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At the checkout, he asked for the items to be delivered. The clerk eagerly agreed and packaged up the lot. As they stepped out of the store, he asked, “Should we go to the bead store and get you more?”

“Are you letting me pay,” she asked.

“Will you buy what you want,” he countered her question.

“Without looking at price,” she said raising her eyebrows. “Doubtful. But I want more.”

“We’ll get more and compromise,” he said with a glint in his eyes.

“There’s always a budget,” she said. “I have other things I want which are more important than beads.”

“Like what,” he asked leading her to the bead store they originally went to when she arrived.

“Like retirement,” she said.

“From being a companion,” he asked.

“Yes,” she said.

“If you don’t like it, why do it,” he asked.

“It pays well,” she said. “Mostly the clients aren’t all that interested. Captains are busy people. They want their rooms kept clean and they want sex sometimes. Occasionally they want conversations but mostly they want to unload the stress from their day.”

“So they want to talk about themselves,” Ulrik said.

“Yes,” she said as she wandered through the aisles. “Look at this sale!”

“These are nice, but you bypassed them the last time we were here,” he said.

“They were too expensive,” she said as she gathered up two containers of each color. “But at this price I can buy all the colors I want.”

“Frugal,” he said.

“Yes,” she said. “Do you have a problem with that?”

“No, I like it,” he said realizing he did. “I also like spoiling you.”

“Well after today, we won’t be anywhere you can buy me things,” she said.

“There are other ways to spoil you,” he said caressing her bottom. Her hum told him she enjoyed his touch.

“Hold these,” she said as she moved through the store.

Ulrik arranged for her items to be delivered and before she objected, he paid for her items.

“You said,” she started to scold as they walked back towards the ship.

Pulling her into his arms, he kissed away her objections. “You’re welcome,” he said when he raised his head.

“Hmmmm,” she said. “We need to be back to the ship.”

“To my quarters,” he said. “I need to make you climax a dozen times.”

“Only if you’re climaxing right along with me,” she said raising her eyebrow challenging him.

“Yes, my Gwyn,” he said.

Chapter 3

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