocolate?”
“Kiss?” He taps his lips, tilting his head back.
“I’d rather starve and bleed everywhere. Thanks anyway…”
