… My shaky emotions from the experiences and unclear impressions on Daiqi were dragged out of me by Dylan for a long time afterward, when I was returned to Luxarex in a semi-conscious state…
"What did they do to you there, Taen?" My precious officer looked guilty, summoning me for a private conversation after stumbling into my cabin after my arrival. "I assume you're angry at me for that vacation where you fainted."
"You should have sent me up, you wretch," I muttered, barely registering my words due to my slurred speech.
"Forgive me for all of this… Was it really that bad?"
"If only I remembered anything after those girls jumping on my knees."
"Didn't like it?" he drawled, disappointed by my dull voice.
"Um… well, great… Although I was more impressed by a very beautiful woman in one of the houses… Do you know one?… Odelia. This is the Patriarch's wife..."
"Odelia?" Dylan tensed, puzzled. "Oh, no... I've never seen her... but I've heard of her unearthly beauty. And what happened between you?"
"Oh... nothing like that, I just saw her in Trakis's house. I had no idea such women even existed... Those large, languid eyes and thick, dark, braided hair, the graceful curves of her figure... restraint, warmth, and exquisite femininity."
"That beautiful, I suppose?" my pilot said vividly, a spark flaring in his gaze. "I can imagine... but no one can see her, so as not to needlessly tempt my ardent folk... and you're lucky enough to have beheld her... Well, well!"
He jumped up to me, sitting down next to me on the sofa, peering sympathetically into my face.
'I was really worried about you... and about being so wild with you in the baths... I was just overcome with passion... I'm sorry..."
"Yeah... ha-ha... that was unexpected of you..." I had to show my embarrassment with a furrowed brow and raised eyebrows, accepting his clumsy apology.
"Don't do that again! I was really more concerned with the girls... They're so cute... playful. And you came up to me... confused me!"
"You enjoyed them... huh? Just say so!" His large amber eyes continued to peer into me.
...Well, yes... His hot, tangible vibes weren't quite appropriate at that moment, and I made it clear with my whole demeanor that he shouldn't touch me...
"How can I help you? Something unpleasant must have happened?"
... Apparently, after our intimacy in the baths, Dylan thought we were already so close... Into me, too? What should I do about it?
I pulled away from him... and we hung in awkward silence, something I'd experienced before...
Memories of Miru suddenly flashed through my mind and stirred my soul... I never once tried to talk to him... we just unexpectedly parted and that was it... Now he's serving somewhere on another starship.
"Dylan... we shouldn't be so infatuated with each other, if you know what I mean..." I had to draw a line between us. "A relationship like that will end, rest assured... and we'll be separated forever... so don't show anything like that in front of everyone."
He immediately frowned, stunned, looking down at the floor.
"Are you... so embarrassed by my passion for you? Sorry... I'll try to control myself as best I can..."
— Look, they're watching us, everything we do, and if someone gets too heated, there will be consequences...
— Did someone higher up on Daiqi admit this... that they're completely monitoring our personal relationships?
— The Admiral was there... Gorro... he was way too familiar with me... - I muttered in a hushed whisper. "This is all for some reason... and I've already broken up with someone who loved me very much...
— I didn't know that... Who was he?
— One attractive man... it doesn't matter anymore... so if you have something with me... you'd better refrain... please!
... A barely audible sigh of disappointment reached my ears from him. It was so obvious what Dylan wanted from me now... but I sensed at that moment how much I didn't need it after my visit to Daiqi.
Sudden suspicions of what Gorro might have done to me began to plague me. Vague memories of what happened after the sedation in the lab flashed through my mind... Ouch... the nostril-piercing smell of sterile cleanliness... bright flashes before my eyes... the muffled voices of the medical workers... then someone's smooth hands glided over my body in the dim light... Gorro... damn it! Did he really fuck me too, while I was sleeping after my stem cells were harvested? Bastard! ...
— I won't back down... Taen... and I'll find a way to express my feelings for you, whether you like it or not... and then you can fire me and I'll disappear from your life forever... - Dylan's words sounded threatening.
— Oh, you already expressed it... so convincingly, I passed out!
— Well, I'm sorry again! It wasn't my fault! It was just too hot for you! Who knew it would be like this! Let me again!
Suddenly he jumped up and buried his face in my hips, gripping them tightly with his strong arms.
...What madness, Dylan... His touch sent a wave of intense libido through my groin... Of course, I really want to, but... We can't! Doesn't he understand? Ouch... Can I confess to him how much I enjoyed his unexpected, hot lust in the baths and how much he has feelings for me... No... I can't!... I don't want that Gorro to see us on the hidden camera footage... What could happen to us then?
— Some other time... another time... not today... though, I'm not feeling too well.
I gently pulled away, and he bolted from the cabin...