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Chapter One
Blake ceased pacing the floor and leant against a wall He stared at the display screen willing it to change the status fro it took a shuttle to dock in the spaceport Would she be worth the wait? He damn well hoped so Since he’d put in his request weeks had passed and with the wait ca a wife out of a catalogue was never going to be ideal, but how else did you find acolony on the Outer Rim?
“Blake,day arrived, heh?” The punch landed on Blake’s arhts
“Yuri,” he greeted the other man with a curt nod Yuri joined hi the secured port door “Newcomers?” asked Blake
“Yep Next batch of newbies sent by the Corp Seven eager men ready to drill holes in this God forsaken place Do you re here?”
He did It had been only four o and like many other miners, he’d arrived fro earned the privilege of working on an Outer Ri hours and lack of decent companionship had quickly da and lifting weights, he’d lay on his bed, drea of what life would be like once he returned to Earth, how reat deal
He’d been deter work and the coh to the end of his contract He hadn’t expected to be lonely or crave the company of wo envy as they picked their brides, eagerly awaited their arrival and promptly married them It was simple, they had told him, the Corporation vetted them first, picked the sexiest ones and shipped them out on demand
Blake hated the idea Picking a wife based on a few ies and videos seemed ludicrous Each time a new one arrived, he saw the exciteer in her hips Back on Earth women lined up for the opportunity to be a ed position, so too was the status of being his wife
“What’s her name?” asked Yuri
“Lysa”
“You won’t regret it My girl is a? If you don’t want to stick with her after the contract finishes, you divorce, she gets her bonus and you have no penalty to pay”
“I know,” growled Blake He’d read the regulations She, the bride, could back out too, except if she did, no fantastic bonus and she’d have to endure the hu a failed wife If he quit before the three years ended, he could pack her off horeat incentive for divorce
Yuri slapped Blake’s arain “You know you’re the last of the previous shipiven up hope on you Of course, the offer is still—”
“No,” snapped Blake Weeks earlier Yuri had suggested Blake ht share his wife, Jen, in a threesome and solve Blake’s sexual frustrations For Blake, a wo Lysa, if he married her, would be his and nobody else’s He lowered his voice “Thank you, Yuri, but that isn’t for me”
“Okay, man” Yuri held up his hands and backed away
The display flickered and changed ARRIVED
The round airlock door began to rotate, sliding slowly sideways and with it cahtened up and took a few steps forward In a few seconds, he’d ht choice She was a gaiven on her but the way she appeared on the coht his attention The other candidates smiled and beamed at hiers around their nipples, their tongues licking about their open mouths as they happily strutted their nudity before the lens Lysa had sat on a stool with her legs crossed hiding her sex and her eyes stared past the ca her desire to ht man and enjoy her time on the colony It all sound scripted and lacked spontaneity Why had he kept co back to her profile? Several times a day he reviewed her short resuaze upon her
He recollected the moment he fancied she would be the kind of wife he’d prefer He’d heard the boldness when he listened to her speak, the sharp tone of voice when asked if she would please her husband “Of course, I shall be good co at the camera Blake didn’t want a dor chatter about inconsequential matters He desired spunk from his wife, and yes, maybe it would land her in trouble from time to time, but he could deal with that as and when necessary
The typical Corporate wives were like super-models, destined to please and be the perfect wives He should have picked one like that, but he didn’t Blake saw past her rigid pose and stilted speech Lysa possessed natural beauty, the kind he preferred Sharp hazel eyes, light brown hair, highlighted by golden tresses, which framed her unbleh she had tried hard to keep her other features hidden, Blake judged her straight back and curvaceous form to be perfect He couldn’t resist her and he prayed she would be just as tantalising in the flesh as she had been on the digital display screen She’d lit some kind of fire in his loins The sensation returned as he held his breath
The air lock slid back and a rush of cool air shot out of the dock A wall ofand boot sto men The next batch of new ht of Lysa As theout their naht and stared straight into the face of the woman he’d selected to be his new bride
Thefor the Outer Riy had filled Lysa She was either about to e of her long ter to do but wait for the interplanetary slipstream to catapult the shuttle across the solar system It cut down travel time enormously but still meant teeks stuck on the shuttle in craroup of miners and the crew
She’d plenty of ti thoughts—Blake The man who’d requested her She’d received the notification and presented herself at the Corporation’s spaceport on Earth, co colony and a new life married to a man she’d never met
It wasn’t her goal