Ash started sobbing.

How many drinks had she had? I tried to remember the different stages she went through while drinking banana juice. Oh, right. Two drinks made her paranoid as hell. But after three drinks she fell in love with everything. I wasn’t sure if that was when she also started sucking any cocks in sight. More field tests were required to determine if that happened on her third or fourth drink. That could be dangerous with the banana king nearby… Oh well. He must have encountered lots of virgins, right? He’d know to take things slow. And her jumping his bones was better than her freaking out and showing him the earbud. “Ash, maybe you should get a refill of banana juice.”

“Banana juice won’t fix my skin. I’m going to be deformed.”

How burnt was she? “Have a drink and get under an umbrella.”

“An umbrella?” There was a loud slurping noise as she finished off whatever was left in her glass. “I love umbrellas. They’re shady. You’re so smart, Chastity. You’re a genius. I love you so much.”

There’s my girl.“We’re going to come save you, okay?”

“From the sun?”

“Um…yeah, kind of.” She’d been kidnapped. How was she not getting that?

“But I’m under an umbrella now. I’m fine. Where are you?”

She was not fine. “I’m in the hotel across the street.”

“You should come to this one. I’m at this one.”

“I know, that’s the plan.”

“Good. I can’t wait to see you.” She hiccupped.

“It’ll just be a few hours. So stay in the shade. And keep drinking banana juice. This will all be over soon.”

“Chastity?”

“Yes, Ash?”

“I love you so much. You’re my best friend.”

“I love you too. Besties for life.” I switched off the earbud and turned to Ghostie. “We gotta get in there. My girl is so wasted that she’d probably willingly do the sex auction at this point. And I love the idea of a sex auction to lose your virginity. But I don’t love that for her. She’s scared of stages.”

“That’s the only problem you see? That she’s scared of stages?”

“What other problem would there be? A man paying enormous amounts of money to ravish your body is such a compliment.”

Ghostie grunted.

“I know you want to spank me and drench my face, but it has to wait. We’ve gotta go save Ash!”

I started running out of the room, but then I stopped and turned around. “Thanks, Ghostie. For finding a way to check in with her.”

He grunted again.

That grunt was really starting to do something to me. I ran back over to him and jumped up, straddling his waist with my legs.

He turned, slamming my back against the wall as he kissed me.

I love kissing Teddybear. His kisses were slow and loving and passionate.

But I may have loved kissing Ghostie more. His kisses were demanding and greedy. They were passionate in an entirely different way. Ghostie was always more restrained around me. But every now and then he snapped. He bit down on my lower lip.

“There’s no time,” I said.

He ignored me, tightening his grip on my hips. He was holding me so tightly he’d probably bruise my skin. I loved when he marked me. But this wasn’t the time for such shenanigans.

I booped him on the nose.

He growled at me.

The only thing I liked more than his grunt was his growl. “I’ll reward you later. But first, carry me downstairs. I fear this escape plan is going to be hard on my knees.”

He glared at me.

“Don’t be jealous, Ghostie. I’ll get on my knees for you later.” I mean, I didn’t have a choice. Single Girl Rule #24: No Blue balls allowed. Finish what you start. And I couldn’t wait to let him finish all over my face.