Page 130 of The French Kiss

“I assure you. No feet pictures, or pictures of other body parts. He appreciates my work, nothing more.”

I hope she’s right because that sounds dangerous as hell.

“Well, if you need to get out of dodge quickly, hit me up. I’m traveling Europe so I can be at your side within a day if we need to escape the prison warden,” Molly tells Katarina.

Yori interjects, “I’m working with private clients in Japan, though I’m seeing more requests from all over Asia now with the recognition from the competition. It will be up to me to continually earn the attention once the flame of media attention dies down.”

“Well, I’m going back to the studio to work,” I tell them, though they already know.

“Suuuure. ‘Work’... is that what we’re calling it again?” Molly teases.

“What? I do work,” I argue. But when all four designers, Jacqueline, Nora, and my mom raise their brows at me in unison, I concede. “Fine, all work and no play makes Autumn a dull girl. So there will be some play too.”

Simon chuckles. “I think what Autumn means to say is that we’re looking for ways we can give back to the community here in New York the way I did in Paris. Underprivileged youth, shelters for the unhoused, orphans who need a future. We’ll support them, volunteer our time, and maybe even begin a scholarship for students who want to attend FIT but can’t afford to do so. I want others to be able to chase their dreams the way myPrincessehas done.”

I can’t believe that this is what my life has become.

Simon. Fashion. Dreams coming true in ways I never would’ve imagined. And the sex!

Sex!

Sex!

Yummy, delicious, dirty, filthy, sweet, kinky, curl your toes until you feel it in your nosesex!

“Come on. Let’s go home,” I tell Simon blissfully.

He takes my hand, and we wave goodbye to our friends, promising to meet them all for breakfast in the morning before people begin heading their separate ways.

As we leave, I hear Mom whisper, “Can’t wait for the grandbabies. Did you see that boy’s jawline?”

Yes, Mom. I most certainly did.

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