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"Oui, Maîtresse"
When Kingsley returned with the wine, Felicia’s two Russian blue cats had taken over his spot in her bed He handed Felicia a glass before picking up one of the cats It squeaked in protest
"Hush, Severin," Kingsley said, scratching Severin under his chin "You stole my pillow"
"That’s Venus, not Severin," Felicia said
"My apologies, Maîtresse Venus All cats look alike to me" He winked at Felicia, and sat Venus-in-Fur down next to her twin He got into bed, and the cats rearranged theray fur
"Don’t tease one to the bad place Even though it’s their fault I had to go away"
"The cats sent you to pris--"
"Shh" Felicia said and covered Venus’s twitching ears with her hands "They don’t knohere I went Someone else had to feed thesley laughed "How did your cats send you toaway?"
"Usually the wife finds out about the affair fro hair on her husband’s coat Stephen gave ift He and his wife couldn’t have cats because she was allergic After leaving ht he went homeand his lovely wife sneezed ‘The sneeze heard round the world,’ the newspapers called it Or, if not the world, the entire city"
Kingsley stroked Severin as the cat purred and preened
"His wife found out about you, and you spent two months in prison, because Stephen Platt, a billionaire CEO, doesn’t kno to use a lint roller?"
"Stephen is living proof that social Darwinism is a failed theory You’d think a billionaire would be a little ssley said "People assume the rich are smarter and better They’re just richer"
"They’re certainly not any better Most of my clients are millionaires and then solad I’ you a cent?" Felicia leaned over the two cats and kissed him
"Since you don’t have sex with your clients, I’d say it was the bestand deep He wanted her again already, but he would wait and recover so he could give her everything he had, not just everything he had left
When the kiss ended, Kingsley lay on his back again Severin stepped on to his chest in that i everyone their footstools and curled up on Kingsley’s stoone?" Felicia asked "Do you haveSeverin rose and fell with Kingsley’s breath "I can’t find what Fuller’s hiding"
"Trust your instincts Stephen’s wife knew that cat hair on his coatmore than Stephen stopped to pet a cat one day She saw cat hair and looked for pussy"