Entropy (Atrophy series) by Jess Anastasi

Author:Jess Anastasi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, space pirates, aliens, adventure, sci-fi, scifi, space, space opera, blackmail, coworkers, one-night stand, overcoming odds, secrets, pirates
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Amara)
Published: 2018-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The soft chime of an alarm brought Cami out of a pleasant sleep. She stretched, becoming aware of the warm weight of an arm draped across her and a solid chest pressed against her back.

The alarm kept chiming, so she rolled over and reached across Qae to where he’d left his comm on the nightstand to silence it.

“Time to get up, Captain,” she told him, smiling as he frowned, but didn’t open his eyes.

“I’m already up.” He shifted against her, leaving her laughing as she caught his meaning.

She quickly cut herself off, though. He didn’t need the encouragement. “Not even going there.”

Lifting his arm off her, she slid out of bed and headed toward the privy.

“Need some help in the shower? I can get those hard to reach places for you,” Qae called after her.

“Good lord, there’s no hope for the man,” she muttered to herself. Somehow, he managed to make even the most clichéd innuendo sound tempting.

“That would count as touching, which you’re not allowed to do,” she said back to him. Before he could answer, she swiped her hand over the door controls, closing herself in the bathroom.

Truthfully, she would have loved nothing more than a repeat performance from last night, but even that had been pushing the boundaries. The idea of sharing a shower with him made a shudder ripple through her at the idea of what they could get up to. Except for the slight problem that she would never, ever let him see the top half of her naked. If he saw her—

The thought effectively killed all of the warm and fuzzy feelings she’d been having. If he saw her, he’d be repulsed. He wouldn’t want to touch her again. He might regret touching her in the first place.

Putting it all out of her mind, she stripped off and avoided looking at herself in the mirror as she got the shower running. There were things they needed to do today, anyway. Within hours, they’d be enacting the first part of their plan to take down Baden Niels and his company, as well as hopefully get the creds her father had demanded.

By the time she emerged from the bathroom, she was feeling more like herself. The night before with Qae had been amazing. They’d both needed it, even if Qae would deny it until the stars burned out. Except now it was time to shift into business mode.

Qae, apparently, wasn’t onboard with that plan. While she’d been in the privy, he’d rolled onto his stomach and gone back to sleep. She whipped the blankets back, and then, unable to help herself, smacked his naked butt.

“Hey!” He half rolled and glared up at her. “We haven’t agreed on a safe word, so no spanking, thank you very much.”

She crossed her arms, grinning unrepentantly at him. “Your safe word can be candy-floss.”

“Because that’s so sexy.” He rolled over and sat up, stretching his arms above his head, leaving his muscles flexing in a way that was almost too tempting to resist.

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