Mission: Planet Biter (Veslor Mates #4)(28)

Roth released her hips and grabbed both of her wrists. His hands were as strong as steel bands as he forced her arms away from him, and he pressed his chest against her face until she lost her balance, falling back on the bed, forcing her to release his nipple.

She opened her eyes to find him leaning over her.

“No, Vera. No!”

He looked and sounded angry. “You don’t want me?” She hated that her eyes started to tear up, but she couldn’t help it.

Roth suddenly leaned closer, his body wedged tightly between her thighs, pushing them farther apart to make room for his hips. She felt something hard press against her sex.

His golden eyes narrowed. “You are still drugged, Vera. You are not thinking rationally. You would regret this.”

“No, I won’t. I want you. You’re mine. I’m keeping you.”

He closed his eyes and turned his head, taking deep breathes. Then he lifted his upper body a few inches away from her. Her gaze ran down his chest, lower to his stomach, and she saw a thick bulge tenting the front of the scrubs he wore. His hold on her wrists eased enough that she was able to jerk them free.

She immediately reached for his shoulders to pull him closer.

Roth’s eyes snapped open the second she touched him. He grabbed her wrists again and pinned them on the bed. “No, Vera.” Then he jerked his hips away from her before releasing her hands. He slowly backed away from the bed.

She sat up, staring at the front of his pants. There was no missing the outline of that bulge. He had a human-looking cock. A big one, from the shape and size of it.

He spun and quickly fled toward the bathroom. “Stay in bed,” he ordered. “Give me a minute to recover.”

She felt tears spill over her eyelashes and down her cheeks. Roth didn’t close the bathroom door, but he stepped out of her sight. She looked down her body. The hospital gown had ridden up, exposing her lower half. She felt embarrassed—and worse, like a huge idiot.

Roth had been super kind to her, and she’d just thrown herself at him. He was a muscled alien fighter. She was a scrawny drone operator. Plus, she’d acted insane on the drugs and he’d seen her at her worst.

And she’d repaid him for all he’d done by hitting on him.

Vera tugged the gown down to cover her lap and squeezed her thighs together, before hugging her chest to hide the fact that her nipples were poking at the thin material covering them. Water came on in the bathroom, probably the sink. She wondered if he regretted ever meeting her.

The water turned off in the other room. She tucked her chin to her chest and refused to look at Roth, despite hearing him come closer.

“Are you better, Vera?”

“I’m so sorry.”

He moved behind her and gently patted her back. “None of this is your fault. The drugs are still in your system. Try to get some rest. I’m right here.”

The door to her room creaked open. “I brought you food, Mr. Roth.”

He stopped patting her back and Vera lay on her side, scrambling to cover her body with a blanket. She dared to glance over just as Roth took a large tray from the nurse, before she departed. He walked over to a counter along the far wall to put it down.

“Would you like some of this food, Vera?” His tone sounded somber. “They sent me three plates.”

“No. I’m going to rest. You’re right. I should get some sleep.”

“I’ll be here with you. I won’t leave.”

That just made her feel worse. Even after she’d thrown herself at him, Roth was staying. Taking care of her. She’d be very uncomfortable if some guy she wasn’t attracted to had physically hit on her, the way she’d just done to him. Roth was clearly too nice to abandon her. She wiped at her tears, feeling miserable.

Roth ate. She could hear him since the room was so quiet. When he was finished, he came back over and gently rubbed her back again.

“Vera, you are in distress. Please don’t be.”

She wanted to open her eyes and look at him, but she couldn’t. It would made her sob if she saw pity on his features. “I’m sorry for what I did. You’ve been so great to me.”

“You’re still suffering instability from the drug. None of that is your fault. I should have put a shirt back on after my shower. I’m aware that nudity to humans seems to translate into sex. My bared chest confused you. There is nothing to be distressed about. I am your friend.”

Ouch. She managed not to flinch away from his big hand rubbing her back. She didn’t want to be his friend. Roth was a keeper. Why couldn’t he be one of the aliens who mistakes a smile for a marriage proposal? She really had heard about that happening on some space station. That story had stuck with her. It’s why she always avoided even glancing at aliens when she happened to visit a station. Not that she’d been on many stations.

Roth wasn’t one of those aliens looking for a wife, though. Even if he was, she wouldn’t be his type.

The door creaked again. “It’s time for another blood draw. Miss Wade, I need you to lie flat on your back so the bed can do that.”

Roth pulled his hand away from her. She kept her eyes closed and rolled from her side onto her back, straightening her body. In seconds, something jabbed her ass. She gritted her teeth but didn’t protest.

“Thank you. Doctor Kane will do rounds in about an hour. She’ll give you an update on your condition. Is there anything else either of you need?”