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Micah nods “Okay”

“Are you hungry?” I ask I don’t knohy It just see nor your daddy”

He shakes his head

“Okay I’ll be right back” I head into the bedrooet myself under control I want to cry I want to punch Nathaniel Stone in his stupid perfect face

Most of all, I want to pretend none of this ever happened

Chapter Ten

Nathaniel

I stand there, half listening as Vanessa prattles about a show she saw, solance at her, taking in her thick red cascade of hair, her slick red lips and very nicely enhanced curves But today, it’s doing absolutely nothing for me And I realize why most of the time I spent with Vanessa was in bed, where the only words she bothered ere, “Yes,” “More,” and “Harder” I hide a grimace Today, of course, she’s not here as one of allery is launching this evening More i here as the wife of one of my best, wealthiest clients

Why we even started our secret trysts eludes in to think about it, the answer is co alone… the need to touch and be touched…

“Hey, boss” I turn to the doorway leading into the gallery and see Bruce, dressed in his usual gray uniforuilt hits s are all in the exhibition roo else with them?”

“No, Bruce That’s perfect Thank you”

He gives uilt hits o, and I’ve done absolutely filthy things to her over the last couple of weeks When I’ I think about is how great and loyal her father is an e her screaht of the potential, very nasty, very public lawsuit that could come from this doesn’t even enter my

in to describe it, yet I can’t see eous, s those moments, except for how much I want Poppy

Vanessa keeps talking as if Bruce hadn’t been there at all She’s very good at ignoring things that she considers beneath her interest For all of her talent artistically, as well as in the sack, she has a personality that’s distinctly lacking

And what does it say about ave that fact a second thought?