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hat do you want to do today after your morning
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job?” He kissed her shoulder as they still lounged
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“Hm. I was thinking of going to Seattle later. There’s a ware-
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house where I get some of my supplies. This is all quite boring
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to you, I’m sure, but I need some new dishes for my small plates
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menu.”
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“That doesn’t sound boring. Why don’t we have lunch over
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there too? I need to buy a birthday present for Ezra so maybe
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we can do that too.”
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“All right. That sounds like fun.”
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“I have a few other ideas. You know, for before you leave
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“Yeah?”
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“Oh. Yes.”
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He bent to lick across her nipples. Back and forth as she
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seemed to warm and melt against him. This was perfect. The
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time neither of them had to worry about what they did or how
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they did it.
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She wrapped her legs around him and held him to her as she
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arched into his mouth. Her nails dug into his shoulders and he
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knew she’d leave marks. He hoped so. He loved it when she left
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marks.
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“I don’t want to wait,” she murmured as he kissed down her
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ribs. “I want you in me.”
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He warred with his desire to taste her, to drive her up with
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his mouth, and to comply with her request, sliding deep into her
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body. It wasn’t as if either plan had any drawbacks.
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He groaned as she slid her hands up his sides, scoring her nails
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over his ribs, sending shivers through him. “Now.” Demanding.
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She reached down, grabbing his cock. “In me.”
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“Once you scratch the surface you’re a horny, demanding,
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cock- hungry woman.”
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She laughed. “Don’t tell anyone. You’ll blow my cover.”
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He fumbled until he got suited up and lined his cock at her
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gate, pressing in so slow, beads of sweat popped out on his fore-
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head. He had to rein it in before he thrust. He wanted to take
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it slow. Wanted to tease.
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“You’re like the best all- you- can- eat buffet ever. I want to
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gorge and gorge. So I have to make myself taste slowly. Here.”
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He kissed her mouth and she sighed into his. “And here.” He
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her neck, offering herself to him, and he didn’t try to stop. He
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tasted the softness of her skin. The salt of her warmth. Her
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scent was strong at the hollow of her throat and he breathed
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deep. Wanting to hold her there inside himself.
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She was physically small, but against him she was strong.
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Vibrant. Her muscles fl exed as she moved to meet his thrusts. He
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kissed over her freckles. Across her cheeks, over her shoulder.
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Outside it had begun to rain and the sound seemed to make
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music in between the gasps and groans. There were no words
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just then. Just sensation and the sound of the rain on the roof.
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Her hands landed on his ass as she dug her fi ngers in, hold-
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ing on. She hitched her thighs higher and he shifted, grabbing
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her thighs and sliding his hands back to her knees.
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Her eyes rolled up as she groaned as his fi ngertips stroked the
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skin at the back of her knee. She was fl exible enough that once
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where his fi ngers were.
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She moaned rather loudly and his cock throbbed in response.
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He grabbed her hand, moving it to her pussy. She kept his
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gaze as she slowly began to circle her clit with her middle fi nger.
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She tightened around him. Each time he thrust deep, she
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squeezed. He wanted more. Wanted this to never ever end. But
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it would. Sooner rather than later. He began to hurtle down that
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one- way street. Climax dug into his fl esh, into his heart and
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body with sharp claws.
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He knew she wasn’t far either. Her cunt superheated, slicked
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and she cried out, clamping down around his cock until he
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nearly saw stars.
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With a gust of breath, her name a tortured sound on his lips,
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he joined her, thrusting until he had to fall to the side, her legs 05
still tangled with his body.
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“I think I might last until after lunch now.”
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She laughed, sliding her fi ngers through his hair.
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“Hey, you fi nally fi xed this back door. It’s about time.” Daisy
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strolled in and tossed herself onto Mary’s couch.
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“Why, good evening to you too.”
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“I’m hungry. Take pity on me.”
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Mary rolled her eyes. “Don’t you have a boyfriend? Also I
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just brought you a huge bag of food yesterday.”
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Daisy laughed. “I know and it was all very good. But said
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boyfriend took a lot of it to work for his lunch. He gave me a
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very sad story about how nowhere in town makes food as good
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as yours and how it helps him get through the afternoon. He
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even gave me the eyes and then he made me come and I forgot
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why I should even say no. He’s got a magic penis. I’m powerless
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against it.”
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Mary choked out a laugh and couldn’t stop. Soon she had to
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sit down next to Daisy, who’d begun laughing along with her.
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This went on for some time until she could fi nally breathe again.
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“Wonder if there’s a twelve- step for that. My name is Daisy
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Huerta and I’m a Levi- holic. Hi, Daisy.”
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wich or some soup. But you live right here and you have deli-
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cious food and I haven’t seen you in a few days, so really, look
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at all those birds I killed with that one stone. Also, ew, I don’t
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like that saying. I don’t want to throw rocks at birds. See what
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being hungry does to me?”
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“Good lord, you’re a mess.” She kissed Daisy’s cheek and
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stood. “Yes, my door is fi xed. Damien fi xed it and the window
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too. I’ve got
carnitas
. Want some with rice and beans?”
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“I’m sure that was a rhetorical question as the answer would
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never be anything but yes.”
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As much as she teased, she did love it when her friends and
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family showed up wanting to be fed. It was her way of taking
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care of them. Their way of letting her do it.
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“There’s tea, juice, beer, milk. There might be more; you’ll
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have to check the fridge.”
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She got to work putting together a plate.
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“Have you eaten yet?”
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“I ate earlier. I just got home from a job about twenty min-
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utes ago.”
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“When did Damien go back to Oregon?” Daisy poured them
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both a glass of red wine and she clinked her glass to Mary’s
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once she handed it over. “Cheers.”
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“He left this morning.” It had been a good visit. She’d learned
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a lot about him. He’d listened to her stories, asked questions.
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Helped her when she’d needed it and backed off when she didn’t.
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“When do you see him again?”
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“He wants me to come down to visit him there. He said he
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wanted me to cater an event so if he hired me, I could spare the
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Daisy laughed. “Well, certainly that job would be way more
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fun than most. I’m just guessing, by the way, that you aren’t
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nailing all your other clients after you make them dinner.”
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“I’ll never tell.” She slid the plate into the oven to heat. “Be
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ready in a few.”
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“So . . . how are things? I mean, this is more than a fl ing,
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obviously. He totally digs you. That much is clear for anyone
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with eyes. He also did repair work, hello. That’s a true sign.”
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She sighed and took a gulp of her wine. She told Daisy about
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the conversation she and Damien had had. About how he wanted
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to move things into relationship territory but that she was con-
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you. I certainly knew from what I’d seen online that he had a
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reputation. But I’ve gotten to know him a little and I gotta say,
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like that he fi xed your broken stuff. I don’t like that he lives in 20
another state. What would I do without you if you moved? But
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that’s selfi sh. I know I’ve spent more time with Levi lately and
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less with you. I miss you a lot. But I want you to be happy. I want 23
you to fi nd something real, and if that means you live four hours
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away, that means I’ll drive down to see you all the time.”
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don’t. I hate his lifestyle. Not all of it of course. He’s close with 27
his family. He works hard. He values the same things I do. But,
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you know I look at Gillian and all the stuff she has to deal with,
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I don’t want that. I don’t want to hear from women who fucked
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him before me. I’m not cut out for that stuff. I’m not thick-
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skinned enough for that.”
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“So end it.”
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“He brought me salt. As a present. Flower of Bali and Fleur
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de Sel.” That had sent her reeling.
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“This is a good thing?”
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“Yes. Don’t you see? He didn’t buy me diamonds. He bought
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