me to a libido-crushing anecdote about having a cyst lanced. I got her and her groceries loaded into her condo and refused her offerings of lemonade.
Back in my place with no time to spare, I barely had time to splash some water on my face, pull on my I-Mean-Business gray suit (the most expensive thing I owned, that I was still paying off) and my Bitch Boots, and dashed down to my car.
On the drive over, I wondered what kind of job was ahead of me. Suzanne hadn't told me how much work there was, or how many days I'd be on the case, but I didn't care.
The address was in the rich part of the city, and, while I love organizing almost anything, there's a very special joy I get from handling designer suits and ties and those custom-made shirts. Oh, those shirts!
My loins were still aching, unsatisfied. I had to organize things all day, but I knew the minute I saw one of those shirts, I'd be dreaming about pulling one on over my naked body and then riding something, maybe a leather ottoman. Better yet, some hot, muscled thing, like a gardener or a pool boy. I'd unbutton the shirt, grab onto the sides of one of those button-upholstered leather ottomans rich people always have in their walk-in closets, and I'd make that pool boy blush and squeal.
“Lexie Ross!” I admonished myself. “Enough of your filth. Get your mind on the job.”
Mmm, pool boy. Blow job?
“The organizing!” I reminded myself. “Gotta get paid.”
I arrived at the address Suzanne had given me and pulled the car under the shade of an enormous oak tree.
The address. It was the one . The mansion. The home of my dreams. Thick columns at the front, a wrought iron gate, and timeless architecture. The landscaping was impeccable, almost drawing attention from the house.
After I turned off the engine, I smoothed down my gray suit, sliding my hand in under the jacket to give each of my breasts a little I'll-Get-To-You-Later squeeze.
The woman who answered the door shut it immediately when she saw my face.
I pressed the buzzer again and spoke confidently into the intercom, “My name is Lexie Ross. I'm from Busy Town Organization, and I do have an appointment.”
“How old are you?” she asked through the intercom. I imagined her wrinkled lips flattening into a line at the end of the question.
“Twenty-eight,” I said, adding on two years.
“We requested someone with more experience.”
I rolled my eyes—a bad habit I was trying to break. “I've been organizing for seven years,” I said, doubling my time and adding a year for good measure. So what, everybody exaggerates on their resume, I figured.
She opened the door, revealing an elegant face with minimal, tasteful makeup. “I'm not allowing any young women near Mr. Thorne,” she said.
“Does he eat them?” I joked.
She scowled. I thought her scowl couldn't get any deeper, and then she saw my Bitch Boots, and it did.
I extended my hand and said, warmly, “It's nice to meet you, Ms.… ?”
She looked both ways and waved me into the house—or should I say, mansion.
“Call me Grace,” she said, and she shook my hand. “Next time, you'll come in through the side, to the servants' entrance.”
“Of course,” I said, looking up first at the enormous chandelier and then down at the gleaming marble tile floor. The tiles were so shiny, and reflective. I could see the chandelier beneath me. I caught a glimpse of my red silk panties in the reflection and quickly shifted my feet together before Grace could see them.
She glanced up and gave me a smirk. Oh, she saw.
Grace, who looked about fifty, but a feisty fifty, licked her lips.
“Come,” she said, wiggling a finger.
I'd love to, but you're not my type , I thought, smiling sweetly.
“Of course,” I said, and I followed her up a grand wooden staircase.
She took me down a hall, around a corner, and then led me into a closet, and by closet, I mean an entire room, bigger than my two-bedroom condominium and then some. As she
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