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emerge to wakefulness when I feel Colin slide out of the bed. Just as I’m about to get up, I hear him say hello to someone on the phone.
    I know that I shouldn’t spy, but I do anyway. I pretend to still be asleep, and I listen to his conversation.
    “Well, I’m glad that that’s been taken care of,” he says.
    There’s a long pause and then he adds in a cold voice, “Aiden, I don’t give a shit if she was happy about it or not. As long as the paperwork is signed and I get what I want, then I’m happy. Frankly, my happiness trumps hers.”
    I wonder what he’s talking about. Does this have something to do with Sasha?
    “Sorry, to bother you on a Saturday, but I just needed the reassurance,” he says to Aiden a whole lot more relaxed.
    Aiden is talking because Colin is quiet. Then, Colin replies, “Thanks a lot man. I owe you one. I’ll text you when I’m back in Houston.”
    When I hear Colin say goodbye, I quietly slip into the bathroom and take care of my business and brush my teeth. Thankfully, the birth control pills that I had gotten from my gynecologist are in my purse so I quickly take my first pill and wash it down with water from the sink. I slide them back in my purse. I don’t know what Colin’s attitude is yet about me being on the pill so I vow to not bring it up today. This is our only full day in New Orleans, and I want it to be spent having a blast.
    I slip on a pair of jeans and long sleeve blouse and walk into the living room of the suite to find him watching his sports highlights. At least this time, he has enough sense to acknowledge me. He pats the seat next to him, and I join him on the couch.
    “You need coffee, baby?”
    “Badly,” I reply.
    “Should I make you some or buy you some?”
    “Ohhhhh!” I squeal as best as I can without my coffee, “let’s go have coffee and beignets.”
    He laughs at my excitement. “How can I say no when you make cute noises like that?”
    We walk to Café du Monde, and I order a basket of beignets and a cup of their famous coffee. The first sip is almost orgasmic it tastes so good. I must moan in pleasure because Colin says, “I thought I was the only one that could make you moan like that.”
    I laugh out loud and flush bright red.
    “Don’t be shy, Charlie!” he chuckles. “Let me hear you.”
    Of course, Colin doesn’t eat a beignet. Instead of screaming at him to shove the powder donut in his mouth, I savor my basket and make a note that I’m going to need to run like an extra ten miles to get these off of my hips.
    I take one of the powdered sugar donuts and wipe it across my lips as if I’m putting on lipstick. “Baby, do I have something on my mouth?” Totally setting Colin up for a sophomoric sex joke.
    Without missing a beat, he replies, “Just a little bit of white, creamy goodness.”
    I laugh and grab a napkin to clean my mouth as one of his “biggest fans” approaches us to talk football. For such a touristy restaurant, he only winds up signing a couple of autographs and taking one picture. I didn’t even bat an eyelash. I can take this level of interruption.
    We stop at some boring restaurant on the way back to the hotel for Colin to grab an egg white omelet. I’ve had my three cups of amazing coffee so I sit there and watch him eat.
    “What do you do when you travel? You’ve got to have the strictest diet ever,” I complain.
    “I just don’t eat grains. It’s really not that strict. It’s actually pretty easy. Plus, I feel so much better that it’s worth it. You know. I’ve got to keep my stamina up to please my girl,” he says winking at me.
    It’s funny because I don’t remember Colin having a problem eating grains when we were together before or keeping his stamina up, but whatever. If he wants a boring diet, he can have one.
    After he’s finished eating, he looks at me and his voice fills with trepidation. “I’ve got one more surprise for you.”
    He’s all of sudden nervous which makes me