Suddenly a Bride (8 page)

“Like what?”

She caught the laughter in his voice and turned to him.  “Oh, anything.  Like murder, steal
ing, lying
…”

“No.  I didn’t do that.” He took her hands in his and studied them.  “Your hands are smaller than mine and softer.  Your whole body is soft.” He directed his gaze back to her
s
.  “It’s nice.  I never saw a woman before I came here.  Well, there
were
a couple of females that looked similar to Earth women
at the agency
, but you’re much nicer.  You’re compatible with me
.”

Her breath caught in her throat.  There was something beautiful in the way he tenderly spoke and touched her.  And in that moment, she knew he was a good man, an honest man, a man w
ho was tired
of being on a world full of men so he sought out female companionship.  Letting out her breath, she squeezed his hands and smiled.  “I guess we have a lot to learn about each other.”

He returned her smile.  “I’m looking forward to it.”

Shocked, she realized she was too.  It’d been a long time since she’d been with a man in this way, and she had to admit, it felt nice.
  Less alone.  More complete.  But she had much to learn about him.  She didn’t even know where to start.

“Who are all the people in the pictures?  I recognize you.”

That might be a good place to begin.  She stood up and walked to the wall where she had hung up the pictures of her family and friends.
  He stood close to her, and for a moment, that unnerved her, but she supposed if they could have sex, then they could be close like this too.

“Those are my parents,” she told him, pointing to the older couple with graying hair in the picture which was taken a year ago at the beach.  Since the rest of her family was in it, she tapped her finger on
the
brunette male.  “He
’s my
brother.  His name is Blake.  Over here,” she motioned to the younger woman
, “is my little sister Lexie.  Well, her full name is Alexandra, but we call her Lexie.”

“They live nearby?” he asked.

“They live in Fort Walton Beach.  That’s only a half hour away.”

“I look forward to meeting them.”

She sighed.  Right.  Meeting her family.  That meant she had to introduce him.  She slowly exhaled, wondering how in the w
orld she was going to explain her sudden marriage
.  Telling Sandy was one thing, but her parents?  She couldn’t exactly say, “Mom, Dad.  I had this customer at my restaurant and thoug
ht he was really sweet so I had
sex with him in my minivan
and took him home.
Don’t worry though.  This agency
out in space married us, so it’s all legit.  I even got a packet to prove it.” No.  That wouldn’t work.

She noticed that he took her hand and
held it.  It was strange
that he seemed to crave the physical contact as much as he did, but perhaps that’s how men on his planet were.  She certainly didn’t mind.  His hand was warm and comforting.  It was odd that the driving passion that spurred her on earlier was absent now
.

Turning to the next picture, she said, “This is Sandy.”

He nodded.  “The other waitress.”

“Right.  And those are her two brothers.  Randy, who was my…” she glanced at him, “first husband, and that is her other brother, Andy.”

He frowned.  “Are those names supposed to rhyme?”

Chuckling, she said, “Her parents have a weird sense of humor.
  They said if they had another girl, they would have named her Mandy.
”

“What do you like to do when you’re not working?” he asked.

“Not a lot.
”

“You don’t have any interests?”

“Of course, I have interests.” She shrugged.  “I like to read, as you can see.” She motioned to the bookcase.

“Those aren’t real books.”

She raised an eyebrow at him.  “I’ll let that one go since you’re not from Earth, and since you didn’t grow up with women around, you don’t know any better.”

“What did I say that was wrong?” he wondered, looking concerned.

“In time, I think you’ll know.” It’d been a long day, and she didn’t feel lik
e giving him a crash course on
women and the
need for romance, whether it was
in books or real life. 
Opting for a change in topic, she said, “I hope you’ll find a job.  I don’t want you to loaf around all day.”

“I worked
on my planet, and I’
ll work here.  I want to be useful.”

“Good.  Tomorrow, while I’m at work, yo
u can search through the job listings
on the Internet.  I can show you how to work the computer before I leave.”

He smiled, amusement on his face.  “That’s an antique.  I learned how to use a contraption like that when I was three.”

Rolling her eyes, she let go of his h
and and went to close the website
she’d left open from her search through the Internet.

“Did I upset you again?”

“
Y
ou are going to be sorely disappointed around here because everything we have to offer on this planet is elementary to you.”

“I’m not disappointed.”

“Well, there’s nothing to challenge you.” She turned back to face him.  “You know computers, TVs,
and spaceships. 
How can you be satisfied with this planet?”

“You are here.”

His answer settled her.

“I had the things I did back home, but they didn’t make me happy,” he continued.  “They were things.  No matter how many things I accumulated, it didn’t fill the void in my life.  I didn’t mean to offend you when I said I know how computers worked.  It’s just that you don’t have to spend the time teaching me.  I already know.  Besides, I’d rather learn about you than have you teach me about machines.
  You’re much more interesting.”

