Ari shook his head. ‘I complained to the captain.’
Kelsey blinked. ‘You did?’
‘Of course I did.’ He looked at her like that was the most logical course of action. ‘I was making a serious allegation against a member of the crew. That kind of thing needs to go straight to the top. Jean Paul is damn lucky I couldn’t persuade Luzviminda to report it to the police or they’d have been waiting for him when we docked.’
‘Wow.’ She smiled at him. ‘You’re kind of hot when you’re kicking ass.’
Ari chuckled. ‘It was the right thing to do.’
‘Still…’ She leaned in and kissed his neck, and she loved that his eyes fluttered closed. ‘You’re my hero.’
His amused-sounding ‘Oh really?’ buzzed against her lips as she brushed them against the thick thud of his pulse just to the left of his windpipe.
‘Uh huh…’ Her lips drifted lower. ‘You wanna know what heroes get?’
‘Capes?’
Kelsey laughed as she pulled away slightly, planting her hand in the centre of his chest and shoving, watching him land on his ass on the mattress behind. ‘Blow jobs.’
A strangled kind of noise came from the back of his throat, which managed to be both endearing and hot as fuck. He reached for her, circling his arms around the backs of her thighs and pulling her in close. ‘I don’t need a sexual favour for being a decent human being,Kelsey.’
‘I know,’ she said, pushing on his shoulders to loosen his arms so she could kneel between his thighs.
His hand grabbed hers as she fingered the tab of his zipper, his hot dark gaze meeting hers and holding. ‘I mean it. You don’t need to… reward me.’
Integrity blazed in the inky depths, and hell if that wasn’t the biggest turn on of all. ‘Iknow.’ She smiled, her green eyes dancing. ‘But I want to.’ Her fingers yanked down his fly. ‘Now lay back and take your reward like a man.’
* * *
With the cries of Ari’s orgasm quietening to loud pants, Kelsey pushed to her feet, backing away from the tempting bracket of his thighs. She straightened her skirt and blouse, the fabric skimming across her erect nipples, heightening her arousal. Her knees wobbled slightly both from the position she’d been in and the way he looked right now.
Mostly the way he looked right now.
He was fully clothed, and his spent cock – still impressively aroused – was the only part of him exposed. His arms were spread wide, his eyes were shut and his facial expression was somewhere between blissed-out and utterly trashed.
Andshe’ddone that to him.
‘Mmm,’ she murmured, taking this opportunity to explore him fully, wishing she’d had the time to strip him naked. Wishing she had more time to spend, because climbing on top right now and seeing what he had left in the tank was mighty tempting. ‘You look pretty damn rewarded to me.’
He cracked an eyelid open, then two, his gaze molten. ‘Come here.’ He lifted his arms with what seemed like a monumental effort on his behalf.
‘Nope.’ She shook her head. ‘Gotta get back.’
He made grabby hands. ‘I’ll make it worth your while.’
Kelsey had zero doubt. The man had powers. ‘I’m very busy, you know,’ she said, a smile playing on her mouth.
He dropped his hands but his gaze sharpened then intensified as it drifted south, running over her body. The slick heat between her legs fired up and dampened her panties as he slowly found her eyes again.
‘Fine, stay there,’ he said, his voice a low rumble. ‘Just take off your clothes.’
His low, silky suggestion slammed into her pelvis with all the power of a force ten gale. Kelsey was surprised the impact of it hadn’t just torn the underwear from her body. It had certainly made her wetter. ‘I’m going now.’
‘Come back tonight.’
God, he was like Adam waving the apple at her. ‘Ari…’ Her voice held a note of warning and regret. They weren’t supposed to be doing this. Sure, she’d come to his cabin and blown him, but there were extenuating circumstances.
He vaulted upright and Kelsey’s breath caught. He should look silly with his dick out but he didn’t. He was a prime male animal and the pheromones he was exuding enveloped her in a fog of lust.