Page 36 of Lucky Night

To him! Not to anyone else, not to Tom or Juan Pablo, that little fucker, with his elite education and his atmosphere of decadence. He doesn’t matter. Only she does. Jenny. Whomakes defect perfection. Whomakes hungry where most she satisfies. Who may not have changed him, but who saved him. Who obliterated his persistent, crushing, yearslong malaise.

Did we ever stay in a yellow room? he asks her.

A yellow room?

An old room. With yellow walls, and a dark floor? Maybe at an inn?

I don’t think so. Oh, Nick, do that again, with your…oh God.

Gad. He does it again.

And again.

You were so mean to me earlier, he says.

I know. She’s bending over him, her mouth close to his ear. I was such a fucking bitch.

I think I deserve a reward for putting up with you.

We both deserve a reward. I was so scared. I was trying to play it cool, but I was out of my fucking mind with…what are you smirkingat?

You, he says. You never swear this much.

What? I swear all the time.

Oh God, what she’s doing now, pressing down on him, rocking against him, it’s—

You don’t, he says. It’s always fricking and jeez and shoot with you.

I guess I need guidance. Her lips are on his throat. Can you teachme?

Is she—oh, she is, she’s biting him, it’s unbearable! And the way she’s moving, is she ready, isn’t it time for her to reach down and with two dainty fingers raise the head of his cock and lower herself to receive it, slowly, gently taking him—

I’ll try, he says. Say, I want you to fuck me, Nick.

I want you to fuck me, Nick.

Not bad. Now say, I want you to fuck my pussy, Nick.

I want you to fuck my pussy, Nick.

Good, he says. Now say, I want you to fuck me in the ass.

But she doesn’t.

She bursts out laughing instead.

What? he says.

You and my ass! she cries.

Me and…sorry, what?

She sits back, shaking her head at him and smiling. You never shut up about it. You’re always trying to stick your dick in it. You’re obsessed.

I am not!

She gives him a sly sideways look. She slaps his cheek lightly. Then his other cheek.

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