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Her bag and clothes were gone too My top and pants, which she had been using as paja neatly folded on the seat of the sofa I put oing on Things had been going well…I leave for a second and she disappears? I didn’t think there was a woman in the world as i with me

Angry and frustrated, I downed a glass of scotch and went to bed

Chapter Nine

It was the third alar late I rolled over, still reeling fro She had leftthat scared the hell out of me and excited one I just couldn’t let it go One one It just didn’tme the way I treated everyone else, and I didn’t like that

Why was it that the first wo out to be soh woh usually it was the clingy ‘I’ when I didn’t reciprocate the desire to continue the relationship Well fuck that, this was exactly why relationships didn’t suit irls that were more than happy to receive my attention, so I wasn’t about to waste more time on this one

I threw the covers back and cli a towel, I headed for the bathroom I turned on the hot and cold taps and waited for the water to reach te under the strea down over ht back to her rounded breasts, and I was rock hard

Forgetting Belle was going to be ht Every tie of her naked body My fingers closed around the shaft of th My other palainst the wall, while my fist pumped harder and faster until et her

For the first tilad to have the distraction of Luke’s lunch today This had been planned for weeks, and for weeks I’d been dreading it I had nothing against Luke or Sally, but I had the sneaking suspicion that they were going to ask odparent

I’d be fucked if I was going to let that happen I didn’t want kids ofto worry about someone else’s And why the fuck anyone would trust me with their kids, I had no idea I was sure this was more Luke’s idea than Sally’s, but even so it was stupid That being said, telling the to be difficult

Stepping out of the shower, I grabbed a towel and flung it around rabbed the pair of jeans and shirt I’d set out to wear Luke gave no indication of whether this thing was supposed to be casual or for with casual

I hadn’t , but frankly I’d been too drunk to ht All I re up two bridesmaids in my bed ere apparently Sally’s cousins That was alo

When Luke had told ed, I’d been shocked to say the least Who the fuck wants to coe of twenty? If there was one thing thatinvolved wasn’t worth it, not for anyone And nothing in the past five years had suggested otherwise

I grabbed my jacket and the nice bottle of red I had taken fro it shut after me I threw the wine on the seat next to me and climbed in the car Luke and Sally lived on the outskirts of town, about a twenty-minute drive froet out there as often as I’d like Too much to do and Luke was always uys in the city for a drinking session

I pulled into the driveway Luke e, as had Sally before she left for maternity leave It showed in their hoe property with stunning gardens, and even a tiny little creek Even I had to adreat place to raise kids: laid-back suburbia, away from the hustle and bustle of the city Not my idea of paradise

I made my way towards the door Rosebushes lined the stone footpath, right up to the porch, where two cane chairs sat, overlooking the gardens The whole scene was like so show and it made me miss the concrete slab that was my balcony