“Keep this up and I will get even more cranky.”
Grinning, I pushed the rover onward. It groaned in retaliation, the damn things wouldn’t go over 30 specs on a good day. Better than walking but made me miss the speeder. Being on The Planet brought a joy I couldn’t explain, but flying a speeder had its own special place in my heart, too.
As we moved along, I asked, “Will you regale me with your heroic tales or is that for team chats only?”
He grunted.
“Don’t make this an exceptionally long drive by acting weird.”
“Weird,” he repeated.
“I sucked you off. You loved it. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, this was an entirely expected outcome.”
The bridge of his nose wrinkled. “And what makes you claim that?”
“Look at me. I’m irresistible and you, like everyone else, are weak to my sexual prowess.”
Roys opened and closed his mouth. “You are…” One finger tapped impatiently against his sculpted arm. “Let’s just pretend nothing ever happened.”
I clicked my tongue. “Nah.”
“Ethin.”
“Why the fuck do you insist on calling me that? Lucky. It’s easy. Say it with me.” I snapped my fingers at him. “Luh-key.”
He didn’t say it, sitting there, eyes ahead. That was fine. I didn’t mind a challenge. This was becoming the highlight of my week.
“Are you the jealous type? Giving me the silent treatment because Zavir’s fucking me tonight. That’s not very gentleman-like,” I said, smirking when I caught that twitch in his eye.
“What would I have to be jealous of?” His commlink blinked. He received a message.
“That he’ll get a taste instead of you.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
I stifled a laugh. “You’re terrible at playing pretend.”
“Still don’t know what you’re talking about.” Roys tossed the holo screen on his side of the window. The other troop finished up, as predicted, meaning we could finish tomorrow and get that relaxation time he mentioned a while back.
“Surely your lot can deal with the last run tomorrow,” he said, moving around names on the commlink, and completely setting aside our previous conversation. He was really annoying when he wanted to be, not reacting in the least. I liked his reactions, especially that little eye twitch.
“Why, you getting tired, or are you avoiding me?” I asked.
“Who said I’m avoiding you?”
“I don’t know, maybe all the times you’ve practically bolted at the sight of me.”
He scoffed. “You aren’t that special.”
“Your cock would beg to differ.”
“I should have learned not to listen to that appendage at all by now,” he replied far too nonchalantly while reading his holo screen and nodding, having come to a decision. “We’ll set out at the usual time. Iylene will handle your team. I expect you to finish the sweep tomorrow. If not, you can add dish duty to your chore list.”
My hands flexed against the wheel and I ran my tongue over my teeth. “I hope you get eaten by flora.”
Roys smiled in a crooked stupid way. “The survey team said they’re coming down a day early thanks to our efficient work. They’ll be here in three days. Behave around them. They report to people far higher than Corporate and you won’t like what may happen if you cause the wrong kind of trouble.”
“I have a sneaking fucking suspicion you’re warning me in hopes that I’ll do the opposite out of spite and you’ll finally have me out of your hair.”
