She was still out for the summer break for at least another month. Asher spent a few hours a day scouting out locations for the new office, but that left the majority of the day free. They went for long drives with no destination in mind. They went to museums. He took her to visit his father. And they had sex. They’d made love in every room in her house. Before the incident in the kitchen the previous week, she’d never done it outside of a bedroom. She’d never had so much sex in her life.
“How about this one?” Sierra held up a black bustier with lace cups and a sheer waist. It had a matching miniscule sheer thong.
Ariadne felt her face warm. She hoped the blush didn’t show. “I don’t think I could fit in that.”#p#分页标题#e#
“It stretches.” Sierra tugged at the material.
“I don’t know,” she hedged. She wasn’t sure she was quite ready for something so sexy. “I was thinking along the lines of something…less revealing.”
Sierra sighed. “He’s seen you naked.” She glanced at her watch. “My lunch break is going to be over soon. You have to pick something. Look, you don’t have to tell me that he’s giving it to you good. I can tell. You’ve never been this happy or this carefree in your life. And he’s practically got you bowlegged.”
Ariadne heard giggling behind her. Face burning, she snatched the bustier from her cousin and shoved her along so that they were moving toward the cash register. “Thanks for advertising my business,” she hissed.
Sierra laughed. “What? You didn’t think we’d all notice? Besides, your mother’s telling everyone about how she walked in on the two of you going at it on the stairs.”
She buried her face in her hand. “We weren’t having sex,” she defended. But they would have been given a few more minutes. “And I was in my own house.” Her mother had used her key and barged in as usual. Though after that incident, Aurora had promised to use the doorbell going forward.
“Here, get these, too.” Sierra gave her a handful of lacy thongs in a rainbow of colors. “Greet him in just these, and you’ll have him on his knees begging you for it.”
Asher didn’t have to beg her. All he had to do was give her that slow, sexy smile and she grew wet. If she thought his laugh affected her before, it was doubly effective now because she knew how much pleasure he could give her.
“You never said. Is this for a special occasion?”
“No.”
“Well it sure as hell can’t be because he’s losing interest.”
Ariadne shook her head. Though she harbored more than a small bit of fear that that’s exactly what would happen. She’d watched Asher go through numerous girlfriends over the years. She’d never seen him with the same girl twice. She had every reason to believe that he would tire of her. She was nothing like the exotic and bold beauties he’d dated over the years. He’d even admitted to breaking women’s hearts. She didn’t want to add hers to the pile. Sure, he told her he loved her often, but she didn’t know how many other women had received the same words. Anyone who knew his history couldn’t blame her for being cautious. She was head over heels in love with him but she couldn’t trust him or what they had enough to tell him.
“He’s taking me out to dinner tonight. I just thought I’d surprise him.”
Sierra grinned. “Well, aren’t you being the perfect little naughty wife.”
“Oh, my God, Asher Hollister, is that you?”
Ariadne could tell from the wince on Asher’s face that the woman approaching their intimate little table for two was one of his exes. Sadly, it wasn’t the first time that they’d run into one of his previous bedmates. And it surely wouldn’t be the last, but Ariadne was hoping that the news that he was off the market would spread soon because none of these women were in the least bit deterred by the sight of another woman on his arm. Since Ash didn’t tend to stay in relationships long, they figured they only had to bide their time until he was available again.
The tall, curvy brunette bent and hugged him. “I haven’t seen you in forever. How have you been?”
“I’ve been well. And you?”
“Good, good.” She finally turned her head to look at her and her eyes widened in surprise. Ariadne was also taken off guard. She remembered this woman from high school. “Ari? Hi.” She glanced back at Asher. “What are the two of you doing together?” Taking in the setting for two, she asked, “Are the two of you planning something for Ted and Erika?”#p#分页标题#e#