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R eem fluttered her wings as she finalized the documents for the colony expansion.

“Comptroller, you have a visitor.” Her assistant and other Terran, Lina, smiled.

The crying sounds of the infant made Reem smile. “You lasted three hours. I am very proud of you.”

Wenvari carried his daughter in and handed her to Reem. “I don’t know if you are talking about me or her.”

Reem unbuttoned her shirt. “Yes.”

He snorted, and his expression softened. “Pale blue. I love watching pale blue.”

She sat in the very comfortable chair he had provided her.

“Did you get the expansion organized?”

“Yes. Crews start the new living and commercial areas later this week.”

“You know, you were the best decision I ever made, and I am very happy that your cycle is predictable, or this little one wouldn’t be here. You work too much.”

“Whose fault is that?” She looked at him with raised brows.

“Perhaps I should schedule you a vacation or drop your in-office time to twice a week.” He stroked their daughter’s head.

She laughed. “I can work from home with monthly in-person meetings. I would like actually to see the world I live on.”

He smiled. “Then it is settled.”

“Lina, are you ready to enact Operation Family First?”

“Yes, ma’am. I am ready to take queries here and answer the simple stuff while controlling your virtual visits.”

“Excellent. I am out of here as soon as Wenya is done with lunch.”

“Good. You work too hard.”

It took twenty minutes for her daughter to finish her meal. A burp and diaper change and the family was ready to travel.

Reem put Wenya in the secure carrier and looked at Wenvari. “Well, you are my ride.”

He grinned. “Promise?”

She laughed at his hopeful expression. He was actually good with details; he just didn’t like people who weren’t her.

They had designed a new community, and it was being filled with new couples who were looking to start families, blended Wenavik and Terran.

They were being given a community that would support their new unions.

She leaned against him as he lifted her and their daughter and kept her stained-glass, kaleidoscope wings folded tightly against her.

She used them mainly to entertain her daughter, and in a secondary usage, she freaked out those who raised their voices in her office.

They were a combination of butterfly and dragonfly wings and made a hard flicking sound when she opened them.

She wasn’t used to them yet and could barely get herself aloft, so she was content to use them to freak out the unwary or flirt with Wenvari.

He couldn’t resist when she showed all her colours. He loved to look at her, after all.