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Chapter Thirty-One
Skye
"Oh my gosh. I cannot believe that you and Kingston have been dating for two months now," Juniper says, staring at me over her cocktail while she shakes her head. "I am in disbelief. How did I not know this?"
"Well, we're not dating, dating," I say, smiling at her. "We've just been hanging out on the weekends, and man, I can't believe it's been two months already either. It's felt like a whirlwind."
"Were you going to tell me?" she asks quietly as she nibbles on a piece of sashimi.
“I’m not really sure what you want me to say?"
"I mean, if I hadn't walked into the office yesterday and seen you dashing away from him and straightening out your shirt, then you may not have felt like you had to tell me."
"It was just something Kingston and I have been keeping to ourselves.
And it's not like it's anything special.
Honestly, I don't think it's special to him.
Every other Saturday, I plan a date, and the Saturdays I don't plan, he plans, and yeah, we've been spending almost every weekend together, and it's been great.
And yeah, maybe we've also been spending a couple of nights together. "
"I thought I saw you guys come into the office together a couple of times."
"We try not to, but it's just something that happens, especially if we have early morning sex." I giggle. "Oh, my gosh. Do I sound absolutely horrible?"
"No, not at all," Juniper says wistfully. "Good for you. I'd love to have a love affair with someone."
"Oh, yeah?" I ask her. "Anyone in particular?"
"No." She shakes her head. "I guess I'd just like to be seen, you know?" She shrugs. "It's weird that I work in a law firm where there are a lot of hot attorneys, and none of them notice me, not even my own boss.
"Maybe that’s because he's preoccupied by the fact that he now has a daughter."
"I know," she says. "Can you believe it? I think that he's going to have her with him for the first time in a couple of weeks."
"Oh, really? What's going on there?"
"So…" She lowers her voice and looks around. "Just in case," she says, grinning.
"I get it."
"They did DNA tests, and it turns out he is the dad."
"Wow."
"And I guess she wants child support, and he wants visitation, and I guess they're working on it now, but I think that his first visitation is going to come up soon.
I don't know what he's going to do because he's a ladies' man through and through, and I don't know what ladies’ man knows how to deal with kids," she shrugs, “but anyway… "
"Yeah. I cannot see Remington Parker as a father. This is going to be crazy."
"Yeah, but my point is that even he doesn’t notice me, and I work for him, and he notices every other woman in the world."
"True, but maybe it's good that he doesn't notice you. You wouldn't want to complicate your life, right?"
"Yeah, but it would be nice to be noticed by someone."
"I know I've brought this up before, and Lila has as well, but would you be open to a makeover?" I ask her, not wanting to offend her.
"Yeah," she says slowly. "I really would.
It's been me and my dad for a really long time, and he doesn’t really know anything about clothes or makeup or hair, and I guess I just never really learned, but I don't want to be single for the rest of my life.
I don't want to be a spinster, and I certainly don't want to be invisible in every room.
So if you could even make it so a guy on the side of the street working on a construction site whistles at me, that would be cool. "
"Oh, I can do more than that. I can't do this weekend because I have plans."
"With Kingston?"
"Yeah, with Kingston," I say, smiling, "But what about the following weekend?"
"Okay. Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it'll be fine. I'll just tell Kingston I can't meet up that weekend.
"You'd do that for me?"
"Yes." I reach over and squeeze her hands.
"You're one of my best friends now, Juniper, and if you want a man, we're going to make sure you get you a man.
I know you can get a man looking like you do, but if you want to wow everyone in the office, I can get you there.
Trust me. You just have to listen to what I say. "
"Girl, I'm more than willing to. You're so naturally gorgeous. If I looked even half as good as you…" She grins.
"I think you're going to look better," I say.
My phone beeps, and I look down at it. It's Kingston.
"What's going on?" she asks.
"He wants to know what I'm up to."
"Ooh, but it's Thursday night."
"I know. He probably wants me to come over. I bet he's horny."
She laughs. "So, is sex with him good?"
"Um…" I grin. "Let's just say good is an understatement. On a scale of one to ten, he's a thirty."
"A thirty? Whoa. I wouldn't mind a thirty in my life."
"Yeah? We'll get you a fifty."
"I just want to have sex," she says.
"What?" I blink at her. "You're not a virgin."
She turns her head to the side, avoiding eye contact with me. "Come on now. Does it look like I've been getting plenty of sex?"
"I mean…" I pause. “I don't know."
