He contemplates her offer.

"The other ****?" He questioned. "She has a reserved seat in the galley today when I'm done. Jessica is more valuable to us at market so we have assigned her lighter duties and would be less missed by the ship."

He could tell this disappointed Aurélie and he thought about it again. "I tell you what." He said pausing. "She's scheduled for processing for the next three hours. I'll delay her processing and you can spend the next two hours with her and then afterwards I'll send her to the galley and you can then retain Jessica's services the remainder of the voyage."

He noted her reaction and continued. "It's honestly the best I could do unless you can offer more 'payment'. " he said as he leaned his head to let Aurélie know he was trying to get a glimpse of her new nipple ring and tattoo through her shirt.