thinking about taking kickboxing with my friend, Shelly. Of course I suspect the only ass that will get kicked there will be mine.”
“I’d love to see that.”
“I’ve never been much of a reader, but Josie just gave me a pretty racy romance book last week. I keep meaning to start it.”
Bryan took a sip of wine. “You’re off to a really good start on reinventing Laura. You had me fooled.”
“Yeah, well. Thanks. I’m not sure I’ve accomplished much, but I am having fun.”
“Nothing wrong with enjoying life. If I’ve learned anything in my forty-three years, it’s that life is too damn short. Time seemed to last forever when I was a kid. Nowadays I blink and another year has passed.”
They fell silent for a few moments, then Laura asked the question she was dying to have answered. “I have to admit I’m compelled by your tumultuous, but enlightening, affair . What the hell does that mean?”
Bryan didn’t answer immediately.
Laura raised her hand. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to pry.”
“No. It’s a valid question, but I’m not sure how to respond. I’ve learned some things about myself since Corinne’s death, let parts of my personality that I’d suppressed emerge.”
“What do you mean?”
“Is sex on your list of things you want to explore?”
It was her turn to go quiet. Was it? Josie had insisted it should be on the list, but Laura hadn’t wanted the hassle, the complications that sex would add to her life. Truth was, she hadn’t missed it that much and eliminating it from her life after the divorce had been a blessing.
Until Bryan’s kisses, she hadn’t second-guessed that decision. Since then…she’d thought about sex way too much.
“And now I’m the one asking personal questions. Laura, I didn’t mean—”
“It’s not that I don’t want to answer. The truth is I don’t know if it should be on my list.”
Bryan nodded, but didn’t press her for more.
Regardless, she felt compelled to forge on. “I was with Mason for twenty-three years. By the end of my marriage, we’d fallen into ABC sex.”
He frowned. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that.”
Laura grimaced. “Anniversary, Birthday, Christmas.”
“Ouch.”
“Yeah. Well, even on those four big days it was nothing to write home about.”
Bryan leaned closer, grasping her hand. “Describe it.”
Laura tried to ignore how much his touch was affecting her. She’d been drawn to him since she’d seen him in the club. An undeniable sexual attraction was growing between them. But she felt the need to resist the pull for some reason. “You seriously want to hear what sex was like between me and my ex-husband?”
“Only if you’re comfortable talking about it.”
Laura took a long sip of wine. Why not? “We had a fairly standard routine that started with me giving him a blow job, then a bit of missionary. And we always wrapped up with the big ending of him taking me from behind, doggie-style, until he came.”
“That doesn’t sound terrible.”
“Probably not to you. You’re a guy.”
“Wait,” Bryan said. “Until he came? What about you?”
She shrugged. “Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn’t.”
“And that was it?”
She nodded. “That was it.” She looked away, pretending to study the other patrons in the restaurant. Where had all that come from? She hadn’t just dumped all her luggage on Bryan’s lap, she’d slammed the suitcase against his head.
“I like to be in control in the bedroom.”
Bryan’s unexpected admission caught her attention. She looked at him, found his gaze hadn’t left her face. “What does that mean?”
“What would you say if I asked you to excuse yourself to the ladies’ room?”
“Why would I go there?”
“To remove your panties and bring them back to me.”
Laura grinned. “I’d say two things. One, I just got out of a relationship with a man who played lord of the castle and I’m not interested in getting back into that
“I’d love to see that.”
“I’ve never been much of a reader, but Josie just gave me a pretty racy romance book last week. I keep meaning to start it.”
Bryan took a sip of wine. “You’re off to a really good start on reinventing Laura. You had me fooled.”
“Yeah, well. Thanks. I’m not sure I’ve accomplished much, but I am having fun.”
“Nothing wrong with enjoying life. If I’ve learned anything in my forty-three years, it’s that life is too damn short. Time seemed to last forever when I was a kid. Nowadays I blink and another year has passed.”
They fell silent for a few moments, then Laura asked the question she was dying to have answered. “I have to admit I’m compelled by your tumultuous, but enlightening, affair . What the hell does that mean?”
Bryan didn’t answer immediately.
Laura raised her hand. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to pry.”
“No. It’s a valid question, but I’m not sure how to respond. I’ve learned some things about myself since Corinne’s death, let parts of my personality that I’d suppressed emerge.”
“What do you mean?”
“Is sex on your list of things you want to explore?”
It was her turn to go quiet. Was it? Josie had insisted it should be on the list, but Laura hadn’t wanted the hassle, the complications that sex would add to her life. Truth was, she hadn’t missed it that much and eliminating it from her life after the divorce had been a blessing.
Until Bryan’s kisses, she hadn’t second-guessed that decision. Since then…she’d thought about sex way too much.
“And now I’m the one asking personal questions. Laura, I didn’t mean—”
“It’s not that I don’t want to answer. The truth is I don’t know if it should be on my list.”
Bryan nodded, but didn’t press her for more.
Regardless, she felt compelled to forge on. “I was with Mason for twenty-three years. By the end of my marriage, we’d fallen into ABC sex.”
He frowned. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that.”
Laura grimaced. “Anniversary, Birthday, Christmas.”
“Ouch.”
“Yeah. Well, even on those four big days it was nothing to write home about.”
Bryan leaned closer, grasping her hand. “Describe it.”
Laura tried to ignore how much his touch was affecting her. She’d been drawn to him since she’d seen him in the club. An undeniable sexual attraction was growing between them. But she felt the need to resist the pull for some reason. “You seriously want to hear what sex was like between me and my ex-husband?”
“Only if you’re comfortable talking about it.”
Laura took a long sip of wine. Why not? “We had a fairly standard routine that started with me giving him a blow job, then a bit of missionary. And we always wrapped up with the big ending of him taking me from behind, doggie-style, until he came.”
“That doesn’t sound terrible.”
“Probably not to you. You’re a guy.”
“Wait,” Bryan said. “Until he came? What about you?”
She shrugged. “Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn’t.”
“And that was it?”
She nodded. “That was it.” She looked away, pretending to study the other patrons in the restaurant. Where had all that come from? She hadn’t just dumped all her luggage on Bryan’s lap, she’d slammed the suitcase against his head.
“I like to be in control in the bedroom.”
Bryan’s unexpected admission caught her attention. She looked at him, found his gaze hadn’t left her face. “What does that mean?”
“What would you say if I asked you to excuse yourself to the ladies’ room?”
“Why would I go there?”
“To remove your panties and bring them back to me.”
Laura grinned. “I’d say two things. One, I just got out of a relationship with a man who played lord of the castle and I’m not interested in getting back into that
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