He has told me this before and I love it when he says it, but in my whole life I have never felt beautiful and sexy.I smiled and said something about ...eing glad that he thought so. He knew exactly what I meant because we have had this conversation before. He quickly assured me that most men would agree with him.Looking around the bar at all the beautiful young women with tight pants or short skirts, I gave him that "yeah right", look. He was totally serious in trying to make his point. He was. "Samantha felt the pressure of her position, but kept her cool. "How many concubines will I have to look after? And please, Admiral, a bit more warning next time would go down nicely." You got all the warning I got, young lady – the message drone just popped out of hyperspace an hour ago. The ships aren't permanently assigned here, so unless and until that status changes no families are expected. They only have one concubine per sailor on board, and those will be staying with the ship. No. But he didn'tprotest in the least for fear that whatever she had planned as apunishment for him might be even worse. He just wished that herapartment had been on the bottom floor instead of upstairs where thetrips were much longer, not to mention harder in his high heels.With each trip up the stairs, he kept expecting Sandy or Cassie to comeout and laugh at him. He was relieved when he grabbed the last of thebags and neither of them had shown up. But as he finally closed Mel'sdoor behind. And really, us asking you two out wasn’t because we’re interested in you in any way other than to test and make sure you are committed to each other. You kept walking all around the idea of are you or aren’t you dating each other. After that night, we knew. Whether you confess to it or not, you two are a couple.”“We can never be a couple in public and if you think we are a couple, you need to zip your lip. Meredith is my PA. She’s arranging for my housing when I get to campus and will help me.