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her. He sure has an interesting way of making me shut up, she thought, closing her eyes and enjoying what had become a daily occurrence between them. And despite her protests, she looked forward to his daily embraces.
    As he deepened the kiss, parting her lips to slide his tongue inside, she grew bolder as well. Her hands touched the hair at his nape, the texture softer than it looked. As the kiss deepened though, she let her fingers drift from the silk of his hair to grip the defined muscles in his shoulders.
    His hands performed an exploration of their own, skimming up her rib cage to lightly touch the underside of her breasts. Diana felt her breath hiccup as she waited for his hands to grab her full globes and squeeze them. They felt heavy with longing, her nipples so taut.
    But instead his hands came back down to her waist and slid around her to hug her in close.
    Diana felt frustrated and mewled against his mouth, arching her body into his.
    Kor chuckled. “Sorry, moon flower, but I will not take advantage of you without the bonding ritual. If you are ready, let me know.”
    Diana felt like a cold bucket of water had been dumped on her. She jumped up, his unresisting arms falling away.
    “I—No,” she managed to say in a voice that wasn’t too breathy. Then she fled from his laughter, the heat from his kisses still branding her lips, her loins wet enough to wring.
    However horny as she was, she knew one thing for sure. I’m not ready yet.
    18

    I still have so many questions. So many concerns. And lucky me, I only have a horny blue man and a sarcastic computer to answer them.
    The responsible part of her knew she should say no. After all,they had nothing in common .
    Oh yeah, like me and my ex Rick had so much in common. Rick had been a lawyer by day, asshole by night. She’d dated Rick the gym enthusiast for three months. They spent most of their dates at either his place or hers. Ostensibly to watch a movie, but usually they ended up in bed.
    And while she could not say she had actually loved him, she had liked him and thought he liked her too. Turned out she was his closet fetish, a fact she discovered by accident when she asked him why she hadn’t met any of his friends. Rick had hemmed and hawed and then finally admitted that her size embarrassed him.
    “Excuse me? I thought you said you loved my curves.”
    “Well, I do in private, but in public, no one wants to be seen with a fat chick.”
    Diana had thought she’d been pretty restrained when he’d made that comment. After all, she’d only slapped him once. She’d been more pissed at herself for crying when she got home. Who cared what one asshole thought? So what if I’m plump? I’m also smart, funny, considerate . . .
    Now that she thought about it, Kor appreciated all her qualities, even her rounded shape.
    So what was her problem? Kor had no intention of hiding her away like a shameful secret.
    Or would he?
    “Alphie, how are the women on Kor’s planet treated?”
    “Could you be more specific?” asked Alphie.
    “Well, do the women over there have freedom? Are they allowed to go out and do what they want? Do they have to wear veils over their face? Do men decide everything?”
    “Yes and no,” came Alphie’s oblique reply. “Before the plague, females had almost as many rights as men. Since the plague, some of those freedoms have been curtailed in order to protect them.”
    “Curtailed how?”
    “Simply put, females must be married when they come of age, and widowed females must likewise be taken under the care of a male guardian. This is for her own safety, though, as the lack of females makes the males a little more violent in their courting methods.”
    Diana kind of found that idea archaic-sounding for a supposedly advanced culture. It did sound, though, like the issues were mostly safety ones. And Kor certainly hadn’t tried to restrain the way she spoke to him. How bad could it be?
    “Anything else I should know?” she asked.