Programmed To Please (The Tau Cetus Chronicles) by Jenna Ives

Author:Jenna Ives
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

I deal in weapons of war, but I just want some peace….

Jai could see that Marque was in distress. It was in his words, but much more in the haggard look on his face. Had something happened this morning?

She inhaled sharply as a sudden realization hit her. This was her perfect chance. He seemed… vulnerable… today. Yesterday, he had taken the first step in opening up to her. Today was her opportunity to try and push harder to get more information out of him, hopefully the information on his arms dealings she needed to do her job and be done with this case.

So why did her heart ache at the thought of it?

Because I care for Marque Callex.

Yes. But there was no future in those feelings. He was a dangerous arms dealer and she’d been sent here to take him down. It was her job. She had to suck it up, as Commander Rainey had ordered, and be done with this assignment.

And ironically, her feelings for him just might help her to do that.

She was out of her chair and by his side in seconds. “Come with me.” She led him to the foot of the bed, which was really the only place they could sit side by side. “Tell me what’s wrong.”

The question got an ironic, sharp bark of laughter out of him. “What’s wrong? What’s right, you mean. Nothing’s right. Nothing’s right in my life.”

“Talk to me, Marque.”

“I can’t. I wish I could, but I can’t.”

“I told you once that I’m here to please you. To make you happy. In whatever form that takes. Talking. Listening. I’m here.”

He shook his head. There was such a conflicted expression on his face that Jai’s heart ached again.

She stood up and stripped off her thin sarong, did a slow pirouette, then stood before him naked. “Look at me. I’m not programmed to record, Marque, if that’s what you’re afraid of. I’m programmed to please. Check me over for yourself.”

Technically, it was true. She wasn’t wired. But Wyatt’s camera was very definitely whirring away overhead.

Her stunt got a small smile from him. “Beautiful J, you’re the one good thing in my life right now. I didn’t realize how miserable I actually was until I met you.”

Oh dear. Jai swallowed. He cared for her, too, and she was going to coldly betray him. She hated this.

“Come here.” Marque opened his arms and spread his legs, inviting her into his embrace.

She went willingly.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, nestling his head on her chest, between her breasts. “Christ, I can hear your heartbeat.”

“My pseudo-heartbeat. I’m Beautiful Dolls most lifelike model,” she said quickly.

“So you keep telling me. But sometimes I can almost forget you’re not real.”

I am real, Marque…I just wish I could tell you.

Stop it, Jai! Do your job.

“Talk to me, Marque,” she urged. “You look like you need someone to talk to.”

That got a small chuckle out of him. “And how would you know what the hell someone who needs to talk looks like? I’m the only man you’ve ever been with.

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