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    don’t know.”
    “I don’t want this.”
    “I don’t have money to repay you. I owe you for saving my life.”
    “Then let me go. You’re in command of the Jenny and my droids. You’re a tank on
    legs and I know fighting you would be flat-out stupid. I’m willing to believe that you’re
    going to let me go when we find your friends and that you’ll turn everything back to
    my control. You can fix stuff and that’s payment enough, okay?”
    Coal still hesitated. “I want to fix you as well. I know women’s bodies and while
    you’re not a cyborg female, I feel confident that I’m capable of giving you pleasure. The
    least I can do is right the wrong done to you by a male.”
    She knew that he was completely serious and meant what he said. He thought
    touching her would fix what her ex-husband had done. The truth showed clearly in his
    slightly confused expression. She twisted hard, trying again to break free. Regardless of
    his motives, she didn’t want to have sex.
    “I’ll make a deal with you.”
    Jill stopped struggling. “What kind of deal?”
    “Let me pleasure you at least and if you don’t enjoy what I do then I will stop.”
    “I don’t want you to touch me.”
    “I’m going to but I am willing to negotiate the terms by offering a reasonable
    solution with a deal.”
    “What if I say no?”
    “You’ll continue to fight me and make it more difficult for me to fix you.”
    “And if I agree and don’t like what you do to me?”
    “I’ll stop.”
    “Okay, stop. I’m not enjoying this.”
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    “I haven’t begun yet.” His dark gaze flashed his annoyance.
    Jill glared at him. He continued to frown at her, unmoving, until her legs began to
    hurt from his hold on her ankles.
    “This isn’t real comfortable.”
    He eased her ass back down onto the bed and released her ankles. She pulled her
    legs down, trying to cover her exposed lower region but Coal used it to his advantage,
    tearing her panties and pants the rest of the way down her legs. He tossed them behind
    him. Jill gasped and put her heels against her bottom, her knees drawn up, and locked
    together to cover her sex while she glared at him over the top of them.
    “Spread your thighs for me.”
    “No.”
    “Give me five minutes of access to your body and if you want me to stop after that
    time, I will. That’s fair.”
    “Fair would be you untying me and handing me a weapon to even out the odds
    between us.”
    The grin that flashed on his features changed his entire look from intimidating to
    kind of cute in Jill’s opinion. She tried not to notice. The guy knelt on the end of her bed,
    watching her.
    “That isn’t going to happen.” He looked smug.
    “Neither is you touching me.”
    “It is.”
    “No.”
    Coal’s grin faded. “I swear not to enter you if you give me five minutes of not
    fighting and doing as I ask. What do you have to lose?”
    “I―”
    He cut her off. “You have everything to gain if you agree. I will release you if you
    want me to stop after five minutes. I’ll free you from the bed and allow you to roam
    your quarters after I search through it to make sure there are no hidden weapons for
    you to use against me.”
    “That’s not fair.”
    “Life isn’t fair. You’re an adult female. This shouldn’t be a new fact for you to
    learn.” He arched a dark eyebrow. “Decide.”
    “That’s blackmail. What are you going to do if I don’t agree?”
    “I will keep you tied on the bed and keep trying to get you to agree to allow me to
    touch you until you realize pleasure is possible.”
    “I really don’t like you,” she admitted.
    “I believe I could make you change your mind about that.”
    “Has anyone ever called you a bastard before?”
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    “Since I don’t have a mother and wasn’t given birth to―no.”
    “Here’s a first for you then. You’re a total bastard.”
    He had the nerve to chuckle. “Do you agree?”
    Jill wanted to