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sleep for a long while, but eventually the woman stirred, opened her eyes, and gifted Jessica with a sleepy smile. Kayla’s hair was adorably mussed about her face, her skin glowed from her recent orgasms, and her naked breasts held Jessica’s gaze. Jessica watched entranced as the woman she loved lifted her arms high over her head and stretched with all the relish of a cat lying in the sun.
    “Where’s David?”
    “He had to go out for a while, but he’ll be back soon.” Unable to resist the creamy skin on Kayla’s abdomen, Jessica smoothed a hand up and down Kayla’s belly as she spoke. “While we wait for him, we could spend the time talking about where we’re going to live, or how I’m going to get my job back, or maybe,” her hand traveled higher to tweak Kayla’s nipple, “we could find something more interesting to do.”
    Jessica could feel her own nipples hardening as Kayla’s stiffened under her gentle assault, but, even without the Taydelaan link, she could sense Kayla’s anxiety.
    “He’ll be back soon, baby. He just needs to check in with the leader of the Sesturian community and then he’ll be right back.” At least that’s where she’d hoped he’d gone. Once he was out of her telepathic range, she wasn’t sure exactly where he was, but he’d headed that way, and if anyone could help explain the enzyme problem, it was Jed.
    “Check in?”
    “Well, we did leave our alien spaceship parked in orbit.” As she said it, Jessica put her hands beside her head and wriggled her pointer fingers as if they were antennae. As she’d hoped, Kayla giggled at her silliness. She lay down beside Kayla again, pulled the woman into her arms, and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “Maybe you should get some rest. Tomorrow we have to somehow convince the boss I resigned accidentally but now I’ve changed my mind.”
    “That shouldn’t be too hard.” Kayla’s voice was soft, but the tone worried Jessica.
    “What makes you say that?”
    “Well, she, um, she blamed me for you leaving and told me to fix it.”
    “She did what?” Jessica sat up so quickly she almost fell off the bed, nearly taking Kayla with her. “What did that bitch of a woman say to you?” Jessica could feel her anger churning deep inside her gut. How dare anyone upset her mate!
    Kayla laughed nervously, obviously considering whether to divulge the details of her boss’s demands. She took a deep breath and then let it out slowly, but the words came out in a rush.
    “Okay, basically she blamed me for your resignation. Said you resigned straight after having lunch with me and that I must’ve done something wrong and I better fix it or else.” Kayla squirmed on the bed, managing to sit up and drag the sheet over her body at the same time. “Why did you resign?”
    Conflicting emotions pounded Jessica. She wanted to be very angry at the way Kayla had been treated, but right now Kayla needed reassurance, not a rant about their bitch of a boss.
    “We were going to go home to Sesturia, but now that we know you love us, well, we want to stay. Only trouble is we don’t actually have anywhere to live anymore. I don’t suppose you know anyone willing to take us in?” Jessica smiled seductively, her thoughts already turning to some of the more interesting things they could be doing right now rather than talking, but Kayla’s words stopped her short.
    “But this place is so small, and it only has one bathroom, and the kitchen is old, and the stove is acting up, and the hot water system barely makes water hot.” Kayla sucked in a breath, seemingly ready to continue with her litany of faults of the apartment, so Jessica cut her off the most expedient way possible. She kissed her. Carefully, thoroughly, and when she felt Kayla melt into the kiss, she took her mouth aggressively.
    Pulling back slowly, she made sure she had Kayla’s full attention before she asked, “Don’t you want us here?”
    Kayla’s face was flushed, her