It has to be this way at this time, or my ass is fired,” she grumbled. “Fired? Your boss is gonna fire you…,” he asked; eyebrows furrowed in ...nnoyance. “Mr. Rockman is a rich…mega rich man, and my boss kisses his ass. I imagine his nose is brown from being so far up that VIP’s ass,” Gracie stated. The stranger burst into laughter. Gracie flushed. Her mouth had a bad habit of getting her into trouble, and perhaps, it might be a good idea to do some damage control. She didn’t know this man at. ”That was her days. Her nights were our nights. By an unspoken agreement that I’m not sure that I really understood, we hadn’t progressed in our physical relationship other than cuddling together at night and support hugs whenever wanted or desired (which seemed to be a lot of the time, not that I minded at all), but we had one ritual that we shared every evening. She would wait for me to come to bed, no matter how late in the ship’s night it was, either reading a data slate or working at the. I noted quite a few yawns around the breakfast table. They didn’t tease too hard, as I didn’t think they were up to any retaliation on their night’s work. Helga sat at another table, and I noticed she had a very attentive Frank and Doug hovering around her. I decided that I wasn’t the only one who got lucky and had a good night. She glanced over at me and then at James and back to me. I smiled and glanced at her boys and back and nodded at her and gave her the thumbs-up. She followed my gaze. He had a good four inches on me, and was fit and rugged. The dark hair was a striking contrast to his eyes, and he attracted me like a magnet in a visceral way. ‘Are you sad that the book tour is over?’ Kila asked me? ‘or relieved.’ ‘A little bit of both, to be honest,’ I answered. ‘I get a little claustrophobic around a lot of people, so it has been a bit tough. I prefer meeting people like this.’ ‘What? In a dark alley?’ She joked. ‘Yeah, I’ve always found alleys to be great places to meet.