Page 358 of The Life of Anna-Tenth Anniversary Edition: Act 1

Her cheeks turned pink. “When we were in the shower... in Germany... when I was... um, doing what you’re doing to me... you seemed to like it. A lot.”

It was the conversation opening Alex had been looking for, but he hesitated to pursue it. Especially with his finger up her ass. He slowly removed it, and she whimpered. “I have in the past...”

“Do you . . . prefer men?”

He gave her a gentle smile. “No. I like women quite a lot. I love you.” He brushed her hair away from her face. “Does that bother you?”

She shook her head. “No.” She searched his face. “When was the last time you were with a man?”

“Aside from during a ritual, it was before I started dating Kirsty.” He and Aaron had shared Kirsty a few times, but hadn’t done anything with each other. Kirsty wouldn’t have allowed the attention being taken away from her.

“Do I know him?”

His gaze flickered to hers and he slowly nodded. “Aaron.”

Anna’s eyes got very wide. “Aaron? I didn’t think—‍” She was quiet for a long minute. “I had no idea.”

“It’s not like we advertised it, Schatzi. And we weren’t dating. It was just sex. Even as open as the city is, I don’t go around bragging about fucking guys. Besides, there are only a handful of guys that I’ve ever been attracted to.”

“Really?” Her brows twitched.

He nodded.

“You don’t regret marrying me?”

“Anna, why would I regret marrying you? I love you. Yes, I care deeply for Aaron. He’s my best friend. But I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

She snuggled close to him. “I’m glad.” She slid her hand down to his hip. “I liked what we did in the shower.”

“Did you? I enjoyed it too.” He slid his hand to her buttocks and caressed them. His cock stirred again and Anna giggled.

She reached between them and stroked his hardening cock. “You have very impressive stamina.”

He rolled onto his back and pulled her onto his chest. “It’s all you, Schatzi. I don’t recall being this active since I was a teenager.”

She giggled again and sat up, bringing his cock up and stroking him. “I like it.”

Watching her hands on him made him even harder. He rolled her over onto her back and buried his cock deep inside her. “Me too.”

The next morning, Anna called Jenna and invited her and Matt over for dinner. Jenna wanted to go but said that Matt was upset about Anna getting married so quickly after Ben’s death and didn’t want to see her.

Anna sat in the great room and stared at her phone, tears in her eyes.

“Are you okay?” Alex sat on the couch next to her.

“Matt’s angry at me for getting married.” She wiped at her tears and put the phone down on the table.

Alex put his arm around her. “I’m sorry, Schatzi.” He kissed her hair. “He’ll understand, eventually. From what I’ve heard, he and Ben had grown up together and were very close. Of course he would be defensive of him. If things had been different, I would have come back to San Francisco and we would have dated a while before I asked you to marry me. But I couldn’t wait while there was a way to get you safe.”

Anna nodded and buried her face in his shirt. “I know.” She sighed. “Will the dancers think of me the same way tomorrow?”

“We did what needed to be done and I won’t apologize for it. If they have a problem with it, tell them to ask me about it.” Alex’s voice was firm.

“Aaron’s not mad, though, right?”

“Nein. He’s happy for us. He’ll watch out for you.”

Anna sighed. She had been looking forward to dancing again tomorrow.

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