So, how’d it go with waiter boy?”
“It was okay,” she said. “He was decent in bed.”
“Did he…you know?”
“Just say it, Aspen.” She rolled her eyes. “Did he make me come? Yes. But only once.”
“Only once?” I asked incredulously. I was lucky if John made me come at all. In our entire relationship, I think it happened three times. And it was in the beginning when the hormones were new for me. After that, it was pretty quiet down below.
“My future husband will know how to make me come more than once. That’s one of my requirements.”
“That’s oddly specific…and difficult to fulfill.”
“Hey, if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”
“You’re putting a lot of pressure on him.”
She picked up my bowl of cereal and took a few bites.
“Uh…gross.”
She returned it to the coffee table. “What? I’ve used your toothbrush before.”
“When?” I demanded.
“The other day when I slept here.”
I cringed. “Harper!”
“What?” She feigned innocence. “Your immune system will be indestructible.”
I shook my head, thoroughly grossed out.
“Anyway,” she said. “I’ll tell you a secret about female sexuality. Are you listening?”
“What else am I doing?” I said sarcastically.
She ignored the jab. “Women need to be extremely comfortable and aroused in order to climax. So, really, the pressure isn’t on him. If we meet and he’s the one, I’ll be so into him that he won’t have to do much other than last five minutes. So, it’s not too much to ask for.”
As someone without much sexual experience, I couldn’t argue with that. “Let me know when that happens.”
“Oh, you’ll be the first to know. Actually, the second. I’ll make sure he knows when I give him a nice pat on the back.”
I chuckled. “So, you aren’t going to see that waiter again?”
“Probably not. He was cute and fun but I don’t see it going anywhere.”
“Well, back out on the prowl.”
“Does Rhett have a brother?” she asked.
I shrugged. “I don’t know much about him.”
“You were at coffee for an hour. Something was said.”
“We didn’t talk about his family,” I said. “Mostly work related stuff.”
“Did you tell him about John?”
“No way,” I said immediately. “I go out of my way to not humiliate myself in front of hot guys. At least, I make the attempt.”
“It’s not humiliating,” she argued.
“That my fiancé left me for my cousin?” I asked incredulously. “It’s extremely humiliating.”
Harper didn’t argue for once. “You know what would be fun?”
“Hmm?”
“If you took Rhett to some function where Isabella is. She would eat her heart out if she saw him. He would put John to shame.”
The idea of making Isabella, and admittedly, John, jealous did excite me. But I knew that was childish. “I’m not going out of my way to do that. I need Rhett for my father, nothing else.”
“Well, it doesn’t hurt to kill two birds with one stone.”
I had a quick daydream of Rhett going with me to a family party. John stood at the edge, watching the way Rhett held me close and danced with me. Isabella grew angry and yelled at John for staring. Then he broke off his engagement to her in front of everyone and marched over to me. He pushed Rhett away and asked me to take him back. Instead, I kissed Rhett.
The dream faded away and a smile was on my face. “Yeah…maybe.”
Rhett
I arrived at her doorstep with an arrangement of lilies. Roses were too romantic so I never got those. They didn’t send the right message. I knocked on the door then adjusted my tie.
Aspen opened the door wearing a black gown covered in shiny glitter. Every time she moved, her dress sparkled like the stars in the universe. The dress was low-cut but I didn’t look. Her hair was curled in big, open waves. Unlike the other day, her face was covered in makeup. She reminded me of a Victoria’s Secret model on the runway. “Are those for me?”
I
“It was okay,” she said. “He was decent in bed.”
“Did he…you know?”
“Just say it, Aspen.” She rolled her eyes. “Did he make me come? Yes. But only once.”
“Only once?” I asked incredulously. I was lucky if John made me come at all. In our entire relationship, I think it happened three times. And it was in the beginning when the hormones were new for me. After that, it was pretty quiet down below.
“My future husband will know how to make me come more than once. That’s one of my requirements.”
“That’s oddly specific…and difficult to fulfill.”
“Hey, if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”
“You’re putting a lot of pressure on him.”
She picked up my bowl of cereal and took a few bites.
“Uh…gross.”
She returned it to the coffee table. “What? I’ve used your toothbrush before.”
“When?” I demanded.
“The other day when I slept here.”
I cringed. “Harper!”
“What?” She feigned innocence. “Your immune system will be indestructible.”
I shook my head, thoroughly grossed out.
“Anyway,” she said. “I’ll tell you a secret about female sexuality. Are you listening?”
“What else am I doing?” I said sarcastically.
She ignored the jab. “Women need to be extremely comfortable and aroused in order to climax. So, really, the pressure isn’t on him. If we meet and he’s the one, I’ll be so into him that he won’t have to do much other than last five minutes. So, it’s not too much to ask for.”
As someone without much sexual experience, I couldn’t argue with that. “Let me know when that happens.”
“Oh, you’ll be the first to know. Actually, the second. I’ll make sure he knows when I give him a nice pat on the back.”
I chuckled. “So, you aren’t going to see that waiter again?”
“Probably not. He was cute and fun but I don’t see it going anywhere.”
“Well, back out on the prowl.”
“Does Rhett have a brother?” she asked.
I shrugged. “I don’t know much about him.”
“You were at coffee for an hour. Something was said.”
“We didn’t talk about his family,” I said. “Mostly work related stuff.”
“Did you tell him about John?”
“No way,” I said immediately. “I go out of my way to not humiliate myself in front of hot guys. At least, I make the attempt.”
“It’s not humiliating,” she argued.
“That my fiancé left me for my cousin?” I asked incredulously. “It’s extremely humiliating.”
Harper didn’t argue for once. “You know what would be fun?”
“Hmm?”
“If you took Rhett to some function where Isabella is. She would eat her heart out if she saw him. He would put John to shame.”
The idea of making Isabella, and admittedly, John, jealous did excite me. But I knew that was childish. “I’m not going out of my way to do that. I need Rhett for my father, nothing else.”
“Well, it doesn’t hurt to kill two birds with one stone.”
I had a quick daydream of Rhett going with me to a family party. John stood at the edge, watching the way Rhett held me close and danced with me. Isabella grew angry and yelled at John for staring. Then he broke off his engagement to her in front of everyone and marched over to me. He pushed Rhett away and asked me to take him back. Instead, I kissed Rhett.
The dream faded away and a smile was on my face. “Yeah…maybe.”
Rhett
I arrived at her doorstep with an arrangement of lilies. Roses were too romantic so I never got those. They didn’t send the right message. I knocked on the door then adjusted my tie.
Aspen opened the door wearing a black gown covered in shiny glitter. Every time she moved, her dress sparkled like the stars in the universe. The dress was low-cut but I didn’t look. Her hair was curled in big, open waves. Unlike the other day, her face was covered in makeup. She reminded me of a Victoria’s Secret model on the runway. “Are those for me?”
I
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