Page 30 of Forbidden Harmony

“No, it doesn’t,” Grace said. “Gideon hasnever hurt me when he’s -”

“Nope!” Kira said. “Nope, don’t you dare sayit, Gracie.”

Grace laughed. “Sorry, honey. Anyway, itisn’t supposed to hurt, Addie. Did it hurt with Harrison every time?”

“Yes,” Addie said. “Not for very long butit was always a little painful at first.”

“Okay, so I don’t have much experience,”Kira said, “but the only time it hurt for me was the first time Connor and Ihad sex. After that, it didn’t hurt at all. Connor’s a damn good size, so,like, how big are Harrison and Preacher’s dicks?”

“Well, Harrison was average size, I think,”Addison said, “and I told you, I didn’t actually see Preacher’s. He did feelbad about it. Harrison never seemed to notice that it hurt. But Preacherstopped moving immediately and touched me until I had an orgasm.”

“Okay, Preacher has moved off my hit list,”Grace said.

Addison rolled her eyes. “He didn’t meanto hurt me. Honestly, even if he had done more to make me ready, it would havehurt.”

“Are you going to give him anotheropportunity to test your theory?” Kira asked.

“No, of course not,” Addison said. “I keeptelling you – it’s a one-time thing. Besides, he won’t want to sleep with me again.I couldn’t stop talking the whole damn time.”

Kira blinked at her. “Talking about what?”

“The weather?” Grace said.

Addison swatted her on the arm. “I wasn’ttalking about the weather. Look, when I was with Harrison, once he was, um,inside of me, he didn’t touch me or try and make me climax. He just did histhing and we were done.”

“Selfish bastard,” Grace said.

“Well, I usually had an orgasm before westarted having sex,” Addie said.

“Usually?” Grace scowled at her. “Whatpercentage?”

“What?”

“How often did you have an orgasm withHarrison?”

“God, I don’t know,” Addie said. “What doesit matter?”

“Throw out a number,” Grace said.

“Fine!” Addison scowled at the table for amoment. “I’d say at least forty percent of the time.”

Both Grace and Kira made identical groansof dismay.

“What?” Addie said.

“Honey, if you’re not having an orgasmeverytime, he’s not doing it right,” Grace said.

“You watch too many romance movies,”Addison said.

Grace rolled her eyes. “Get back to the ‘youcouldn’t stop talking’ part.”

Addison traced the worn wood of Kira’skitchen table, the years long habit of not sharing intimate details still a difficultone to break.

“Honey,” Kira reached out and squeezed herarm, “if you don’t want to tell us, you don’t have to. We know you don’t liketo share this kind of stuff.”

“No, Harrison didn’t like me to share it,”Addison said.

“I’m beginning to understand why,” Gracesaid. “That guy is such an asshole.”

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