She wanted to jolt away, but his touch was everything. Even his scent was addicting.
“I want to go home,” she said. “My time here is done, and you’ve gotten what you wanted, or you hate me, or there’s something going on in your head that I’m not privy to.” She stopped to take a breath. “You’ve realized what a giant, big mistake you’ve made, and it’s time for me to go home.” She couldn’t stop the tears from falling as she spoke. It hurt her to say this when she had such fairy-tale dreams.
Dhiro had crashed into her world, abducted her, taken her to a place that was so far away from home, bred her, and broken her heart, all within a matter of a few weeks. She was pregnant, she was almost sure of it, and so incredibly sad that her abilities in the bedroom weren’t good enough for him.
She wasn’t good enough for him.
“I don’t understand what is going on,” Dhiro said.
“Then you tell me. Tell me why you’ve been ignoring me. Tell me what I’ve done to make you stop caring about me. Have you realized what a horrible woman you’ve picked? A fat, ugly human female when you can have your pick of any one of your beautiful women?”
Her hormones were also out of complete whack.
This conversation was moving too fast for her.
Dhiro cupped her cheek and slammed his lips down on hers.
Ella froze as the sudden intimacy took her by surprise. She wanted him so much. Grasping his arms, she held on to him, needing more of him to surround her. The kiss he gave her sent her hormones even further out of whack.
He kissed her like he was a drowning man. She didn’t want him to stop.
Breaking the kiss, she rested her head against his chest. His heart raced. “Tell me what’s going on,” she said. “You’re confusing me. Why are you ignoring me?”
“Ella, I didn’t realize I was ignoring you.” He cupped her face, forcing her to tilt her head back. “I…”
“You’ve been different since our time together. Since I gave you pleasure.”
Dhiro sighed.
“Was I that bad?” she asked. “I know that it takes time and practice.”
“I shouldn’t have allowed you to do that to me, Ella. It was wrong and it was selfish. My shame has stopped me from coming to you.” He kissed her lips. “I will never ask you for anything like that again.”
Ella frowned. “But I liked it.”
“What?”
“I liked giving you pleasure. I liked seeing you come apart. There was nothing wrong with what I did to you. We both enjoyed it.”
“I … your eyes were watering after I finished.”
Ella tried to remember, and then she chuckled.
“I’m confused,” he said. “You’re laughing.”
Maybe them being from different planets didn’t exactly help with communication. “Dhiro, do you still find me attractive?” she asked.
“Yes. Always. It has been hard to keep away from you. Nearly impossible. You have also not desired me to touch you. I guessed that you didn’t like having me in your mouth, and you were ashamed of me.”
“Far from it.” Happiness rushed through her, and she was somewhat relieved. She would have gone back home but with a heavy heart, and in truth, with an alien baby in her stomach. She didn’t even want to think of the implications of that little anomaly. “Dhiro, I wasn’t crying. I wasn’t emotional. I loved having you in my mouth.” This was a whole new experience for her. “How do I say this?” She nibbled on her lip. “You’re a very big man in that department, and you went past my gag reflex. Because of that, it makes my eyes water. It’s not a voluntary thing.” She was bad at this. Considering her love of education and teaching, talking about a woman’s anatomy and sexual education to an alien man, yeah, she needed to do a little better.
They were both quiet for several seconds.
“You weren’t sad?”
“No. I promise. I loved feeling you in my mouth.”
“My life is about giving you pleasure.”
She sighed. “Believe me. I do love it when you give me pleasure. It’s amazing.” She moved her hands onto his chest. “But I also love it when I give you pleasure. It means a lot to me. I’m not a selfish person, Dhiro. I don’t want you constantly serving me. I … men on my planet can be very selfish, but I do believe with the right man and the right relationship, it can be very rewarding for both people. There can be love and lots of sex, many different ways.” She ran her hands down his body, going toward his cock. “Did you like what I did?”
Dhiro released a little growl. The sound made her body ache, her pussy growing wet within seconds, wanting him inside her. “Very much. When I look at your lips, they make me instantly hard.”
She felt his response.
“I loved how you sucked me, and holding your head in place as I came was one of my favorite experiences. I want to do it again.”
“Good, because I want to give it to you again.”
“I cannot waste my seed,” he said.
Ella knew she should tell him what she suspected, but what if he did change toward her? What if he no longer wanted her? She didn’t want the fantasy to end.
She hated her insecurity, but the moment she started, there was no stopping it.
“Dhiro, it’s not wasted if it brings us closer together, right?” She sank to her knees. “What if I told you I could please you at the same time you could please me?”
“I’m listening.”
Chapter Seven
“They know about your female.”
Dhiro paced in the control center. “And how far have they moved?”
“There have been some sightings just on the outskirts of your village,” said his senior commander. “It’s unsafe.”
“Let me take a team to wipe them out.”
“Do you not think they’ll expect that?”
“I don’t care what they expect. We will wipe them off the face of Trenu Zel,” Dhiro said.
They should have dealt with those lawbreakers years ago. Now they were becoming dangerous and threatening their way of life—threatening his mate.
“It’s more than that.”
He didn’t like the tone in his commander’s voice. “Go on…”
“You were told this mission, this voyage across space of yours, was based on the Earthling getting pregnant. She was the last hope for our planet.”
“Yes, I am aware. What are you saying?”
No, Dhiro wasn’t happy they had not yet achieved a successful mating, but it was out of his hands.
“Things don’t appear to be going according to plan.”
“I didn’t realize we had a time limit. We are trying our best. For all we know, anyone landing on this planet will become infertile.”
“She has one more moon cycle, then my hands are tied. Permitting an alien on our planet has only been allowed due to our unique plight. According to the elders, she’s an experiment gone wrong.”
Dhiro shook his head, a rage he rarely felt growing inside him. He wouldn’t give up his mate.
“I’ve bonded with her. She’s not an experiment!”