She chuckled but didn’t relax or release her hold on me.“Mick, I wish I hadn’t done what I did on Sunday. I wish that I had given you my best ri...ht then and there. I want you to love me.”“Tasha, I do love you. I know it doesn’t make you happy, but you ended up third in a very close race. If Sasha and Diana were not in the picture, I could easily fall in love with you and spend the rest of my life with you.”“But they are there.”“Yes, they are. Diana asked me what it would take for her to move. The sentry admitted them without a bribe, for once."Your permit will cost you one hundred gold coins." Captain Torvash came right to the point, not even answering Neal's greeting. He glared at them across his desk. "Your stock of trade goods may be small, but it is of the best."Jewel could tell that Neal was having trouble keeping his temper reined in. The going rate in Khamus was one gold coin for thirty silver, and one silver for twenty copper. Each coin weighed one measure, roughly two. Anthea stood up and reached for the wine bottle. “Anyone need a top-up?” Her mum and dad pushed their wine glasses forward and Jack lifted his up.“I’m sorry,” her mum said. “I didn’t mean to... well...”“I know, mum.”“It’s just that if he’s going to be around for a while then... ““Things are fluid with us at the moment,” Anthea said. “Jack and I are the only constants in this relationship. As for Ben... well, he’s there until things change otherwise. They might never change but there again who. ”Unable to resist, I typed out, “If you’re so impatient why don’t you come and measure me yourself?”His response was instantaneous. “I can think of other uses for a ruler when I see you next week.” My body hummed. He was going to be at the event? And other uses for a ruler...my arousal came rushing back, leaving me tingling and a little breathless. All of a sudden I was even more eager for Friday to roll around. The sound of the next Bart train screeching into the station pulled me out of my.