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Large hands worked their way down her thighs and over her calf —a boneless, dazed, and disorientated mess She felt his presence in front of her, and she had to fight to lift her suddenly heavy eyelids

“Beautiful” He reached for her, but stoppedhis hand back “Da on his heels and striding away from her

She couldn’t take her eyes fronized the need on his face and suspected it was on hers, too He let out a low stream of French that sounded like curse words, then strode toward her He thrust the pot of crea away

“Do the rest,” he ordered

Friday studied his back as he bent to ruh the box She didn’t have e in ? Or did it ht?

“You need to finish the job and get dressed” His harsh tone snapped her back straight He threw a containet to cover your face and your eyelids with cream, too”

With a nod, she reached into the jar for a handful of crea hard not to notice how sensitive her nipples were or how needy she felt deep inside her body

“Just so you know,” his low, ru voice said behind her “We were about ten seconds away fros up unless you want me to pick up where I left off”

Slowly, facing the darkness, Friday smiled

Chapter Eleven

She’d gone fro wrapped in so many layers she could barely move Her skin felt oily from the cream, and her jumpsuit stuck to her body in a way that definitely wasn’t comfortable On top of her jumpsuit, she wore a body protection suit—full head h reinforced boots She knew from her student days that the suit was made up of three layers The one closest to the skin was a heavy cotton, cheens as possible Then caainst rips in the suit Lastly, the whole thing was fused together by a synthetic polyases

The viewscreen on her lass It could stop a bullet if it had to, which made the helmet heavy and culoves The gloves were the sort used in refineries to pick up molten metals, which meant they were insanely thick and difficult to maneuver

“I feel like I’h the communication outlet in her helmet

“Yeah, I think spacesuits ht be easier to move in”

Striker adjusted his boots They weren’t the same as the ones she wore In fact, now that she really looked, there seemed to be quite a few differences in his suit For one, it seeloves appeared thinner, enabling greater dexterity It worried her that faht have ers