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Lacey, at the time, and we got plastered. I told her how hot I thought you were. She bet me fifty bucks that I’d end up sleeping with you within a year.”
“I guess at least you won the bet.”
“You had Maggie.”
“But not just Maggie. I had a lot of other pussy, too, brought in by Maggie.”
“Yeah, but, as you’ve probably figured over the years, I’m not her type. She likes the classically gorgeous, white-bread, American model type.”
“True,” I nodded.
“She wouldn’t have wanted me, though, even if I had been an all-American girl next door. She knew I had a little thing for you, I think.”
I remembered back to that night in Ink. Raven standing up for me. Maggie saying she was done. Calling Raven a pathetic little freak.
He’s finally free if you still want him , she had said.
“So that night at Ink… that wasn’t just a pity fuck.”
She shook her head, bringing her eyebrows together like I was out of my mind.
“I am so not fucking you out of pity, Drew.” She ran her hands up my back, arching into me and breathing life back into my arousal. “I’m getting a hell of a lot in return.”
“Yet you don’t want to spend the night.” It bothered me more than it should have. It made me feel a little used. Different than how Maggie had made me feel, but still. More than anything, though, I’d realized that Raven chased away my demons. If she went home, they might come back, reminding me of Maggie’s cold rejection. “You want to keep this a secret. We just work together and fuck on the sly.”
Even to my own ears, I totally sounded like a petulant little bitch, but I couldn’t help it.
Yet Raven soothed me with her soft understanding. Her free and easy brand of common sense and compassion.
“Drew, you just got out of a pretty serious relationship. I’d be an idiot to even think of hooking you right now because you’re still taken. So I’m your friend. I’m your distraction.”
“And you don’t think the fact that you’re constantly single and I’m constantly single is going to raise any eyebrows?”
“You just had your heart ripped out of your chest, remember? Everyone is aware that it might take a while before you feel like getting back on that girlfriend horse. As for me, half the people in Ophir think I’m a lesbian thanks to Justin.”
“True.” Justin had said things like that ever since Raven had started working for me. “Why does Justin think you’re a lesbian?”
Raven rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation. “Because he hit on me and I didn’t go for him. And, on top of that, I don’t really… date. Therefore, by Justin logic, I must be a lesbian. I like to think I’d be the girl in a relationship, but he’s positive I’m a lesbian.”
“A lesbian who only likes dick?”
“That’s not exactly something I just spout out and tell people. Besides, it keeps guys from hitting on me all the time, so no biggie.”
“Damn Justin. He shouldn’t have hit on you. None of my friends were supposed to hit on you. I told all them that, him more than once.”
“Why?”
“You’re off limits,” I replied, not entirely certain myself why it had always been so important to keep the guys away from her. It was more than just having her work for me. More than wanting a piercer in my shop. I wanted her there.
“Off limits?”
“You’re my employee,” I managed. “And you’re great. Like with work and shit. I don’t want to lose that.”
“All the more reason to keep this a secret.”
“I guess.” It tasted bad in my mouth, though. Like rejection.
But Raven made it better. She always made it better. The soft touch of her hand left my back to glide over my shoulder and curve along my jaw.
“Don’t ever doubt your worth, Drew. To be completely truthful, I could get attached to you way too easily.” I looked at her through the glimmers of moonlight and saw a raw honesty in her eyes that soothed my frayed ego. “But it wouldn’t be smart
“I guess at least you won the bet.”
“You had Maggie.”
“But not just Maggie. I had a lot of other pussy, too, brought in by Maggie.”
“Yeah, but, as you’ve probably figured over the years, I’m not her type. She likes the classically gorgeous, white-bread, American model type.”
“True,” I nodded.
“She wouldn’t have wanted me, though, even if I had been an all-American girl next door. She knew I had a little thing for you, I think.”
I remembered back to that night in Ink. Raven standing up for me. Maggie saying she was done. Calling Raven a pathetic little freak.
He’s finally free if you still want him , she had said.
“So that night at Ink… that wasn’t just a pity fuck.”
She shook her head, bringing her eyebrows together like I was out of my mind.
“I am so not fucking you out of pity, Drew.” She ran her hands up my back, arching into me and breathing life back into my arousal. “I’m getting a hell of a lot in return.”
“Yet you don’t want to spend the night.” It bothered me more than it should have. It made me feel a little used. Different than how Maggie had made me feel, but still. More than anything, though, I’d realized that Raven chased away my demons. If she went home, they might come back, reminding me of Maggie’s cold rejection. “You want to keep this a secret. We just work together and fuck on the sly.”
Even to my own ears, I totally sounded like a petulant little bitch, but I couldn’t help it.
Yet Raven soothed me with her soft understanding. Her free and easy brand of common sense and compassion.
“Drew, you just got out of a pretty serious relationship. I’d be an idiot to even think of hooking you right now because you’re still taken. So I’m your friend. I’m your distraction.”
“And you don’t think the fact that you’re constantly single and I’m constantly single is going to raise any eyebrows?”
“You just had your heart ripped out of your chest, remember? Everyone is aware that it might take a while before you feel like getting back on that girlfriend horse. As for me, half the people in Ophir think I’m a lesbian thanks to Justin.”
“True.” Justin had said things like that ever since Raven had started working for me. “Why does Justin think you’re a lesbian?”
Raven rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation. “Because he hit on me and I didn’t go for him. And, on top of that, I don’t really… date. Therefore, by Justin logic, I must be a lesbian. I like to think I’d be the girl in a relationship, but he’s positive I’m a lesbian.”
“A lesbian who only likes dick?”
“That’s not exactly something I just spout out and tell people. Besides, it keeps guys from hitting on me all the time, so no biggie.”
“Damn Justin. He shouldn’t have hit on you. None of my friends were supposed to hit on you. I told all them that, him more than once.”
“Why?”
“You’re off limits,” I replied, not entirely certain myself why it had always been so important to keep the guys away from her. It was more than just having her work for me. More than wanting a piercer in my shop. I wanted her there.
“Off limits?”
“You’re my employee,” I managed. “And you’re great. Like with work and shit. I don’t want to lose that.”
“All the more reason to keep this a secret.”
“I guess.” It tasted bad in my mouth, though. Like rejection.
But Raven made it better. She always made it better. The soft touch of her hand left my back to glide over my shoulder and curve along my jaw.
“Don’t ever doubt your worth, Drew. To be completely truthful, I could get attached to you way too easily.” I looked at her through the glimmers of moonlight and saw a raw honesty in her eyes that soothed my frayed ego. “But it wouldn’t be smart
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