Page 30 of Embers of Love

The man grunted simply but Mandy was quick to fill her in on the details.

“Jenny’s taken your spot at the top of the domestic class. She’s been gloating about it endlessly. Everyone knows she’s only there because your car was wrecked, maybe she does too. Anyway, Max’s Siren beat The Grinch! You should’ve seen it! Epic race!”

Ember nodded. None of that was surprising news. Well, Jenny being at the top of domestic class was a bit surprising since her car was not even close to being the fastest or the most well-built. She missed the tracks. It would be a while before she could return there seeing as she didn’t have a car anymore.

“You thinking about getting a new car?” the old man asked.

“Yeah? But I haven’t found anything decen?—”

“I’ll sell you Swift Hog. Or what’s left of her.”

Mandy’s eyes widened in shock. Kathy merely nodded, like she knew things were going to turn out this way.

“What?” Ember was in shock. She loved the Buick GNX. She’d always felt like the old man hadn’t treated the car with the love it deserved but she was never vocal about it.

“I’m saying I’ll sell you the car. I mean, her engine’s gone, so you’ll have to rebuild that, as well as do some body work to fix the damage from the fire but the rest of the car is in good condition.”

“How much?”

“We’ll talk about that later when you’re ready to come see the car,” he shrugged.

Ember nodded. She was happy to have something else to focus on. With the car, she could begin her project. All the plans were formulating in her mind, a turbocharger would fit nicely under the hood.

“You’re drooling,” Kathy said.

Ember wiped her chin before she realized Kathy was teasing. They spent some time before they left her.

Josephine showed up later that night after she’d had dinner with her father. Ember was excited to see her, and they had sex against the wall in the hallway. It was raw and full of passion. Ember loved it when Josephine was dressed up like the successful woman of power she was. The heels and pencil skirt combo was always such a winner with Ember. She had stripped Josephine to her underwear and fucked her against the wall as soon as she arrived. After she came loud and hard squirting all over Ember’s hand and the floor, Ember pushed her to her knees on the floor. She dropped her own pants and underwear to the floor, took a handful of Josephine’s lovely silky caramel hair in her hand and pulled Josephine’s face to her pussy.

“Lick me,” she commanded, and Josephine eagerly obeyed. Every time they had sex it just seemed better and better. They were so in sync in all their desires, Ember couldn’t imagine anything being better. She orgasmed hard in Josephine’s mouth before pulling her to her feet and kissing her deeply tasting herself in Josephine’s mouth.

“I missed you,” she whispered.

“I missed you too,” Josephine replied and smiled. Her smile was so beautiful. Ember felt high on oxytocin.

“I found that movie we were talking about. Yeah, the Angelina Jolie one. I’ll get it on, you want to order some Chinese food?” Ember passed her the takeout menu.

There was a nice Chinese restaurant just down the street from Ember’s. She always enjoyed the food from there. They had ordered from there together before.

Josephine nodded and picked up her handbag to locate her phone. “You want the same order as last time?”

Ember nodded. She liked that Josephine could remember her order. She liked that there was this ease between them. She pulled on her Calvin Kleins and sat on the couch in her underwear and her shirt to sort out the movie.

Josephine was still in her lacy lingerie. The rest of their clothes were still on the floor in the hallway. The lingerie was a lovely shade of yellow one might call lemon. Ember’s gaze couldn’t help but be drawn by Josephine’s body in the lace. Her hair was a bit mussed up, but she still looked remarkably put together all things considered.

Fuck, she is stunning.

Josephine made the order and then came to join Ember on the couch, and they relaxed into the beginning of the movie with Josephine enveloped in Ember’s arms. Everything felt so right.

There was a knock at the door.

“Well, that was quick,” Josephine commented. Ember got up to answer the door to the delivery guy. She opened the door, expecting to be handed her Chinese food, only to find her mother staring at her.

“Mom?!”

It was too late to cover Josephine; she was sitting on the couch in her lemon lace lingerie and her mother saw her right away. One thing struck her then. Her mother was not that surprised to see Josephine. It was as though she expected her to be there.

“What are you doin?—”

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