He always manages to make me feel better even in the shittiest of circumstances. And he wouldn’t leave until I assured him I was okay, which I mostly was. But a little sexual release always makes things easier to deal with. Hence, the sexy display I’ve now almost totally missed because of Alicia’s call.

“Hello? Rach? You still there?”

“What? Oh, yeah. Sorry. Here.”

“So, can I set him up with someone?”

“How did we go from you calling to check on me to you setting up Flynn?”

She chuckles. “Is that a no?”

I chew on my bottom lip for a second. “If I can meet the girl first and screen her, then…maybe.” It’s time to stop being selfish with my BFF. There might be someone out there for Flynn who shares his values and won’t scandalize him behind closed doors.

“Woot! I’ll take that as a win. So, what are you doing now?”

“I already told you. Nothing.”

Another lie.

With my B.O.B. between my legs on the bedspread and the internet browser open to HRD4U, I had been doing anything but nothing prior to her call. “I’m probably going to sleep soon.”

“Why don’t you come over and have a drink with Cade and me? The kids have been down for hours.”

“Nah.” It always seems a little strange to be hanging out, drinking with Alicia and Cade now that little Connor is in my kindergarten class. Kind of unprofessional and forbidden, though they’ve never seemed to care.

“But it’s Saturday, and I spent the whole day with the kids. I need some adult time.”

“I know what day it is, Alicia. I’m just not up for it tonight. Go have some adult time with Cade. I’m sure he won’t say no to that.”

“True. He won’t.” The smile is evident in her voice. “Well, don’t wallow for too long. I don’t want to have to use my key to come drag you out of that house. He’s not worth your misery, Rach. You have to stop dating these guys you know are never going to last long.”

She’s right.

There are only so many times I can fake it through another boring round of sex with a guy and pretend I’m having a great time and that I came. All these nice guys, the ones Mom and Dad and Bash and Jameson would want me to be with, the guys I should want to be with, are precisely the ones who bore me to death in bed, which is why I’m not going to risk anything with Flynn.

No, my best friend, the handsome stockbroker from next door, will have to remain only those things, and I’ll spend more time with my B.O.B. and HRD4U. I just wish he didn’t use that damn voice distortion and hide his face.

The man is an Adonis.

I need to see more and hear that dirty mouth say those filthy words without the electronic interference…or my good friend talking in my ear.

“I gotta go, Alicia.”

“Whatever, enjoy your date with B.O.B.”

Smartass.

I drop my phone onto the nightstand and return my attention to the computer screen.

My wallowing days are over.

2

FLYNN

Water trickles down my chest and disappears beneath the towel wrapped around my waist. I didn’t bother fully drying off after my shower—being wet is only an added benefit to my subscribers. One of the things that drives them absolutely wild, and I love knowing I’m making their days better.

I head toward the kitchen with my laptop in my left hand, prepared to fire up a new live as soon as I settle in. The viewers on the HRD4U site love watching me perform menial, everyday tasks like cooking or cleaning…as long as I do them naked with an erection.