Page 59 of All I Desire

I see.

There’s a pause, and as I’m typing a message about how I’ll call him when I get home, another message comes through.

Chloe’s asleep. Want to come over for a little while?

Do I? Hell yes. I’ve been missing him something fierce and I last saw him yesterday. Plus, I want to talk with somebody about what I’ve just learned, and it’s not like I can tell anyone in my family. I grin, then glance into the rearview mirror at the sleeping dog.

Sure. Let me just drop Chunk off so he and Mister Sinister can have their own party.

Thank God the island is so small that it allows me to get back to my house in under ten minutes. I’m able to swing by my place, deposit Chunky on the sofa next to a petulant Sin, and change into something slightly less slobby. I slide one of my white, cotton, T-shirt dresses over my head and spritz on perfume. There. That’s my nod to femininity.

I pause, glancing at myself in the mirror. Well, maybe I should put in a bit of extra effort, try to be a little more seductive. I unearth a tube of pink lip gloss from a drawer and swipe it on my lips.

Hmm. Maybe I should sex it up a little more? My faded grey, cotton underwear is a little ratty. I go to my bureau. I’d bought some new panties the other day, intending to wear them for Matthew. Yeah, the white lace thong is definitely a better choice, and it does make me feel sexy as hell.

Heh. Now I’m ready to go.

“Hold down the fort, you two,” I quip to the slumbering dog and the sullen cat as I sail past the sofa.

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