Rok joined her. “No luck?”
She pointed. “I can squeeze through if you give me a boost.”
The car alarm shut off, and she let out a sigh of relief.
Rok pulled out the screen and tossed it aside, and, without warning, picked her up, holding her snugly against his chest. “How should we do this?”
His body heat permeated through her clothes, and warm spice filled her nostrils. He smelled incongruously like leather and evergreen and something exotic and mysterious. Those striking eyes weren’t a solid color at all, but a kaleidoscope of shades combining to form a piercing blue. Against her ribs, the strong beat of his heart causedherpulse to throb.
“I, uh, was thinking more of a leg up?”
He continued to hold her.
“You’ll need to put me down.”
His arms tightened before relaxing and setting her on her feet. She felt fluttery, her legs unsteady. “All righty, then. Cup your hands like this and bend over so I can put my foot in. She demonstrated. “Then lift.”
“Like this?” He laced his fingers. His palms were gray rather than silver. Instead of a pinky, he had a second thumb.
“Yes…you have interesting hands,” she said.
“So do you.” He took her hand and smoothed a thumb over her palm. “Soft.”
Probably so, since she wasn’t bathing dogs all the time.
“I suppose you get along all right with just one opposable thumb.” He still held her hand, continued to caress her palm, and she was letting him.
“I don’t miss what I never had,” she quipped. “Do you have testicles?”Where the hell did that come from?
The caressing stopped.
Her face flamed, and she yanked her hand away. “I’m sorry. You don’t have to answer that.”
“Yes.”
“Where are they?”Oh my god. What’s wrong with me?
“Wherearethey?”
“Do they descend when you need them? I assume they’re inside?”
“They’re inside. They stay there. They don’t go anywhere.” His mouth quirked. “I wouldn’t want them to wander off.”
“It’s not too hot?”
“To hot for what?”
Too hot for this conversation. Her face was burning. “Human men—all Earthling males—have their testes outside their bodies because the internal temperature is too high for sperm production,” she explained primly.
He glanced at Kevin in the trailer. “He doesn’t have external testicles.”
“He’s been neutered.”
At the spark of curiosity in Rok’s eyes, she cursed herself. She did not want to have that embarrassing discussion. Why did I start this?Why did I mention testicles?What’s wrong with me?It doesn’t matter if he has balls inside or out or that he has a rather impressive, humanlike cock. Stop! Just stop!“Help me into the motor home.”
He bent and cupped his hands. Her pulse raced, and her stomach fluttered as she placed her foot in the makeshift stirrup.
“Okay…aiyeee!” she cried as he propelled her up and through the window before she was ready. She’d expected a count of three or something. Her head, shoulders and chest stuck inside, but her lower half dangled, fighting gravity. She flailed, grabbing for the edge of the kitchenette counter. “I’m slipping! Push!”
