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"Yes, Simon! I want this, I want you," I cried out, frantic now for the feel of hiled in ainst the wall, his other hand now dipped below, finding roaned at the feel of roan as he sank inside, inch by perfect inch I reached back with et him further inside, but he placedmy hips out farther

"Look at you--Jesus, just look at you," heinside alasp "So hot like this, you’re so sexy"

"When you’re fuckinginnocently over my shoulder Which he then bit down onhard Then he pulled out Which I barely had ti I kneas on the floor between ainst hisabout my fiancé He loves to take a taste

His ue licked and lapped at ainst his beautiful face as I rockedan to run

"Don’t stop, don’t you dare stop," I chanted as he circled his tongue againstand licking and kissing and loving and

I exploded He stayed until I exploded again And then once ood measure And when I was boneless and unable to stand, he pulled s onto his shoulders, and absolutely wrecked me for any other man

It’s very possible that I passed out on the kitchen floor Because when I woke e afghan, and Si a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios Naked

The week after Sied went by in a blur I worked, he worked, we told everyone we knew our exciting news and our phones filled with congratulatory ee on the overnight answering service at the office changed to announce e of course, after our address and operating hours were given

I’d always spoken to my mother often, usually two to three times a week typically Now she called me every day, multiple times As early as 7 am and once as late as eleven thirty, when I just had to turn on Ji and wouldn’t itas well In her typical bulldog sensibilities, she’d brought every single bridal azine that was currently in print towith her back issues of Martha Stewart Weddings, starting around 2002 Took her two hand trucks and three rides in the elevator to bring the work on a redesign for an existing client of hts, and the ti on her kitchen re interference on a Skype call betweenthe hotly contested topic of full or partial veils and why a forehead such as mine was able to pull off a more ornate lace fall I didn’t have a clue what any of these thingsand wonderful all that the saht I was exhausted, and over take-out Thai food eaten on our living room couch, I told Si of our wedding overtake the actual e With a curry-scented kiss on my forehead, Simon shook his head at my naïveté and simply smiled

Famous last curry

Chapter five

Months later

"Mom, you can’t put the Royers by the Boccis, they hate each other Ever since Mr Bocci ran over Mrs Royer’s cat How can you not reot smushed under the front wheel of the Royers’ new Mercedes It was all Mrs Bocci talked about all su them to pool parties, because all she wanted to do was talk about her dead catYesYes, suone on that longYep, you got it Put them by the Schaefers, everyone likes themOkaytalk to you to up the phone, rubbingcalls fro the last thirty hours with her in our ho Central Mydetails, the likes of which I’d not been the least bit prepared for Mywith Jillian and Sophia for certain portions, had been shuttling across the bay and back again for two days of cake sas, and big band listening The listening had been my favorite part, actually The rest? For The Birds

How do people gettheir wallets? Without being convicted for assault by petticoat? I’d now been front and center for teddings that I’d been directly involved with, first Jillian and then Miht from the outside, even as involved as I’d been, I’d be prepared for the onslaught of decisions and co on our important day