eyes. Jamis lifted a hand to touch his communication link, his gaze fixed above her head as he spoke.
"I'm on my way."
He lowered his hand, then carefully lifted her off his still semi-hard cock. After making sure she was steady on her feet, he stepped back and tucked his cock into his pants.
"I'm needed in the Command Center," he told her, concentrating on closing his pants.
"The door will automatically open when you approach," she told him, making her voice as cool as his.
With the slightest of nods, he turned and walked away without a backward glance.
Cali stayed where she was until she heard the door open and close. Slowly, she started to straighten her clothes, only to huff out a humorless laugh when she realized everything was where it should be, well, except for the material covering her pussy. That was sopping wet and stretched out beyond all recognition.
Slumping back against the wall, she shook her head. She should have known better than to taunt Jamis, but she hadn't been able to resist. She knew he saw her as some fragile Earthan and that while he might desire her, he'd never give her what she wanted, all of him, if she didn't push.
So she had.
She just hadn't thought he'd make up an excuse to leave as soon as they were done.
And he had made up an excuse.
She knew it because, unlike the pure Earthan Jamis thought she was, she had the exceptional hearing of her father. It allowed her to hear the ordinarily undetectable tone that signaled an incoming transmission, and she hadn't heard it when his head rested on her shoulder, his ear next to hers after he'd exploded inside her.
So, she knew the touching of his link had been nothing but a ruse to give him an excuse to leave. It was something she'd never thought Jamis would do. He'd always seemed like a straightforward male.
If he wanted to fuck.
He said so.
If he wanted to leave.
He'd let you know that too.
He wouldn't make up an excuse.
But he had, and that cheapened everything they just experienced together.
Taking a deep breath, she buried those hurt feelings, then pushed away from the wall and headed toward her resting chamber. She wasn't going to let Commander Jamis Dexxirs' reaction affect her. She'd gotten what she wanted from him. It was still early, and it was going to be busy. Now she needed to get back to work, but not until she changed her lower coverings, or panties, as her mom would say. Once done, she headed back to work.
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Jamis’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the edges of the viewport in his office, blindly staring out of it. He couldn't figure out what the ruk he'd been thinking back in The Brink. He'd never treated any female the way he had Cali. Oh, he'd used the incoming transmission trick before. Both he and Taarig had, but only as a way to avoid speaking with high-ranking officials. Or when they just wanted to leave an exceptionally dull gathering. He'd never used it as an excuse to leave a female before, especially one that had satisfied him so completely the way Cali had.
She shouldn't have been able to do that, take his entire cock. She was Earthan. There were Apre females that weren’t able to do that, but she had, and because of it, he'd nearly broken the essential tenet all Apre males followed, never to release their life-producing force in a female he didn't intend to make his Lalla.
It had to be a conscious decision for an Apre’s third testicle, known as their creation sphere, to descend and impregnate a female. It was always the male's choice, unlike most species where it was up to the female or happenstance. But once the male allowed it, that was the only female with whom he could have offspring.
He'd barely been able to stop his sphere's descent. His control had been that far gone. Jamis thought he had himself fully back under control until he realized he hadn't even bothered to get Cali out of her clothes before he'd fucked her against a wall. He hadn't taken the time to caress the breasts that so intrigued him, hadn't kissed her.
Gods, he'd never done that before, not even in his youth when he was learning control. To do so with Cali was unforgivable.
Hearing the door of his office slide open behind him, he turned to find Taarig entering.