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“Well,” she says, tapping a red-nailed finger on the edge of our table. “I’ll let you get back to your romantic evening. Just don’t wear him out too much. You know how he gets after a long night….”
With that, she saunters off, the sway in her hips exaggerated like she’s on a runway.
“Like you’d know anything about him after a long night,” I mutter after her.
Dom reaches across the table and takes my hand. “Well, that was interesting.”
“No, it was petty.”
“So…,” he searches my face, “you don’t feel threatened?”
I scoff. “By her?Puhlease!”
He lifts my hand and brushes a kiss across my knuckles. “Moonbeam, how did I live all these years without you?”
“Poorly,” I whisper, my heart in my throat.
He nods, eyes not leaving mine. “That’s the truth. Because with you, life feels full—rich in a way I didn’t even know was possible. Before you, it was gray walls and cold light…like I was serving time without realizing it.”
My heart soars and stays in the clouds, which is why when Camy corners me in the restroom, thankfully,afterI have peed, I’m too satisfied to even kick her proverbial ass.
“You think this will last?” Camy wants to know.
“This?What?” I wash my hands, ignoring her as she peers at me in the mirror.
“You and Dom. He likes women…nottomboys.”
I straighten, wipe my hands on a hand towel.
“Camy, darlin’, we’re too old for the mean girl high school shit.”
Her eyes widen. “He always comes back to me,” she snaps. “Actually, we were having sex until just weeks ago.”
I throw the towel I used in the basket under the sink. “Camy, you’re confusing Dom with your daddy’s checkbook.”
“What?” she asks, taken aback.
“Dom is not a Gucci dress…nice one you are wearing, by the way.” I smile at her, feeling sorry for her. “Stop clinging to men who don’t want you. It’s a waste of time, and it’s only going to make you feel bad.”
She gasps, stunned.
I walk out without looking back.
When I return to the table, Dom stands when I approach.
“Ready to go home?” he asks.
“I am,” I say, and then lean closer. “Just FYI. You’resogetting lucky tonight because Camy bumped into me in the restroom and made me all hot and bothered by talking about how you did her.”
Dom laughs, not worried at all that I believed that witch.
He wraps his arm around me. “You’re precious, Moonbeam.”
“Don’t I know it!”
CHAPTER 33
Dom
