Page 29 of Forbidden Harmony

“So, you let him kiss you and grope you asa thank you?” Kira said.

“Yes,” Addie said.

There was a long moment of silence and thenKira said, “Okay.”

Grace burst out laughing. “Okay?”

“What?” Kira said.

“That’s a really quick change in thinking,”Grace said.

It was Kira’s turn to shrug. “I justreplayed my freak out back in my head and I sound like a ninety-year-oldgrandma. Addie is a grown woman and besides, it’s about time she got laid bysomeone other than boring old Harrison.”

“He was only boring because I was boring,”Addison said. “Crystal doesn’t find him boring.”

“Fuck Crystal,” Grace said. “And you’renot boring in bed.”

“You don’t know that,” Addie said.

“What happened when you were finished bangingeach other?” Kira asked.

“I left right away.”

“What? Why?”

“Because it suddenly felt really awkwardand weird and I had just let him bend me over a tattoo bed and screw me,”Addison said. “Nice girls don’t do that.”

“Who says?” Grace said. “Nice girls doall sorts of bad things in bed.”

“Not to mention, he apologized after. Assoon as he pulled out, he was all, ‘Sunshine, I’m sorry’.”

“Sunshine?” Kira said.

“He calls me sunshine,” Addie said.

“That’s adorable,” Kira said. “Who wouldhave thought big, bad Preacher would be into nicknames.”

“Did you hear me?” Addie said. “Heapologized. I mean, how bad does a girl have to be at sex for a guy toapologize to her?”

“That doesn’t make any sense,” Grace said.“Men don’t apologize because a girl is bad in bed, Addie.”

“Whatever,” Addie said. “The point is, itwas just a one-time thing and I only did it because you guys told me I neededto have rebound sex.”

“Bullshit,” Grace said with a cheerful grin.“Don’t blame your desire to see Preacher’s dick on us, girlie. How was it, bythe way? It was big, right? Really big?”

Addison blushed furiously as Kira leaned in.“From the look on her face – yep, it was big.”

“I don’t know for sure,” Addie said. “Iwas bent over the tattoo bed, remember? I didn’t exactly see it.”

“Yeah, but you felt it,” Grace said with acheeky wiggle of her eyebrows. “Did it feel big?”

Addison’s cheeks burned. “Yes. It hurt.”

“Uh oh,” Grace said. “That’s not good. Hehurt you?”

“He didn’t mean to,” Addie said. “When herealized he hurt me, he tried to, um, pull out right away but I told him notto.”

Grace was frowning at Kira and Addison said,“What? It always hurts the first few strokes.”

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