chocolate
cheesecake,” said Mr. Wang, carefully picking up the last piece of cake with
his chopsticks.
Cherry nodded. “Chocolate cheesecake is very
popular. My personal favorite is strawberry, though.”
“We can get strawberries if that’s what you
want. We may have to look around a little. But certainly frozen strawberries
are a possibility,” said Lee.
“What about goji berries? Can we make cheesecake
with goji berries?” asked Harry.
“What are goji berries?”
“You may know them as wolfberries.”
“No, I still don’t know what you mean. What do
they look like? What kind of flavor do they have?”
“They are bright orange-red oblongs with lots of
yellow seeds inside. We eat them with rice, often in chicken or pork dishes and
with yams,” said Lee.
“They’re also used in tea with chrysanthemums,”
added Grandfather Wang.
“And wine. You can get wine made by blending
grapes and goji berries.”
“Yes, but I still don’t understand what they
taste like.”
“They come from the same family as potatoes and
tomatoes. They’re sold dried, then you cook them. I suspect that they won’t be
sweet enough for a cheesecake. They’re more savory in taste,” said Lee.
“Mango!” exclaimed Mr. Wang. “Mango would be
ideal for this cheesecake dish.”
“Oh yes, mango would work,” said a relieved
Cherry, and the conversation turned to how to make the dessert, and from there
to Harry’s job as a bank manager, and how much the banking industry had changed
since Grandfather Wang was a young man.
****
“Did you notice how good your Mandarin is now?
We hardly had to explain anything to you. Even the goji berries, you understood
what we were talking about,” said Harry.
“And Grandfather Wang is picking up more and
more English and some American habits. He adores sweet desserts. We need to be
able to offer him a cheesecake next week when he comes for supper with us,”
added Cherry.
“I never realized how lonely the old man was
until you came to join us. You haven’t just made Harry and me into your family,
you’ve given us a grandfather as well. Neither of us ever knew our American
grandparents. When we were children it was unheard of for Chinese people to go
to
America
for a vacation. Even now we must pay a large bond before travelling overseas.
And both my Chinese grandparents died before I was born. I used to envy Harry
so much because he had known his Chinese grandmother. But now we all have an
elder in our family. Thanks to you, sweet Cherry.”
The two men surrounded her and began kissing
her.
Cherry reveled in the feeling of a hot, hard man
in front of her and another one pressing into her back.
“I love being with you both, and I enjoy having
a family. I vaguely remember meeting my grandmother once or twice when I was
small, but it was before my parents divorced, and I think visits with her were
just something else for my parents to argue about. And I never recall sitting on
her lap or anything like that. But Grandfather Wang is different. He’s old and
wise and a delight to talk with. I’m so glad he wants to share his life with us
too.”
“And we adore the way you’re always ready for
us, always a willing, active participant in our lovemaking,” said Harry, gently
sucking an earlobe into his mouth and running his tongue inside the shell of
her ear.
Cherry shivered with anticipation. “Sheesh, you
two make me so hot. You only have to walk into the room and I’m wet and ready
for you.”
“What is your pleasure tonight, sweet Cherry?”
asked Lee. “Cherry in the middle? Cherry on top? Or maybe just hands and mouths
this time?”
“That’s such a difficult choice. I do love
having you both inside me at once. I feel so full and stretched and possessed.
But I also like it when one of you fucks the other while the man in the middle
fucks me. That’s unbelievable to watch and feel. So powerful and raw. But this
time I think I’d like to be on top. We
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