Alien Proliferation

and finally we could take our time and let it be a real kiss.

 
    CHAPTER 68
     
    “B OY, WE LEAVE TO TAKE CARE of things, and everyone’s making out.” Tim sounded like he was laughing.
    “Well, hard to call it everyone.” Reader was definitely laughing. “I mean, you and I are not making out, because our mates are elsewhere.”
    “Jeff and Kitty always make out,” Jerry said.
    “I see Christopher bagged the latest hottie,” Michael said with a sigh.
    “How do you boys think I feel? I’ve had to watch them far longer.” White cleared his throat. “Ah, Jeffrey? I need to speak with my partner for a moment.”
    Jeff ended our kiss slowly and with clear reluctance. “How did this happen?” He set me down gently. “How did my wife end up turning my uncle into a field operative and her partner?”
    “I’m just good that way. What’s up, Mister White?”
    “Oh, I just wanted to discuss a number of possibilities with you, that’s all.” He looked around. Christopher and Amy were still kissing, quite passionately.
    “If they start to go for it, we all leave the room.”
    “Ah, not exactly where I was heading, Missus Martini, but I appreciate your version of discretion.”
    “Any time. By the way, are we sure you guys found all the bombs?”
    “Well, Gaultier’s dead and we’re not blown up, so we’re betting on us.” Kevin grinned. “I have to admit, it’s never dull working with Centaurion.”
    Tito gave me the hairy eyeball. “When was the last time you fed your daughter?”
    “Geez. Sheila had a freaking electric milking machine. I pumped out a dairy’s worth, Mom said they had plenty left.” My breasts indicated they didn’t care.
    “Uh-huh. Mister White, can we either have the discussions back at Dulce or have Missus Katt bring the baby here?” Tito was back to full Doctor From Hell mode.
    “Oh, this won’t take too long.” White took my hand and led us out of the ballroom. “I just want to show you the Embassy. I don’t believe that in all this time you’ve ever been here.”
    “No, though Jeff and Christopher have told me about it. They liked it here.”
    “I know. There are actually seven floors, and as you may have noted, it covers a full city block.”
    “Yeah, it’s impressive.” I hadn’t noted, of course. I had an eye for certain details, but not the ones that everyone else seemed to.
    “The basement is, of course, for storage and the main gate. The ground floor is where business is normally conducted, main parlor, diplomatic offices, group kitchen and dining area.”
    “Uh-huh.” I had no idea why he was telling me this. We were at an elevator. Got in, he hit the button for the seventh floor.
    “I’ll mention that the alarms do not go off if you stop the elevators midway. Also, the Embassy has more than one set, on opposite sides of the building.”
    “Classy, and thanks for the tip. Richard, why are we taking a tour?”
    The doors opened, and he led me out. “We normally have up to six diplomatic families living here at any given time. Needless to say, those families need their own privacy. The top three floors are divided in half—one half each is given to a diplomatic couple or family.”
    “Check.”
    He walked us through this particular half. It was huge—easily bigger than my parents’ house. Nothing compared to Martini Manor, in that sense, unless you realized there were five other set-ups just like this one. Huge master bedroom with all the niceties, including a tub for six and a shower for twelve in a bathroom bigger than the Lair. Wondered if they’d used the same architect as the Mandalay Bay but decided now wasn’t the time to ask.
    “The soundproofing is excellent.”
    “Good to know. They have the A-C Elves here, too?”
    “Of course.” He cocked his head. “Jeffrey still hasn’t told you how that’s done?”
    “Nope. You want to tell me?”
    Apparently I sounded too eager. “Sadly, no. I’ll leave it to him.”
    “But you’re my partner now. Partners are supposed to share those key secrets.”
    “In a sense.” Several other bedrooms, living room, library, what I thought was a den, family kitchen and dining room, playroom, some other rooms whose purpose was unclear. You could house a family of eight here with no issues at all. “I’d like to mention that as Mister Reynolds and your mother have pointed out, our diplomats function at least as much as lobbyists. It would be beneficial, I believe, to have some diplomats