“Rena?”

She glanced up, meeting his blue eyes.

“Do you want me?”

She looked away. “Don’t worry, Steel. I’m human, but I learn quickly. I’m not going to humiliate myself again.”

“It’s humiliating to want a cyborg?” His voice deepened, anger filling his tone.

She looked at him again, frowning. “Don’t twist my damn words and get that look right off your face. I meant I’m not going to throw myself at you again to get rejected.

Did you miss that conversation we had when I said I wasn’t good at seduction, had never had to seduce a man before and obviously I am terrible at it. You want a cyborg woman, not me, and its humiliating being shot down by a man.” She paused. “Notice I didn’t say cyborg? You make those distinctions, not me.”

His features softened, his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. “Take off your shirt, Rena.” He stood up, facing her.

“Why?” she whispered, feeling confused as he stared down at her.

“I want you. That’s the damn problem. I shouldn’t and I know I need to keep my hands to myself, but you draw me.” He reached up, gripping his open shirt and yanked it down his arms, dropping it on the floor. His hands went for his pants next. “If you don’t want me tell me no right now.”

He was so damn sexy with his muscular build, his silvery hair, and those damn eyes of his that were just gorgeous. She shouldn’t want him either, he was a cyborg, the thing her father hated most and had tried to make her hate as well. She almost hurt herself tearing the shirt over her head to throw it out of the way, feeling the material digging into her side where it scraped in her haste to be rid of it.

Rena couldn’t look away from him as he stripped bare. He was just perfection and his sculpted body was something she wanted to touch. No one had ever made her feel the way he did when he touched her and she’d never wanted a man more. Maybe her marriage had left her starved for a man’s attention but she’d avoided men who hit on her for years, never wanting to let anyone get close to her again. Chuck had deceived her, hurt her, even broken her a bit by using her. Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to Steel, she thought. He is brutally honest even if everything he says isn’t something I want to hear.

It’s real, he’s real, and when he touches me I feel alive for the first time in forever.

Steel was na**d and aroused when he put one of his knees on the bed to climb on it and hover over her, using one of his hands to gently push her on her back as he came down on top of her. His large body didn’t crush her though as he braced his upper-body weight on one of his arms. His hand gripped her hip to hold her in place as their gazes locked together.

He moved, not going for her mouth the way she wanted since she longed to kiss him again. He tucked his chin to lower his face enough for his hot, wet mouth to encircle one of her ni**les. A soft gasp left Rena at the sensation of the hard tugs of suction on it.

There was nothing gentle or slow about Steel’s attention to her breast.

She spread her thighs when he shifted to move between them. He slid down her, going flat on top of her, his weight settling down to pin her flat. Rena didn’t care that she was caged under Steel. She bent her knees, wrapping them around his waist, her calves bracing against his firm ass since he was lower on her body as his mouth teased and taunted her breast. Her fingers went for his hair, shoving them into his beautiful, thick, silky-feeling silver strands. Tipping her chin back, she moaned. “That feels so damn good!”

He released her breast on and went for the other one. She arched her back, pressing against his hungry mouth as he sucked on her nipple.

“Steel…”

He released her with his mouth, lifting his head until they stared at each other. She licked her lips.

“I want you. Please don’t tease.”

He smiled, his eyes twinkling with amusement. “This is the only way I want to torture you, Rena. I want you hot and hurting for me to possess you.”

“I’m there.”

He shook his head. “Not yet.”

She gasped as he adjusted his big body again, sliding lower down hers, forcing her legs to release him. His hands gripped her inner thighs, pressing them to the mattress so she was spread completely open to his attention. He braced his weight on his elbows, his hands firmly grasping her so she couldn’t get away.

She didn’t want to look away from him as he stared down at her body. His breath was hot against her exposed pu**y. She watched his eyes as he took in the sight of what he’d exposed. A low growl came from deep in his throat a second before he lowered his face. Rena gasped and threw her head back as his thick, strong tongue slowly slid across her clit. It was an intensely pleasurable sensation when his lips closed over the sensitive bud to suck on her gently, his tongue flicking against her.

“Oh god…” she moaned. “That feels so…” Words were beyond her at the bliss she was feeling as his mouth worked on her.

Her hands clawed at his bedding now that she’d lost hold of his hair when he’d moved down her body. She was panting, moaning, and just able to focus on his tongue as the pleasure intensified to almost a raw pain of need. She knew she was going to come, could feel her inner muscles clenching, anticipating the release. He stopped flicking her cl*t with his tongue, instead applying pressure to quickly rub up and down with it.

Crying out loudly, thrashing her head, Rena knew she said his name as the cl**ax overtook her. Pleasure jolted through her, her vaginal muscles clenching and her body quivering. The mattress shifted with his weight and then Steel was coming down on her, his big body trapping her between him and the bed. Opening her eyes she stared into his passion-gaze. His eyes are so damn beautiful, she thought, so blue and intense.

