Page 9 of The Genius
I kept my face passive, waiting for an answer.
“No. I’m not married.”
“You’re not?”
Marco looked like he just remembered something. “Wait, what I meant to say is that Gennie will soon be my ex-wife.”
He was a bad liar and rubbed his nose before muttering, “Anyway, I don’t want to discuss her.”
“Understood.”
Understood? Really? With that kind of robotic answer it was no wonder he didn’t think I was human.
“Good, then why don’t we focus on some more pleasurable things?” Marco took my hand and the craziest thought entered my head.I could have sex with Marco, right here and right now.
This might be my only chance.
It would just be an experiment.
No one would find out.
I rubbed my temple to clear my head from the craziness, but it didn’t help.
I wasn’t interested in a relationship with a man, but I was curious about sex, and the only man I’d ever felt physically attracted to was standing right here in front of me asking me to have sex with him.
With a racing heart I ignored all the alerts in my head.
Sure, this wasn’t how I’d imagined making love to Marco in my teenage fantasies, but in a way pretending to be a sex-bot had advantages, and my brain ran a quick analysis.
1: We could keep all emotions out of the sex and avoid any awkward conversations about the past.
2: This would be excellent research in terms of my natural woman sex-bot idea.
3: Marco would never have to know my real identity.
4: He came here for sex, and I would give him what he wanted as well as fulfilling one of my own desires. It would be a win-win situation and no one would get hurt.
After justifying it to myself, my decision was made. Smiling at him, I said, “We’re sorry about Mindy’s meltdown. On behalf of the management I’m here to offer you an upgrade.”
Marco gave me a quizzical smile. “Upgrade?” The way his eyes roamed down my body made me aware that I did not have the impossible measurements of a sex-bot.
“My name is Natura and I’m the next generation of sex-bots,” I lied. Natura was a very common name in the Motherlands and one that I had jotted down on my notes weeks ago.
“Pretty name,” Marco said and with a playful smile he walked over to the bed and stripped back out if his clothes before he threw himself on top of the blue sheets. “I’m intrigued,” he said and lifted himself to his elbows to study me.
Move seductively toward him, I ordered myself but my brain was currently busy just breathing and keeping that stupid smile plastered on my face. This was incredibly awkward.
“Tell me about your upgrades. What’s so special about you?” With a curious smile, he waved me closer.
I licked my lips and finally managed to walk slowly toward the bed. My impression of a sexy swagger became a clumsy hand on my hip and some stiff steps that would hardly impress any man.
“I’m… I’m the closest thing to a real female that has ever been created. For now I’m just a prototype and the testing of my functions wasn’t supposed to happen yet, but with Mindy’s breaking down, management decided to let you test me.”
“Lucky me.” Marco reached out to me. “Come here, I want to touch you.”
My heart was thumping full speed and my smile was a grimace when I stopped by the bed and took his outstretched hand.
“Sit,” he ordered and I quickly complied.
