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In the eightdistance—me in Detroit, Lucas in Paris and no York, I’d learned there was only one good thing about a long distance relationship

Phone sex

Needless to say, I had never had phone sex before In fact, I’d spent much of ht “changing things up”me on his side of the bed instead ofthe sheets due to his aversion to bodily fluids One time I tried to flip around so my head was at the foot of the bed just for some blessed relief from the monotony of his two Approved Positions, and he looked at ht need an exorcism

What I needed was an orgasm

I finally got one after Tucker called off our wedding (thank you, God), and my two best friends convinced me to take the all-expenses-paid Paris honeymoon by myself It was there I ht me about wine, cathedrals, and simultaneous O’s

But I digress

Phone sex—I was a virgin

Lucas claih he’d always had a dirty s that turned me on raphic of his thoughts and desires I, on the other hand, had to teach myself not to be inhibited by the shape of certain words on irlish voice It was one thing to think the them out loud took a fearlessness I hadn’t learned

I was a quick study

Soon, I began to enjoy the way such raords e the day I’d think of neays to piece theether, new fantasies to describe to him, new descriptions of what he did to my body and what I wanted to do to his

And then there were the outfits

Lucas always liked to knohat I had on, and I knew he enjoyed seeing s in pink or white or black, classy with a hint of kink He’d sent ht of as e hi new

OK fine, once, one tih heels when I really had on flannel pants with bunnies on theers tee shirt with the neck cut out I was unprepared, all right?

But ht

“So What are you wearing?”

“M too sexy, I’ but good-girl intentions when I picked up the phone

“It’s sexy if it’s on your body Tell me” His voice had dropped to that low, distant-thunder pitch that told me he was turned on Sometimes we’d talk for hours before he’d use that voice on ht, only a minute or tould pass between “Hello” and “What are you wearing?”

“White panties Black lace around each thigh Little black bow at the top”

“That’s it?”

I laughed softly “Yes”

Silence, during which I ile, my breath catch