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She follows me into my bedroom and perches at my desk in front of my laptop It’s open, and the screensaver is a slideshow of pictures of Daht and humor in his eyes that I can’t ever look at those photos without sinal Monet painting Das between my desk andcherished It’s a nice feeling, and one that I ae, my apartment was simply a place to live With my mother, my room was the place I wanted to escape But here, there is Jamie and my newfound freedom There is excitement There is potential

Most of all, there is Damien

This roooing is where I want to be

Ataway "Raine," she finally says

I’ray one, and it takesabout precipitation

"Bryan Raine," she says, when I turn to face her, as if that will ister complete cluelessness, she shakes her head in uy is Bryan Raine"

Despite o , and when I reach es They’re all of the saeous, mostly shirtless, with a well-fucked quality and the kind of eyes and facial structure and that dirty blond hair a caes, in fact, are frone Jeans I have to confess that the man could definitely sell a pair of jeans

"That’s him," Jamie says proudly

"That’s the guy you were out with last night?"

"Yup" She grins h we stayed in most of the time Pretty hot, huh?"

"He’s incredible," I say as I e for panties and a bra For awith Damien, I’ve had to follow his rules And for the last teeks, I’ve worn neither bra nor panties It was odd at first, but undeniably sexy, especially when I ith hi that at any moment he could slip a hand under erfucknaked beneath your clothes, and even when Damien wasn’t around, my body was keyed up, and I are of every brush of material over my rear and every whisper of a breeze that stroked ame, it’s the first day of a new job and the Elizabeth Fairchild Rules for Living are too ingrained into escape froh the cracks And in my mother’s world, the thrill of sexual freedom doesn’t override the necessity of panties at work

I slip on h, and return to the closet to continue debating lance at Ja dreaet drool on my keyboard," I chide "So how did youto the co "He uest appearances and he was even one of the bad guys in the last James Bond movie"

"He was?" I’d actually seen that movie, and I don’t reun and looked hot," she auys haven’t started to shoot yet," I say, because I’o out with hi up the two skirts I’

"The blue And he called me He said that since the coht to go out and suss out our che," Jah I’m still not thrilled about the ease hich Ja ure that the new job and the new guy have a lot to do with that I feel a surge of protectiveness ed with a tiny bit of worry Jamie’s never confided in me about it, but I’m pretty sure that before I moved in she often chose her ness to help her e If a real relationship develops between Jamie and Bryan Raine, no one will be happier thanthat lance at her and see that she’s frowning I s, afraid that my fears show ona skirt? I thought you tech folks were all about the jeans and T-shirts with math equations"

I scowl, because I happen to own several T-shirts with truly funnythe tech side, reement I want to look professional"

I’ve zipped up the blue skirt, and now I slide my feet into my favorite pair of pu jacket I found at one of the studio resale shops that Ja spree It has a classical cut with a ray and blue The clerk told us that it orn by one of the characters on some television show I never watched, but that Jareat fun

"I want to hear uy," I tell her as I h " She follows ainst the door as I finish up by carefully liningmascara on my lashes When I’m done, I do a little spin in the tiny area between the tub and the sink "Do I look okay?"

"When don’t you?" she asks "And if anyone asks, Lauren Graham wore that jacket on Gil her word for it

"Want to meet after work? I’ll tell you about Raine and you can tell hts away froood," I say, not bothering to tell her that where Da to be revealing "everything" "Du-par’s?" I ask