“Oh.” She couldn’t help but be a little disappointed.
“Are you Avyrian?” he asked.
She laughed, “No, I’m one hundred percent human. All five foot one and one hundred ten pounds of me.”
Shit!He was twice her weight. He could crush her if he had sex with her. Why was he thinking about her and sex at all? He just needed to get laid. Maybe after dropping her off, he could swing by Lexi’s club and pick up a fuck mate for the night. That sounded like a solid plan.
“Where are you staying?” he asked, finally pulling out of the parking lot of the shuttle port.
“Little Bee’s motel.”
He glanced at her incredulously, “Are you serious? That place is a dump and in one of the worst neighborhoods.”
Jinx shrugged. “The hotel I booked had a fire while I was traveling here. They called me mid flight. Little Bee’s was the only thing I could book in such a short notice.”
“Why didn’t you put a deposit down on an apartment?”
She felt heat rise to her face at the tone of reprimand from him. “I was planning to get an apartment, but I want to check it out in person first and make sure that it’s close to where I’ll be working.
He didn’t seem happy with her answers—too bad. This was the best she could do for now. She was fine with it, so that was all that mattered.
They were quiet while he drove her to the motel. She took the time to check out her surroundings. Fin-Dieskau was known as a pleasure and vice planet. Many different species came there on vacation to visit. It was what Las Vegas used to be on Old Earth. Green spaces were carved out in the midst of the cities. Hover bikes and hover cars passed by, and the two moons were shining above. Fin-Dieskau was supposedly the liveliest place to live; Jinx’s excitement was renewed.
He pulled into the parking lot but didn’t stop, just pulled right back out. “What are you doing Drake?”
“I can’t let you stay there. Did you see the broken windows and the guy taking a piss on the side of the motel?”
She had seen all that and it did fill her with fear, but she would have sucked it up and stayed there at least one night. “Where will I stay?”
“You can stay the night at my place. I have a pull out couch in my apartment.”
Jinx bit her bottom lip. She wasn’t sure this was a good idea. She had already felt attracted to him, even though Drake thought she was a teenager. Besides, they would be working. It might cause a problem.
“I don’t know.”
“Look, Vic asked me to take care of you, and that’s what I’m going to do. He would never let you stay at a dump like that.”
“Okay, but I’ll look for an apartment first thing tomorrow morning.”
“No problem.”
Jinx felt butterflies in her stomach. She was spending the night with a perfect stranger, but at least he was a sexy as hell half Palmedian. What did she recall about Palmedians? They were extremely strong, very sexual, and had animalistic instincts. What all that meant, she had no idea, but she was about to find out first hand.