She didn’t know why
,
but the admission made her blush. 
“Alright.  Let’s sit down and learn about each other.”

Nodding, he smi
led and joined her on the couch so they could talk.

Chapter Seven

C
hris was sleeping when his body surged with heated desire.  His eyes, still heavy from exhaustion,
remained closed, and though he mentally told his arms to move, he stayed still.  Next to him, Caitlyn slept, her back pressed against him, her bottom c
ushioning his growing arousal.

Chris let out a low moan.  Struggling to wake up, he was trying to figure out what was happening
to him
.  His hand reached out and caressed Caitlyn’s thigh
.  She sighed and moved against him but still slept.

His skin grew hot and his erection caused an aching sensat
ion.  Again, he willed himself
wake
up
.  Had the day not been long, he imagined the process of opening his eyes wouldn’t have been so difficult.

Come on
.  Wake up.

His hips
moved, his erection
rubbing along the soft curve of
her
butt.  He groaned, louder this time, and continued moving.  Her flesh yielded to him as he finally became fully aware
of what he was doing
.

His eyes flew open.  H
is brea
thing heavy, his hands clenched
her thighs. 
By
the w
ay his body tensed
, he knew that
he was about to ejaculate
.  Gasping, he separated her legs and found her
entrance which was
wet and warm from their conne
ction as her body readied for him.

He refused to spill his seed outside her body, and if he didn’t act fast, he was in danger of that.  He wanted to be inside her.  He recalled how amazin
g the orgasm had been when they had sex
, and there was no way ejaculating outside of her would be anywher
e near as pleasurable
. 
He only had enough time to enter her when he found his release.
  She let out a muffled cry, the link between them demanding she have her orgasm so her womb would open for
him
.

Every part of him tingled from the effects of lovemaking.  His head cleared slowly, and as it did, embarrassment came over him. 
He had no contro
l over his ejaculation at all
.

Still slightly out of breath, he dared to whisper her name.

She didn’t respond.

Slippi
ng out of her
, he got up on his elbow and looked over at her.  “Caitlyn?” he softly asked.

Her eyes remained closed and she gave no reply.  Her breathing wasn’t exactly slow and steady, not since her body had just found release, but she was sleeping.

Relieved, he settled back on the bed and glanced at the clock.  1:35.  Just like that,
his body ejaculated
, and once again, he had no control over it.  He’d only been half-awake for
most of the build up to it.  Was it always going to be
like this?  Would he never gain any control over his need to ejaculate?

Now he remembered why he took the pill to inhibit his sex drive.  His need to ejaculate got in the way of his work.  But he’d managed a system around that before he gave in and started taking the pill.  He had organized his time and events so he could slip into a private area to take care of his biological needs.

No wonder most men on his home world opted for the pill. 
But it was the way they were designed.  The desire to have
children and pass on their genes
made ejaculation a mandate, rather than the choice it had once been.  And so, it brought Chris to this point in time.

Caitlyn rolled over, and he tensed.  Did she know?

Her eyes fluttered open and she frowned.  “Did we just have sex?”

His face grew warm in shame.  This was worse than being watched as he ejaculated in his clothes.  Swallowing the lump in his throat, he said, “I was asleep and then had to ejaculate.  There wasn’t enough time to wake you up.”

“You mean, you
have no control at all?”

He winced and shrugged.  “Not yet.  I’m trying.  It’s just so new and overwhelming.”

“Huh.” She didn’t sound disgusted, as he had feared.  Instead, she seemed curious.  “Men on Earth say they have no control, but the truth is they do.  They choose not to exercise it.  But you really mean it when you say you don’t.”

Sighing, he
stared at the ceiling, heat rising to his face.  How did Earth men do it?  What was their secret?

She rested her hand on his arm and gave a gentle squeeze.  “It’s alright.”

“No.  No, it’s not.” He didn’t mean to snap at her and immediately added, “I’m
sorry.  It’s…  It’s been a long time since I produced sperm.  I took a pill to inhibit that part of my brain.”

She remained silent for a moment, as if choosing her words with great care.  “I suppose that if there aren’t any women, there’s no need to have sperm.”

“No, there wasn’t.” Feeling less awkward, he looked at her.  “It wasn’t always like this for males on my planet.  There was a time when we could control it, but that was long before I was born.  There was a time on my planet where men and women married and had children, like you do here.  Then some people decided to make babies in labs.  At first, it was an experiment to see if it was possible, but then
the
women decided it was better to have children that way instead of going through pregnancy and childbirth.

“Needless to say, that lef
t men out of the equation.  Women
no longer wanted to marry us and have our children.  Over the course of two centuries, men developed the ability to entice women to bond with them.  On my world, the first time we have sex, we establish a life bond.  We’re linked to each other until either the husband or wife dies.  This was why women didn’t want to have sex with us.  They knew as soon as
they did, they’d be trapped and have to go through pregnancy and childbirth.