Chapter 21: You are Staying on Earth?

"Oh." She hadn't expected such a straightforward answer. Why wouldn't he want to return home? Had he been exiled from his home world or something? "What did you do on your planet?" When he looked at her without answering, she frowned and rephrased her question. "You know, what kind of work did you do? Like for a job?"

"I am warrior and...warrior."

A warrior and what? She'd give up a good portion of her stash of chocolates to know what he'd been about to say. Then again, maybe she didn't want to know. Whatever that and was had to be worse than just having four warrior aliens in her cave.

Something else occurred to her and she sat up straighter. She tried to ignore the slide of his hands over her as they settled on her middle again, spanning her waist under the blanket. His thumbs caressed her stomach, his hands so warm she thought he might burn her skin.