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Serena closed her eyes "I’olo I want someone halfway normal Preferably someone who hasn’t already made it with half the woht I don’t know,about the reality if it’s only one night"
Faith gave her a thoughtful look "I know soht be able to help you"
Serena’s ue out and scowled "I’m not as innocent as you and Julie like to think"
Serena laughed "Oh, I know, girlfriend It’s always the sweet, shy ones who are the real dirty birds"
"Dirty birds?" Faith sputtered "Need I re to becorinned "It has such a forbidden quality, doesn’t it?" She put a forkful of lasagna in her mouth and closed her eyes "You’re a wonderful cook, you know? I can’t even boil water I bet Gray thinks he’s in heaven"
"He’s not ," Faith said dryly
"Admit it You’re a total dirty bird," Serena coaxed
Faith flashed an unrepentant sive you Damon Roche’s phone nuuy you think can turn me into a sex slave?"
"Not him personally," Faith corrected "But he owns ahell, I’m still not sure what to call it I suspect Da it a sex club"
"Sex club?" Serena raised one brow and stared at Faith in surprise "What the hell are you doing hanging out in a sex club?"
"It was only once," Faithout on me"
"It didn’t exactly coh "Anyway, back to Damon If you called him and told him what you wanted, I bet he could help There see for everyone at hisestablishment"
"Is it safe?" Serena asked doubtfully
"Extreht security, and he screens his hly"
"Does Gray know about this Dauy?" Serena asked, more to make Faith blush than any real curiosity
Instead of blushing, Faith s us to our honeymoon on his private jet"
"The sex club business must be lucrative," Serena murmured
"Oh, The House is a side diversion Damon’s a business-man" Faith frowned "You know, I don’t think he’s ever told reat He’s probably a drug dealer"
"He’s not a drug dealer," Faith said in exasperation "Call him Tell him what you want He’s very easy to talk to"
"You’re not going to try and talk me out of my insanity?"
Serena asked "You’re ive o on Oprah and talk about what soul sisters we are"
"Or I could go on America’s Most Wanted after I kill you and duulf," Faith na down and followed it with several gulps of tea
"All right, I’ll call hio home and chicken out You were supposed to talk me out of this, not provide me the name of someone who can help me down the road to debauchery"
"The debauched ones have more fun," Faith said with an evil twinkle in her eye
"So says the voice of experience"
Faith walked over to one of the drawers and took out a note-pad and pen As she returned, she scribbled on a sheet of paper and then tore it out
She slid it across the bar toward Serena "Go home and call him"
CHAPTER 2
Serena walked into her office and paused by theto stare over the Houston skyline She was dressed sood Efficient
With a sigh, she turned around to face her desk And the phone The piece of paper with Damon Roche’s number was crues as she sat down in the executive chair
No, she couldn’t call from home the day before She needed to do it here, where she could pretend it was just business Here in her comfortable environment, she wasn’t nervous It didn’t have to be about her She could play it cool and pretend she was acting on the behalf of a client
She picked up the phone and glanced down at the nu it in For several tenseAbout the ti to answer, a distracted voice muttered a terse hello
She sed quickly "A with Mr Roche?"
There was a distinct pause "Who is this and how the hell did you get my private nu her this was his private line and apparently one he guarded closely She’d ot to the hard part
"Faith Malone gaveheart would allow
"Faith? Is she all right?" he demanded
She hastened to assure hiave me your number about abusiness matter I’m sorry to have bothered you I hadn’t realized this was a private nuently replaced the receiver and backed away from the desk
Bad idea Definitely a bad idea