Page 487 of Hell Hath No Fury
“We’ll work on that together.”
“I’d appreciate that,” she said. “Am I ever going to visit your club?”
“Anytime you want me to bring you down, Bryn, you got an open invitation.”
“Ooh, okay. I’ve never been to a biker club before.”
“Never woulda guessed that,” I droned sarcastically.
“What gave me away?”
I chuckled as I grabbed a beer out of the fridge, giving Cheese a chin lift on my way through the great room, then headed up to my room. “When do you work next?”
“I’m currently on three twelves then off three days, but I’m going down to two days off,” she said.
“Why?”
“With Briggs moving up to Pullman in a few weeks, there’s no reason for me to have all that time off. I’m going to need the money to pay for half his education.”
“Hold up,” I said. “DC makes millions which he hides because he can through tax-free bullshit, but you have to handle half the kids’ education… why?”
“Because Bryce insists he doesn’t have the money.”
“But you took years off of work, right? So he didn’t have to be ‘bothered’ with staying home with them, but that really just meant he was probably just fuckin’ someone else… sorry if that might be news to you.”
She sighed. “No, you’re right. If Miffy was the one I caught, I know there were probably others before her.”
“That fuckin’ asshole.”
“Indeed.”
“Her name isn’t really Miffy, is it?” I asked.
“Born and raised.”
I laughed for several seconds, and I heard her laugh as well. “You can thank the universe that at the very least, you don’t have to live with a name like fuckin’ Miffy.”
“This is true,” she said.
“Have you told anyone at work you want to go down to two days off?”
“No, not yet,” she said.
“Hold off on that,” I said. “I want a little time for us. Can you do that for a month or two?”
“Yes, I can do that.”
“I appreciate that,” I said.
“Now I can’t wait for my kid to leave.” She groaned. “Oh my god, I’m a monster. No, I’m amomster.”
“Yeah, you’re the worst,” I droned sarcastically.
“A horny momster. Oh my god, Harm. You’ve made me horny. I don’t think I’ve ever been horny. Even when I was supposed to be horny. I mean, obviously, I must have been at some point, I just don’t remember it ever feeling like this. Last night was the first night I actually had an orgasm with my vibrator. Avery bought it for me right after my divorce was finalized. I’d never even seen one in person before then. I seriously thought it was either broken or I was using it wrong until then.” She let out a quiet squeak. “Why am I telling you this?”
I grinned. “Because you trust me, and I love that you trust me enough to tell me that.”
“Are you seriously going to make me wait?”
