Felinia 6, within the Noir Familes' ancestral home, a curse from Umeko was heard, "What the fuck is this?"
Umeko had just finished reading the Xer-verse post about the Noir Family members' failed job at Alpha Entertainment.
"I just received a call from Koki, who showed me this Xer-verse post before enacting her job guarantee clause. I was forced to refund her double," Ichiro stated with an ugly expression from the holographic screen above Umeko's desk next to the one featuring the Xer-verse post.
"This guy is hurting our reputation so much right now, not to mention he's costing us so many credits. Why did you ever accept a job from him?" Umeko asked as she massaged her head.
"How was I supposed to know some unknown would be so troublesome for us?" Ichiro replied before asking, "What do we do?"
"Nothing. My original orders still stand; we are to refuse any jobs on him until we acquire more information about him and his ship," Umeko replied before asking, "What news on Sakaru?"
"I rerouted the team back to Felinia Seven and they should be arriving there soon," Ichiro replied.
"Good, keep me informed."
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"Handsome3horns is really looking for a ban, isn't he?" Rowena remarked after reading the Xer-verse post.
"Well, to be fair, it was bound to get posted, wasn't it?" Aphrodite replied with a smirk.
"We're lucky he didn't mention anything about you selling the information to Koki," Lorelie said to Rowena.
"That's true," Rowena replied before looking at Adam with her signature smile, before saying, "But I'm assuming your boyfriend has the ability to stop that from being posted."
"What makes you think that?" Adam asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, considering there have not been any posts of you using the planetary annihilation beam against Drot's ship posted on Xer-vrse, I'm assuming your AI has some way to stop them from being posted," Rowena replied with a knowing smile.
"Is something like that even possible?" Eri asked in shock.
"I have no idea," Aphrodite replied while staring at Adam with even greater desire in her eyes.
"If anyone can do it, my boyfriend can," Lorelie said confidently.
"I appreciate the vote of confidence, babe," Adam said with a smile to Lorelie before turning to Rowena and saying, "I'm impressed you figured it out."
"It's true," Eri said in surprise.
"Mmmm, impressive men are the best," Aphrodite said as she bit her lip seductively.
"Told you," Rowena added proudly as she puffed out her ample chest.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out, considering what we have seen your ship's AI do in the past," Rowena replied smugly, just as the elevator doors opened for the ground floor and as she started to walk out, added, "Besides, with age comes wisdom."
Adam nodded before following Rowena out of the elevator. As his eyes couldn't help but move to her amazing ass, he thought.
{Spector, can you stop anyone from mentioning that we sold the information to Koki?}
[[Affirmative.]]
"It's done," Adam said as he pulled his eyes away from Rowena's ass to find that she was smirking at him over her shoulder.
"Thank you," Rowena replied before looking away.
The group walked through Alpha Entertainment's lobby and although several of the workers greeted the divas, they quickly moved away to continue their work, so it didn't take them long to leave the building and arrive outside, where they found the hoverlimo waiting for them with Adam's hoverbike parked next to it.
"Are we taking the hoverbike?" Rowena asked with interest.
"If that's fine with you?" Adam replied.
"No problem," Rowena replied before moving over to the hoverbike, where she swung her leg over in a way that emphasised her ass before sitting in the driver's seat as her wings retraced back into her back while looking back at Adam and saying, "As long as I can drive."
"Damn, I should have asked to drive last time," Lorelie stated as she realised her mistake.
"I just want him to take me for a ride," Aphrodite remarked with a naughty smile.
Eri didn't know how to reply to the diva's comments and so just admired the hoverbike.
"Do you mind taking the bag back to the hotel?" Adam turned to Lorelie and asked.
"You don't want to take the stuff back to the ship?" Lorelie asked in surprise.
"I can, but don't you want to play with the toys later?" Adam whispered into Lorelie's ear as he leaned in close.
Lorelie's eyes widened in surprise as she understood Adams' meaning before quickly taking the bag and nodding as she said, "No problem."
"Good girl," Adam whispered while giving her ass a quick grope, making her bite her lip.
"Fuck, I'm jealous," Aphrodite remarked as she watched the two's actions with jealous eyes, causing Lorelie to show her a smug smile.
"Hey, lover boy, let's go already," Rowena called.
"Sure," Adam replied before giving Lorelie a quick kiss and saying, "Cya later."
"Sure," Lorelie replied happily.
Adam swung himself onto the hoverbike behind Rowena before grabbing the handles that were situated behind the seat.
"Why aren't you holding on?" Rowena asked curiously as she looked at him over her shoulder.
"I am, I'm holding onto the handles behind the seat," Adam replied.
"I mean, why aren't you holding on to me?" Rowena replied with her signature smirk.
"Because that wouldn't be appropriate. We may joke around, but at the end of the day, I'm not going to take advantage of you," Adam replied.
"How polite of you, but do you realise the opportunity you're passing up?" Rowena asked before continuing, "Do you know how many men out there would like their dick to be as close to my ass as yours is now, not to mention having the chance to wrap their arms around me?"
"An uncountable number, I'm sure," Adam replied.
"Exactly. Now stop being a pussy and grab hold of me," Rowena replied before looking away from him and giving a small smile that no one else saw.
Adam looked over at Lorelie, who smiled and nodded at him while Aphrodite winked and gave him a thumbs-up.
Adam smiled at their responses before wrapping his arms around Rowena's waist.
"Much better," Rowena replied as she started the hoverbike up and turned to the others and said, "See you later," after which she gunned the accelerator, causing the hoverbike to shoot away down the road.
The other three watched them go before Aphrodite suddenly asked, "Do you wanna take bets on if they will fuck?"
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"Do you know the way?" Adam asked as he spoke into Rowena's ear.
Rowena smiled as she felt his breath against her ear before she replied, "It's on the bike's mapping function."
They rode in silence for a couple of minutes before Rowena asked, "What do you need to pick up from the ship?"
"I needed to grab two more form bracelets for you and Stacey since you both decided to give the last one to Tephe. Also, I wanted to pick up some ice cream for Tephe for after she wakes up," Adam replied.
"Haha, as a reward for her help before or an attempt to make her forget about the reward she asked for?" Rowena asked with a chuckle.
"Both," Adam admitted.
"You're so against kissing her?" Rowena asked curiously.
"Yes and no," Adam replied before thinking for a moment and then explaining, "She's a very attractive woman and she's also very beautiful when she's in her dragon form. However, she is also very innocent and naive. If I did kiss her, I'm worried I would feel like I'm taking advantage of her."
"Taking advantage of her? She asked for the kiss as a reward," Rowena replied before adding, "Also, she might be naive, but don't forget that she's far older than you."
"I sometimes forget that," Adam admitted.
"I can understand that. She is a lot more innocent than she used to be. The her from the other timeline must have had a really sheltered upbringing."
"She did. Apparently, because of her white dragon prophecy, she never got the chance to leave her home planet except on rare and special occasions."
"How did she meet up with you then?"
"She entered my stream and upon hearing about the recent Terran celebration, she decided to run away from home to attend. She then came aboard my ship with you and Lorelie when Stacey and I visited Terran Five."
"I see."
"How did it happen in this timeline?" Adam asked curiously.
"Pretty much the same, except that apparently Tephe was forced to attend the ceremony by her mother, even though she didn't want to. She then took the opportunity to leave early by going aboard your ship since it looked more fun."
"This whole time travel thing is a headache," Adam remarked.
"Agreed, let's hope we don't have to go through it again."
"Oh, you did not just say that," Adam remarked.
"What?" Rowena asked in confusion.
"You know you just planted a flag for us by saying that, right?"