Page 87 of Love Off Course

She shakes her head. “You got it, boss.”

I walk over to her and hug her. “Thank you for the talk.”

“That’s what friends are for.”

“Hey, beautiful,”David says from my office doorway, dragging my attention from the email Damian sent me.

“What?”

David smirks and saunters into my office. He’s handsome for an older man, but the attraction I once held for him is absent. “You. You’re beautiful. You always have been, though I only noticed it when you turned eighteen.”

I roll my eyes. “Okay.”

“I’m being serious.” He flashes me a devilish grin. “Have dinner with me tonight. I could take you dancing or whatever it is you young people like to do. We’ll make it fun. I’ll abstain from drinking so if our night takes a heated turn, I won’t embarrass myself this time.”

The one time we had sex is a distant memory. After all the intense, unforgettable moments with Camilo, it’s easy to forget I even went to bed with this man.

“I’m busy,” I tell him.

“Fine,” he says with a shrug. “If not tonight, tomorrow? I can go check your schedule with Helen and see when you’re free. She can pencil me in.”

My phone buzzes and I look down, hoping to see Camilo’s name. It’s Estefania instead.

Estefania: My tour ends in a month!

I grin and respond.

Me: Thank God! I miss you!

Estefania: I cannot wait to see you!

Me: Drinks by the pool for days. Maybe we’ll let Damian come along for entertainment.

Damian: Bitch Barbie, this is a group text. Of course I’ll be there for the entertainment. I learned some new dance moves I’m teaching Kyle.

Estefania: He showed me. Naked.

Me: TMI!

Damian: A video or FaceTime? If it’s a video, send it to me. I need to critique his movies.

Me: You just want to see Estefania’s boyfriend’s dick.

Damian: Sue me, princess. A pretty boy like me has needs.

Estefania: FaceTime. All for my eyes. Sorry, baby.

Damian: Forgiven as long as he shakes that pert booty for me in his swim trunks on this supposed vacation we’re going to take.

Me: It’s not supposed. It’s happening. Can you get off then?

Damian: Sugar Tits, I can get off any time with a snap of a finger. Just show me some of that pilot porn and I will prove it.

Me: Gag!

Estefania: They make pilot porn?

Damian: Of course they do! Let me send you the link!

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