Page 69 of Earth Girls are Easy… To Dominate
“I can’t believe you did it,” Eun-Ji commented as she pushed down the dough. She was learning a new pastry recipe and was trying it out.
Olivia groaned and rubbed her head. As soon as she and Kaias had their breakfast, she dressed and ran to the temple. Two guards followed her down the quiet roads, annoyed that they would have to trek the distance instead of riding another one of those reptilian horses. The walk was necessary; it helped the blood flow to her brain and made her think more clearly. She wished she knew what was going on in Kaias’s mind.
There was an undeniable attraction between them, and the sex was phenomenal, but she wasn’t an idiot. Kaias had plans, and she wasn’t a part of them. No, she had to get that thought correct; she was a part of the plan. She just wasn’t privy to the plans that involved her.
It was aggravating.
“It wasn’t that hard,” Olivia smirked.
“Damn,” Eun-Ji sighed, “He’s so chiseled and stiff, I would have thought that if he had an erection, it would be hard.”
“That’s not what I meant,” Olivia coughed out a laugh. “I meant that he is so attractive that it’s not hard to do that with him.”
“Mmm,” Eun-Ji nodded, “I agree. Even the ladies in the med bay agreed. They’re a bit salty that you were the one he chose. But, I heard they are thinking of finding themselves a Vrex man. Brian’s not going to be able to get a date anywhere.”
“Good,” Olivia shook her head. “Can you believe he tried to bring a camera in there?”
“He’s done worse,” Eun-Ji shrugged, “and he’ll do more in time. But don’t worry about him. Tell me about Kaias. What was it like?”
Olivia hummed in thought. She tried to think of how she would describe him.
“Intense.”
“Oh?” Eun-Ji slapped the dough on the counter. She floured the roller and began to roll the dough. “Care to elaborate?”
“Well,” Olivia watched as the dough flattened under Eun-Ji’s pressure. “It’s like how you are pushing the dough to your will. He does the same.”
“You are a ball of dough, and he flattens you?”
“No,” Olivia laughed, “I don’t know. He is demanding and forceful, but not once did I feel I didn’t have a say. He didn’t outright ask me if I wanted to, but he would have stopped if I asked him to. Kaias is…”
She sighed and shook her head. “I don’t know what he is aside from what we’ve seen. He keeps so still, he’s like one of the statues here. He just watches and waits. When he acts, I can feel every part of him, but is it him doing it or me wanting to think that? Why am I even feeling this way? We don’t know each other!”
Eun-Ji laughed and shook her head. She took out a slicer and cut into the dough.
“So, he is an intense baker kneading the dough to what he wants, but the dough doesn’t know what he wants.”
Olivia snapped her fingers and pointed at Eun-Ji. “Yes!”
Eun-Ji looked at Olivia and sighed. “He sounds like any man. They don’t talk about their feelings. The ones that do are a lot less work. He’s going to work. And you need to allow yourself some grace here. He is a god king of sorts, and you are just a lowly worm in comparison.”
“Thanks,” Olivia snorted. “How did I get such a great friend?”
“By applying to a federal job that promised to pay all your student loans and being hired by the United Nations to work on an ambassador mission. Which you seem to have taken to a whole new level.”
“Brat.”
Eun-Ji laughed. “You love me.”
She separated the strands of dough she had cut and began to braid a few. “I find it interesting how similar their foods are to ours. It feeds my conspiracy brain.”
Eun-Ji’s observation surprised Olivia. It always seemed to surprise her, too, how much they had in common. Even the culture of Vrex had a connection with Eastern cultures.
“Maybe ancient aliens are real,” Olivia wondered if she needed to apologize to Crazy Jim, her Pop’s neighbor back in Louisiana. That man believed every satellite was an alien spacecraft watching their handiwork. When she got the job with the UN, he was the first to demand that she ensure everyone knew the truth. She promised just to get out of his breath.
Eun-Ji pushed on the braid, shaping it into a flower.
“What are you making?” Olivia asked, interested in the pastry.
