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fun feast, considering I’m plump. I’m pretty certain
I’d be on the wrong side of the table when it came time to pass out forks.” Her
gaze shifted to his chest. “Are you done? I’d like to put my shirt back on.”
    He had no logical reason to stop her but he shook his head
anyway. “I ordered the captain to bring you a change of clothing. Yours are
damaged.”
    “Do you want to back off then? If you get any closer, you’re
going to be on top of me.”
    An image flashed through his mind of doing exactly that and
his cock twitched and his balls tightened until he suffered a dull ache. He
softly cursed at such a strong reaction.
    “What’s wrong?”
    The innocent expression on her face attracted him even more.
For some reason she trusted him. It didn’t make sense. As a female, she should
be aware that no male could be honorable with half of her clothing removed.
    “Are you stuck? Did your knees go to sleep? The floor is
pretty unforgiving. I slammed mine into it when I collapsed in the hallway and
it really hurt. If you hadn’t picked me up I doubt I could have stood on my own
immediately.”
    He backed up a little while his gaze traveled to her pants.
“Let me check you for damage.”
    Her hands reached for her waist but instead of unfastening
her pants, she gripped them tightly. “That’s okay. I’m sure they’re fine.”
    “Untreated wounds can cause infection.” He dropped the cloth
and easily pushed her hands out of the way. “Relax and don’t fight me.”
    “I really don’t think I’m hurt.” She tried to swat his hands
away but he ignored her feeble attempt, her weakened condition still present.
    Zorus jerked her pants open and tugged them down. She
couldn’t put up much of a fight with her sluggish responses. He easily slid
them down to her ankles and jerked off her boots to totally remove the pants.
He also removed her socks. His gaze lingered on the small scrap of red panties
hiding her sex.
    “That’s not my knees.” Her hands cupped between her thighs,
covering the silky material. “Do you need to upgrade a program covering human
anatomy?”
    “There’s nothing wrong with my memory. Cyborg and human
anatomy is the same.” He tried not to ogle her breasts as they strained the
black, skimpy material but the incredibly tempting curve of her creamy flesh
pressing outward from the tight, small article of clothing, called to him. He
barely remembered that he needed to examine her knees, but as his attention
lowered down her stomach to her pale thighs, her knees were the last thing he
wanted to study. “I’m going to scan you for injury.”
    He placed his palms at the top of her thighs. They were as
soft and supple as they appeared, perhaps even more so, and he traced them down
to her knees. A slight redness marked them.
    “You may have some bruising. Bend them up.”
    Charlie tried to remember to breathe. The cyborg’s hands
were warm and gentle, more of a caress than a touch. If he were human she’d
swear he did it on purpose but he’d been real clear that he held no interest in
her as a woman.
    “What do you want me to do?”
    He frowned at her and his brown eyes seemed darker than
normal. “Bend your knees up. Tell me if it hurts.”
    She ordered her racing heart to slow. He just wanted to make
sure she hadn’t broken anything. It’s no big deal . He’s acting
similar to a medic, probably training he has been given, and I’m the only one
taking this as anything sexual. She repeated that twice inside her head
before she followed his instructions to draw her legs upward and pulled her
heels closer to her ass.
    “No pain but I think you’re right.”
    “About what?” His attention seemed riveted on her thighs
again.
    “The bruising. They feel a little tender.”
    He made a soft noise.
    “What was that?”
    He lifted his gaze to her and his expression seemed really
tense. “Are you curious?”
    “About what? If I’m bruised?”
    He distinctively growled and anger