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She hadn’t called me and, as much as I wanted to check up on her, I held back I didn’t want to overwhelive her time to reconsider

I heard a car pull up the circular drive around two o’clock, and I walked to the front of the house Todd and Elainaback behindme "How are you?"

"Good, Elaina," I said "Thanks"

Todd held a gar

"Hey, Todd" I took the bag and box "I assume these are for me?"

"Sure, man," he said "Silver’s your color"

Fuck Elaina told him

"I’ve heard it does wonders for your skin tone," he said

Elaina punched hi inside, ignoring the skin tone co in the coat closet I would take it up to Abigail’s room later We walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table I tried to push fro here And that shortly after that, we’d go upstairs--

"So," Elaina said, interrupting ot up and poured us all a glass of tea "I’ the day off"

"You don’t take days off," Todd said

"Sure I do" I set their glasses down "I took New Year’s Day off I took Christht "And I’ off Day after, too, now that I think about it"

I put the tea pitcher back in the refrigerator

"You knohat I edout with Apollo, you know?"

Todd and Elaina exchanged a look Daiven ?

"What?" I asked

"Nothing," Todd said He winked at Elaina "Round of golf still on for toolf with Jackson and Todd this weekend I couldn’t very well get out of it "Sure thing," I said "Golf tomorrow"

Who could talk about toer until six o’clock? I looked atokay?" Elaina asked "You look distracted"

Daht I’m distracted, I wanted to shout Who the hell wouldn’t be distracted?

Instead I sat down and took a sip of tea I was calave you that impression?"

I didn’t think they believed me

I opened the door when I heard the car service in the drive Abigail’s eyes darted to the front door as she got out of the car and she gave ood to see you this evening"

"Thank you"

She was nervous I could tell by the way her gaze flickered over everything Yet the few ti and desire Perhaps her week had been just as long asthat she had followed the coave her before she left last weekend--she was not to touch herself during the week

I led her to the kitchen, and we sat down to eat the cla had calmed me down

"Hoas your week?" I asked after she started eating

A s Hoas yours?"

I couldn’t tell her it had been the saht, iive tooit cool She needed opher," I said

She looked slightly taken aback, and her cheeks bore the faintest of pink flushes She wasn’t expecting that, for ot herto be an absolute treat I would savor every second

Sex didn’t start in bed Sex started in the way you moved, the way you talked It hispered, conveyed with a subtle look

"My friend Todd’s wife, Elaina, brought a gown by earlier," I said, because ouldn’t have another chance to talk about the benefit after dinner "They’re looking forward toyou"

"Your friends? Does everyone know about us?" Her voice was anxious

I took ail Trust"They know you’re reement"

I leaned back and watched her eat She compulsively cut her pasta up and took several s, and went back to studying her pasta

A few ht where I wanted her

She suddenly put down her fork "So do you plan to touch me this weekend or not?" she blurted

Yes

"Ask ail Just because this is your table doesn’t aze fell to the table "Will you touch me this weekend, Master?"

"Look at me," I said, because I wanted to see her eyes

Her expression was conflicted--she knew she’d misspoken--but I’d overlook it this one time And since she’d asked