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work, I promise.” Tamika laughed more loudly.
“Don’t worry, my dear. You work as hard as two people. So even if you don’t get anything done today, it will be justified. I have a little headache of my own, as it happens. Kyle and I were celebrating an anniversary, and we rather overdid it on the champagne.” She took a bottle of tomato juice from the fridge and several jars and bottles from the cupboard above, and began mixing up a mysterious concoction.
“There you go!” she said, several minutes later, handing Jessica a glass of orangey-red liquid. “Drink this all down and you’ll be feeling as right as rain in no time.”
“Thanks, Tamika,” Jessica said a little sheepishly. To her surprise, the drink was delicious, the spiciness somehow easing the tightness in her throat.
“Now, tell me, what was it like seeing those two young men after so long?” Tamika said.
“It was amazing. I never thought I’d see them again. I’d come to terms with that a long time ago. So having them back in my life is incredible. It was so weird though. It was like no time had passed at all. We went back to all the conversations we used to have, teasing each other, having fun. Probably being really immature.” Tamika beamed.
“I think that’s a sign of a true friendship, honey. When you care about somebody deeply enough, the bond is always there, whether you’ve been separated for a year or a decade.” Her face took on a thoughtful expression. “Which one of them were you closer to – the tall, striking one, or the one with those lovely, gray-blue eyes?” Jessica smiled. That was often how people described the two of them when they wanted to differentiate them.
“Honestly, I was equally close to them both. I used to feel like they complemented the different sides of my personality. I used to love spending time with them individually, but when all three of us were together, I felt like we were complete. Why do you ask?”
“Oh, no reason,” Tamika said, but she continued to look thoughtful.
Jessica took the drink over to her desk, and by the time she’d turned on her computer and logged into the back end of the app, she discovered that her head was no longer sore, and that she was feeling quite a lot better.
By 11am, she’d finished the project that she’d expected would take up most of the day. As a break before she began the next task, she decided to take a look at the guys’ profiles to see if they were ready yet. Christian hadn’t made any more progress with his, which she anticipated, as he said that he was working all day. Lucas’ was complete though. He’d even added some full-body shots, featuring him posing in the middle of a forest. She squinted at the screen. To her uneducated eye, that forest looked a lot like Hope Valley’s national park. Had he got someone to take them for him? Or has he set the timer on his camera? she wondered. He looked very relaxed, posing in the middle of a clearing in just his jeans, his tattoo standing out, bright and colorful against his bunched muscles. She felt an odd little tingle, similar to when she’d looked at Christian’s pictures the day before. What’s wrong with me? She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. Her body was responding to their perfect physiques, that was all. It had been – she didn’t even know how long – since she’d last had sex.
The guys’ questions about why she hadn’t signed up to Shiftr bounced around in her mind. Had she told them the truth last night, or was there another reason why she hadn’t considered having a shifter mate? She opened some profiles at random and gazed at one sexy shifter-man after another. Shiftr was like a store full of the best eye-candy ever.
Something lifted in her mind, like the sun returning after an afternoon rain storm. Of course she was open to being with a shifter! They were so much hotter than human men. And kinder. And more loyal and protective. It was a no-brainer, really.
“Don’t worry, my dear. You work as hard as two people. So even if you don’t get anything done today, it will be justified. I have a little headache of my own, as it happens. Kyle and I were celebrating an anniversary, and we rather overdid it on the champagne.” She took a bottle of tomato juice from the fridge and several jars and bottles from the cupboard above, and began mixing up a mysterious concoction.
“There you go!” she said, several minutes later, handing Jessica a glass of orangey-red liquid. “Drink this all down and you’ll be feeling as right as rain in no time.”
“Thanks, Tamika,” Jessica said a little sheepishly. To her surprise, the drink was delicious, the spiciness somehow easing the tightness in her throat.
“Now, tell me, what was it like seeing those two young men after so long?” Tamika said.
“It was amazing. I never thought I’d see them again. I’d come to terms with that a long time ago. So having them back in my life is incredible. It was so weird though. It was like no time had passed at all. We went back to all the conversations we used to have, teasing each other, having fun. Probably being really immature.” Tamika beamed.
“I think that’s a sign of a true friendship, honey. When you care about somebody deeply enough, the bond is always there, whether you’ve been separated for a year or a decade.” Her face took on a thoughtful expression. “Which one of them were you closer to – the tall, striking one, or the one with those lovely, gray-blue eyes?” Jessica smiled. That was often how people described the two of them when they wanted to differentiate them.
“Honestly, I was equally close to them both. I used to feel like they complemented the different sides of my personality. I used to love spending time with them individually, but when all three of us were together, I felt like we were complete. Why do you ask?”
“Oh, no reason,” Tamika said, but she continued to look thoughtful.
Jessica took the drink over to her desk, and by the time she’d turned on her computer and logged into the back end of the app, she discovered that her head was no longer sore, and that she was feeling quite a lot better.
By 11am, she’d finished the project that she’d expected would take up most of the day. As a break before she began the next task, she decided to take a look at the guys’ profiles to see if they were ready yet. Christian hadn’t made any more progress with his, which she anticipated, as he said that he was working all day. Lucas’ was complete though. He’d even added some full-body shots, featuring him posing in the middle of a forest. She squinted at the screen. To her uneducated eye, that forest looked a lot like Hope Valley’s national park. Had he got someone to take them for him? Or has he set the timer on his camera? she wondered. He looked very relaxed, posing in the middle of a clearing in just his jeans, his tattoo standing out, bright and colorful against his bunched muscles. She felt an odd little tingle, similar to when she’d looked at Christian’s pictures the day before. What’s wrong with me? She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. Her body was responding to their perfect physiques, that was all. It had been – she didn’t even know how long – since she’d last had sex.
The guys’ questions about why she hadn’t signed up to Shiftr bounced around in her mind. Had she told them the truth last night, or was there another reason why she hadn’t considered having a shifter mate? She opened some profiles at random and gazed at one sexy shifter-man after another. Shiftr was like a store full of the best eye-candy ever.
Something lifted in her mind, like the sun returning after an afternoon rain storm. Of course she was open to being with a shifter! They were so much hotter than human men. And kinder. And more loyal and protective. It was a no-brainer, really.
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