Page 33 of Giddy-Up
“Lingerie?”Riley was so confused.
“Yeah.For you, not for him.”
Okay.Now she was even more confused.“What?”
“You know, to make you feel more confident.You’d be amazed what wearing sexy underwear can do for your confidence.”Bella pushed the bag at her, urging her to open it.
“Other than me, my mom is the only person who has ever bought me underwear.”
“Well, I doubt you or your mom have bought this kind of underwear.”She giggled as Riley pulled the lacy material from the bag.
She stared.Her fingers going to the waistband of the panties and pulling them wide.Her gaze then dropped to the tag.And the price.
“You paid thirty dollars for this?”
Bella quickly snagged the tag.“Ignore the price.So?What do you think?”
“I think you need to get your money back; there’s a string where the material is supposed to be.”
Laughter filled the room.But only until Bella realized Riley wasn’t joking.
“It’s a g-string, honey.Tell me you’ve heard of a g-string.”
She’d heard of one.Seen them.And actively avoided them.The idea of a string up her ass wasn’t very appealing to her.Which is exactly what she told her friend.
“You don’t have to wear it,” Bella reassured her.“I just thought it might help booster your confidence on your date.Make you feel sexy.It’s always helped me.Way before I even met Luke, if I was having a bad day or feeling low, I used to treat myself to new lingerie.It didn’t matter that no one but me would see it, it made me feel good about myself.”
Riley looked at the red material again.In a new light.If she was going to have sex with Wade on their next date, she would need some of that confidence Bella was talking about.
Let’s face it, you need all the help you can get.
That was true.She did.Even if it came in the form of a string up her butt.
***
It was Saturday night.Date night.And the night Riley would finally lose her virginity.
“I think I’m gonna hurl,” Riley muttered to herself as she high tailed it to the bathroom.
No.False alarm.
Thank God.The last thing she needed was to get sick and ruin the results of two hours’ worth of preening and plucking.But she still felt nauseous.Very, very nauseous.No matter how ready she was to finally go to bed with someone, it didn’t make it any less terrifying.
Two bangs on the trailer door caused her to jump.Wade was here.
Pulling herself up from the cold tile, she quickly checked her face in the mirror before scurrying through the living room.
“Hi,” she squeaked as she swung open the door.
“Petal.”Wade used his index finger to nudge up his cream Stetson.“Looking beautiful as always, darlin’.”
Riley nodded.Not in agreement, just because she didn’t know what else to do.Or say.So nodding it was.
Why are you still doing it, though?
Okay.It was a long nod.One that she stopped abruptly.
“Shall we?”Wade’s hand was out, waiting for hers.
