"Wow!" he exclaimed as she released him."Fully deserved," she said and treated him to one of her heart stopping smiles. "We're going to have an engage...ent barbeque three weeks tomorrow. I do hope you will come." Nothing will stop me. Yes please." Good! Well, I've got a quick bit of shopping to do so I'll leave you here, darling, to settle up and see you at the car in about twenty minutes. Goodbye, Neil, and thank you again. See you at the barbeque." She gave Richard a quick but impassioned kiss. ”Everyone broke out in laughter, but Ian suddenly wished he had proposed. This woman seemed to have everything a man could want.“Jordan is the bartender tonight,” Jessica announced. “You guys get what you want. Mati and I both want wine. I think we’ll probably eat in about an hour.” Then turning to Ian, she said, “I hope you’re not starving. I have some snacks I’ll bring out.”“I’m in no hurry,” Ian told her.Ten minutes later, Jordan and Ian were seated in the shade by the pool, drinking beer. These are sold on the black market, the funds from which support the facility. After extraction, I remove the corpse, taking it home to butcher for meat. I make leather BDSM toys from the skin as well. Eventually, I start to sell some of the toys as a side business, as I just wind up with more leather than I can use for my own toys.Each time I get low on meat, I come back to call the next number. If the person does manage to retain enough humanity to want to live, that's great for them. I'll. But he’s a man I’m attracted to at a certain level.’ ‘Is it a physical attraction?’ ‘Yes. But I also find him to be a very dear person and well, we’ve been together in many missions and assignments and we have been such a great team. I’m with Mason Holmes to see if I can be just as compatible with him for assignments and also at home.’ ‘And you are?’ ‘We are. But -‘ ‘You think about that other cop. And you feel guilty.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Miss O’Neil, you’re an adult woman and only you can sort out.