He again knelt down beside her and resumed the exploration of her mouth with his tongue. While he kissed her his right hand was on an exploration trip...of its own. It carefully traced a path from her soft smooth stomach up to the wondrous swelling that was her breasts. He slowly caressed and fondled the satin-like surface until he came to the hard button that was her nipple. Gently, he kissed his way down to suckle on the treasure that his hand had found. With nothing else to do, his hand. And she’d felt like she was floating in the heavens with him when they’d spent so many nights together in their teens staring at the stars with him excitedly talking about his dreams of becoming an astronaut. Brad was sure the key to proving to all the angry people and races of their planet that they needed wake up and see how petty their hatred for anyone who was different or didn’t think the way they did was to prove how insignificant this world was in terms of the vastness of the universe.. Nobody other than his spunky, red-haired second in command or perhaps Malcolm would ever have the audacity to walk into his office in engineering unannounced and invite herself to sit next to him.He had known the red-haired she-devil since the academy. She had just joined STC while he was in his final year. The southerner had seen immediately that she was a brilliant engineer. The fact that her hover car was more powerful and maneuverable than the vehicle's manufacturer had ever intended it to. He’s responsible for my mom’s death, and he’s the one who almost got my little sister killed too.” He then shifted it in gear, and focused on the rearview mirror to back up, though there wasn’t anything behind us to hit. “He was a horrible person, but he was also smart. Supposedly, that’s where I get my thing for puzzles from.” He shook his head. “And if he’s been somehow stalking me, then it’s possible I accidentally led him straight to you…” He grimaced, glancing back at me as he started.