Page 94 of Snow Bound

“It’s okay, sweetie.” Lola patted her shoulder, then dug into the pocket of her discarded coat.

“Yeah, but…” Anna frowned at the phone Lola held out. “What’s that?”

“That’s your boyfriend and his sidekick,” Lola said while Anna watched Grant crouch in front of her apartment door, Henry between him and another man. “Picking your locks.”

“What?” Anna watched as on screen, her apartment door swung open. Both men and the dog disappeared inside.

“I had my phone set for your door camera while you were away. It woke me up this morning.” Lola took her phone back and set it down. “I managed to get there before they left.”

Anna leapt up. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

Lola bent to peel off her boots. “I wanted to talk to him, find out what his intentions are. He loves you, by the way.”

Anna’s knees dissolved and she dropped back down. “He told you that?”

“I believe him, even though he was kind of snarling when he said it. He was pretty mad.”

Anna winced. “At me?”

“No, at me.” Lola propped her bare feet on the coffee table. “I kicked him in the balls.”

Anna leaped up again. “What? I have to go over there.”

“He’s not there now,” Lola said before Anna could dash for the door.

“Then I have to call him.” Turning in a circle, Anna patted her pockets. “Where’d I put my phone?”

“Right here.” Lola waved the phone, then yanked it out of Anna’s reach when she grabbed for it.

Anna frowned. “What are you doing? Give me that.”

Lola shook her head. “When you have to apologize to a man, it’s best to do it in person. And when you have to apologize to a Dom, it’s best to do it in person while looking very, very sexy.”

“Oh.” Anna lowered herself to perch on the edge of the coffee table. “That’s a good point.”

“And since you’ll need privacy to apologize properly—as well as kink friendly, neutral ground—we’re meeting him tonight at Odyssey.”

Anna blinked. “Odyssey’s closed on Sundays.”

“He’s pulling some strings. I told him we’d be there at seven, which gives us…” Lola paused to check the display on Anna’s phone. “Roughly ten hours to make you irresistible.”

“I need to go back to my apartment,” Anna decided. “I don’t have anything sexy with me.”

“I’ll go. I should’ve checked your closet while I was over there, but I was too busy making a dramatic exit.”

“Is that code for ‘kicking my boyfriend in the balls’?” Anna wanted to know.

“No, that was my dramatic entrance.” Lola stood and put her coat back on. “Any requests or do you trust me?”

“That’s a loaded question,” Anna muttered.

Lola just winked and shoved her feet back into the boots. “Go shave everything. I do believe makeup sex is in your future.”

“Thank God,” Anna breathed. “Lola?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

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