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Ander blinkedand looked down at himself. “Stealthy?”

She raised hereyebrows—in an expression that mirrored his own—and handed him a glass of wine.“All black. Do you do a lot of lurking in the shadows?”

“Not if I canhelp it.”

His dry tone incombination with that appealing twitch of his mouth caused Lori to snort. Whenhe set his leather case in the chair, she moved to stand beside him. “Whatgoodies have you brought today?”

The first thinghe pulled out of his case was a slim, pink vibrator still in its originalpackaging. He offered it to her. “As promised.”

Her lips parting,she accepted the vibrator and stared down at it. “Thank you. It was nice of youto get it for me.”

“We can use itsome this evening, if you want.” His eyes rested on her face, as if he werechecking her expression. “It might help in foreplay, and I can show you someways to use it.” When she just stared at him, he added, “But only if it won’tmake you uncomfortable.”

Gettingvibrator lessons from a male escort might make her alittleuncomfortable, but it did sound like a practical idea. “No. That would be fine.A little weird, but fine.”

“Why is itweird?”

She narrowedher eyes. “Have you taught other women how to use vibrators?”

“Of course.”

“Oh.” A littletaken aback by this matter-of-fact answer, she concluded, “I guess it’s notthat weird after all.”

Ander smiledand reached into his case, pulling out a DVD. “This was the best I could find,if we want to start with erotica again this evening. Well-made, female-orientederotic movies are few and far between. This is a series of short films, so eachis just a half-hour. That would leave us more time, which might be smart if wewant to practice with the vibrator before we move on to intercourse.”’

Noddingabsently, Lori studied the DVD cover. “Is this as good as the one last week?”

“Not quite.It’s good—made for women and not tacky. But the stories are not aswell-written. It’s the best I could find with business-type male leads. Manuallaborers tend to be more popular—painters, carpenters, pool boys, you know.”

Lori sneeredfaintly at that inexplicable fact. Then she thought about the implications ofwhat he said. “Did you look for this one particularly for me?”

“Yes. I thoughtit would be best to have a shorter film for this evening, but I didn’t haveanything in my collection that would work.”

Staring up athis smooth, polished expression, Lori tried to imagine Ander rooting throughshelves or online catalogs to find erotic DVDS. “That was awfully nice of you.Thank you.”

Ander gave ahalf-shrug. “It’s no problem. I can always use it again later.”

“Just exactlyhow big is your collection of erotic films?” Lori’s mouth wobbled withamusement as she imagined a secret room chock-full of sexy paraphernalia andDVDs in Ander’s doubtlessly slick, cool-toned apartment.

He chuckledbriefly—with that same faint note of bitterness she’d heard in his laugh lasttime. “Big enough to do my job.”

He moved overto put the DVD in the player and asked over his shoulder, “Tonight, do you wantto go about things the way we did last time?”

Lori loweredher eyebrows as she took her seat on the sofa. “I want to have sex this time.Intercourse.”

A tiny liptwitch. “Yes. I meant in terms of my behavior. Did you want to continue thesame attitude or perhaps play out a fantasy tonight?”

“Oh. I get it.”Lori chuckled as she thought about how she’d misinterpreted him. It was verynice of him not to laugh out loud. “No, I like how we did it last time. Don’tpretend anything.”

“Understood.”He hit play on the DVD player and went to sit beside her on the sofa.

Ander was rightabout the movie. It wasn’t as good as the one last time. But it was basicallywell-made and still quite sexy. But the time it had run its course, Lori wasplenty aroused.

“We can watchanother one if you need to,” Ander offered.

“Nope. I’mgood.”

Ander got up,turned the film off, and went over to the table. He pulled some batteries outof his case and then removed the vibrator from the package. As Lori watched himslide the batteries into the little tube, she couldn’t help but admire his longlegs and firm, well-contoured ass. She wondered how often he had to work out aweek to sculpt his great body.

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