"Well, let's just say I haven't. I've wanted to save myself for the right guy, a man that's going to sweep me off my feet, but obviously, that hasn't happened because I don't even put myself out there anyway, but I'm ready now.
If I'm going to write the romantic book of the year, I have to be able to write some good sex scenes, and I'm not going to be able to write some good sex scenes if I've never even had sex. "
"We will definitely make sure that you get laid by the hottest dude on the market. He's going to be flipping you back and forth."
"I hope so." She leans back and sips on her cocktail. "So, you're going to go over and see Kingston tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm thinking about it, but…" I lick my lips nervously.
"What is it?" she asks.
"A couple of weeks ago, actually, maybe over a month ago, I applied to be on a TV show, and I just got an in-person audition."
"Oh, no way. What show?"
"Love is Blind."
"Oh my gosh. I love that show. I was just watching the UK version. It was so good."
"Yeah, I'm going to be on the US version if I get cast, but I would need to have two months off of work, and it's just kind of weird and complicated to bring it up now."
"Why? Oh, you mean because of Kingston? Is he your boyfriend then?"
"No. If he was my boyfriend, I would not even consider going on the show. It's just… we aren’t boyfriend and girlfriend. We're boss and employee with benefits, but only a little bit more."
"So you are dating?"
"Technically, yes, but officially, no." I sigh. "Kingston is not looking for a relationship, and he doesn't want anyone in the office to know. I don't know why at this point because he's always all over me half the time."
"I know, I caught you guys. I don't know what I caught you guys doing, but it was obvious you'd been doing something."
I grin at her. "Let's just say that he was having some fun with my fun bags." I wink at her, and she giggles.
"Okay. I'm not sure I want to know exactly what he was doing."
"Probably not."
"Oh my gosh. You're not going to leave me hanging. I do want to know, Skye. You have to tell me."
"I'm embarrassed," I say, blushing.
"Come on. Tell me."
"Fine. Let's just say that he was titty-fucking me." I giggle and drink some more of my cocktail. "I don't know why I just said that. I'm embarrassed. Do not judge me."
"I’m not judging you. But that makes sense why you rushed to button up your shirt, and it was wrinkly and not buttoned correctly, and why your bra was on his desk still."
I blush. "I know. At least you didn't see anything of his, right?
"If you're asking if I saw his manhood, no. Remember, he pushed his chair under the desk?"
"I remember. We were so embarrassed. I promised him that you most likely didn't understand what you'd seen because you’re not a woman of the world like that. But obviously, you kind of knew what was going on."
"I knew that your bra was off, and your top had been off at some point. I don't know what else was happening." She laughs. "You're totally having an office romance affair, and it's great."
"I'm really enjoying being with him. We go on these dates, and yeah, the sex is great, and I just love the feel of him and the touch of him, but I just like being with him as well.
" I sigh. "But I don't want to ask him if he's feeling anything more for me or if anything's going anywhere because, well, he hasn’t brought it up. "
"Oh," she says. "I understand. Are you going to tell him about the show?"
"I don't know." I sigh. "I have to decide by tomorrow evening, though, because they want to know if I'm going to accept the audition or not." I bite down on my lower lip. "Maybe I will tell him tonight."
"Yeah. You should if you really think that you want to go on the show."
"I do. Why not? I'm kind of like you."
"What? You're a virgin?"
"No, I'm not a virgin, Juniper." I laugh at the idea. "I just told you my boss was titty-banging me, and the sex with us is great."
"I don't know why I said that."
"Yeah. He got a thirty for a reason."
"I bet he did."
"Honestly," I lower my voice and lean forward, "We've done some other stuff as well, and let's just say that this man knows how to work his fingers, his tongue, his cock, his thumb…"
"His thumb," she says and looks at me in confusion.
"Let's just say that if a guy offers to thumb your ass, don't say no."
"What?" Her eyes widen.
"I'm not talking about this anymore. We're at a restaurant, and we're drinking, and I don't want to gross you out, but let's just say that Kingston Chase has got some moves." My phone pings again. "Hey, do you mind if I take this real quick? I'll be right back."
"Not at all," she says. "In fact, Remi sent me a couple of text messages that I should probably answer, so I'll just do that while you take your call."
"Sounds good. I'll be right back." I get up, leave the table, and head outside to call Kingston. He answers on the second ring.
"Where are you?" he asks.
"I am having drinks with Juniper, remember?"