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"And yet you've never acted on it"

I nod "Because I know you I know you don't want so difficult"

"So, what's changed?"

I shake h my hair "I don't know," I reply and turn back to her "All I know is that I want you now If not nohen?"

"A week"

"A week?"

A fucking week?

"It's barely any time"

"I thoughtdays?" I turn back and look in her eyes "Hoill I get through seven days and seven nights?"

"You'll figure it out I need time away from you to know if I can handle it If I can trust you"

"You don't think you can trust me?"

"Jon," she says softly "You're a manwhore"

"All right, a week," I reply, not wanting to argue with her on that particular point "But I don't knohether I'll be able to last"

She smiles coyly "I'm sure you can take matters into your own hands"

I laugh out loud at that "Oh, believe me, I can I already do In fact, in the last few days, I've been busier than usual, i you"