Page 14 of Pleasing Him

“To each their own, I guess. But I had no idea that adult men were into that sort of thing. I thought that was only in the movies, or at sex dungeons in New York City.”

“I know, right?” Rose agrees. “People are so fucking weird.” But then she brightens. “But how are you, Lils? How was your two-week suspension? I swear, you’re absolutely glowing. So much so that I’m thinking of getting myself suspended for the two weeks of R&R.”

“I know,” I giggle. “It’s pretty awesome to be banished because it means no school! Sure, there’s a mark on my transcript but I don’t care about that. It’s not like I’m going to college.”

Rose shakes her head, twirling a pink strand of hair around her finger.

“Nope. Me neither. Not if I can help it.” My buddy grins. “Seriously though. You look like you’re floating, Lils. What did you do? Go to the spa? Get massages? Did you get a facial? Your hair done?”

I shake my head while smiling mysteriously.

“No, even better.”

“Let me guess,” my friend hums, still studying my complexion closely. “You got one of those vampire facials, right? Where they extract your blood, spin it around in a centrifuge, before micro-needling your face and then doing a platelet mask.”

I stare at her.

“How do you know so much about vampire facials? Didyouget one?”

“Hell no!” Rose exclaims, shaking her head emphatically. “Those things are dangerous. You heard that in New Mexico, there’s an AIDS outbreak because of unsanitary conditions, right? There was a spa that was providing vampire facials, but they didn’tclean their equipment properly and so many of their customers were exposed to HIV.”

My eyes are like saucers.

“Holy cow. No, I had no idea. Thank goodness I didn’t get one of those. But Ididdo something even better.”

Rose pins me with a look.

“Shoot. Tell me what it is. I want the secrets of the fountain of youth.”

I look around, my eyes darting left and right, before leaning in and speaking in a whisper.

“Well, Lionel and I did it. We started a relationship.”

Rose looks confused for a moment.

“Who’s Lionel?”

I pause delicately.

“He’s my stepdad, Lionel Kenneally. I’ve been staying with him ever since I moved back to St. George. Remember? You guys have met.”

“Oh,Mr. Kenneally!” Rose exclaims, tossing a long lock of pink hair behind her shoulder. “I didn’t even know what your dad’s first name was. Wait a minute: you hooked up with yourdad?”

“Not my dad, mystepdad,” I say in a hushed whisper. “There’s a huge difference. And could you pipe down, girlfriend? I don’t want the whole world to know.”

Rose immediately leans forward, looking chagrined.

“Sorry,” she whispers. “But how did this even happen? I thought he hated you because you appeared out of nowhere with no place to go. Plus, he’s supposed to be mad at you for getting suspended, remember?”

I wink.

“Let’s just say that Lionelwasmad at first. But our interactions got really intense, and before we knew it, we were in bed together.”

“Oh my god!” Rose squeals under her breath. “Is he massive? How did this even happen though? Was he lecturing you, and then suddenly, you found yourself beneath him with his cock poking you? OMG, OMG, tell me everything.”

I giggle and proceed to spill the beans. But at the critical moment, I leave out the fact that Lionel has two cocks because it feels too intimate to share. There’s something very real about my romantic connection with the man of the house, and I can’t betray him like an air-headed teen girl gossiping with her best buddy. So I tell Rose everything while leaving out the details of my stepfather’s anatomy, and she nods, her eyes wide.

“Goodness,” she breathes. “So what’s going to happen between you and Lionel?”

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