Steel adjusted his hips, not needing to use his hand to guide his really hard c**k to her pu**y where she was wet and totally ready to accept him. The blunt, thick tip of his shaft drifted lightly across her slit, teasing a little as it slid about an inch up and down. He never looked away from her as he slowly started to push into her welcoming depths.

Wrapping her arms around his neck and wrapping her legs around his waist, a loud moan tore from her as Steel entered her in one sure drive of his hips, her body stretching to accommodate all of him that drove in deeper until he was fully seated, his c**k there, filling her fully, making her feel stretched. He paused, his eyes closing.

“You’re so tight and hot.” His voice was soft, a little raspy, and sexy to Rena.

“You’re so damn hard and big.” She wrapped around him tighter. “I’ve never been more turned-on in my damn life, Steel. You make me feel so damn much.”

His eyes opened to half mast. “Tell me if I hurt you.”

It was the only warning she got before he withdrew almost totally out of her and then thrust into her. She cried out in pleasure at the sensation of the fast movement. Steel froze on her. She met his frown with a smile.

“It feels good. That’s not pain.”

The tension left his face. “You’re more vocal and responsive than a cyborg and I am afraid I am hurting you when you cry out.”

“You’re not hurting me unless you don’t move.” She bucked her hips. “Please, Steel.

I need you.”

He lowered his face, nuzzling the crook of her neck. He started to drive in and out of her in rapid thrusts. Steel was strong, his c**k thick and hard, delving deep, making Rena moan from the bliss the friction was creating. When he moved even faster, his knees bracing on the bed to hold her thighs wider apart to take a little more of him, pleasure and pain blurred together until she could just cling to him. The sexual tension built inside her until she screamed out his name as she cl**axed hard, ecstasy spreading throughout her entire body.

Steel groaned loudly as he let go of his control, coming deep in her body, a throbbing heartbeat in her womb with every burst of his release. He slowed his h*ps against her and the resulting warmth of him spilling into her made Rena smile, realizing how much he’d come too.

They were both breathing heavily when Steel relaxed on her in the aftermath. He kept his arms braced so he didn’t totally make breathing impossible from his much heavier weight but she was definitely pinned, knowing she couldn’t move him until he decided to adjust his body. She opened her eyes, realizing she’d closed them when she’d come. Her gaze met Steel’s.

“That was amazing.”

He actually smiled at her, his features relaxing, a sparkle showing in his striking eyes. “It was. The pleasure was very powerful and satisfying, Rena.”

Arching an eyebrow at him, her smile widened. “Is that cyborg talk for we blew each other’s minds? You sure blew mine.”

He had a sexy, deep chuckle. “I haven’t heard that Earth expression in a long time.

They still use it?”

She shrugged. “I was raised by older people. Of course they never used that term for this context.” She grinned. “I’ve never had an opportunity to use that saying for sex since I’ve never had a reason to.”

His smile faded. “What does that mean?”

“I wasn’t insulting you. Will you quit trying to put words in my mouth? It just means that I’ve never felt this way after sex.”

He stared at her, frowning.

“The sex wasn’t that great before, all right?”

He relaxed, smiling again. “Cyborgs do everything better than humans.” He winked at her.

She was surprised at his teasing but she grinned. “I’d have to agree.”

He shifted a little over her, lowering his body as he eased his c**k out of her vagina, and put his chest on her lower stomach. He shifted his arm, bracing his weight with his elbow, freeing his hand to brush her hair back from her cheek as their gazes remained locked together.

“I will tell you that I enjoy sex with you more than with a cyborg woman.”

That surprised Rena but she also was a little proud too. “Really?”

His smile faded somewhat. “We’re trained to hide our emotions and to keep a tight rein on our physical responses. During intercourse we relax some of that control, of course, but the training is always there. Your honest responses to my touch, your lack of restraint, inspires me to let go of some of mine.”

She put her hands on his chest, loving the feel of his solid, warm skin. His chest was massive, making her feel small and feminine under him. “Do you have to get married soon, Steel?” She refused to meet his eyes, instead letting her focus stay on his chest. “Is it some law that you have to be in a family unit?”

He took a deep breath. “No.”

She looked up, met his eyes. “You said we’d be here for a few days while you get repairs done on your ship and that other one. I’m guessing this station you want to drop me off at isn’t real close either?”

He frowned. “It’s a few days from here.”

The frown isn’t encouraging but hell, I’d started this conversation so I may as well finish it. The worst he can say is no, Rena thought. She took a deep breath. “I don’t want to sleep on the floor when I’d much rather sleep with you until you let me go. I know I don’t have to be with you this way for you to protect me but I want to be.”

She waited for him to say anything, show some emotion but she kept forgetting he wasn’t a typical man. Steel masked his features, even his eyes not showing a hint of his thoughts. She waited for him to say something, anything, but when he didn’t, she forged on.

“I know it can’t go anywhere since I’m human, but when we’re alone can’t we just…I don’t know, sleep together? I’m really attracted to you and I want to be with you.”

His only response was to blink.

Rena looked away from him, turning her head, her hands dropping from his chest.