Page 74 of Mr. Almost

“Whatever you have to tell yourself,” I muse.

“So what’s next between you and baby daddy?” she asks as she caps the fingernail polish. “All done, Littles. Just be careful until they dry.”

“I will, Aunt Chloe.” Ari turns toward me. “Can I go play in my room?”

“Sure, just watch the nails.”

Ari nods. “I will.”

She runs off downthe hall.

“Sorry, what did you ask?”

“I asked what’s next between you and Mason.”

I shrug. “I don’t know. We date, I guess.”

“You guess.” She shakes her head. “You could at least sound excited about it.”

“I am, really.” I pause. “I’m just scared.”

Chloe’s eyes soften. “There’s nothing wrong with putting yourself out there. Besides, I don’t think you have anything to worry about.”

“I know. Still, old habits die hard, I guess. Anyway, tell me about you. Have you been on any weird dates lately?”

Chloe groans as she throws herself back against the couch. “First, before I get started, I think we should start doing girl time at Mason’s.”

“What’s wrong with doing it here?” I protest.

Chloe levels me with a look. “Not only does the man have a hot tub, but he has a couch where a spring doesn’t try to pop through the cushion to assault you,” she says as she shifts away from said spring.

“I’ll take it under consideration. Now spill.”

“So I went on this date with this dude I met on Lovers Inc. It started off normal, and I was having a shockingly decent time.”

“What went wrong?”

“Well, we made it back to his place, and things started to get a little hot and heavy.”

I close my eyes. “I thought you were done with one-night stands?”

“Do you want me to finish telling you or not?” she huffs.

I roll my hand through the air, silently telling her to continue.

“There I am, laying on his bed, on my back, wearing this sexy little peach number I bought. I had been wearing heels, so he unbuckles one for me, and I fully expect him to drop it to the floor before moving up my body…”

“Okay, I don’t see where anything went wrong.”

“He sucked my toe into his mouth.”

I shake my head, mouth open. “I’m sorry, I think I just misheard you.”

Chloe leans forward and gets in my face and hisses. “He put my toe inside of his mouth and sucked on it.”

I open my mouth, but no words come out.

There is one thing neither of us enjoys, and it is feet. Sure, we will give Ari or each other a pedicure from time to time, but that’s normal shit. When it comes to sex, though? Feet are not attractive at all. Like, we don’t kink shame. To each their own, but it’s not something I am willing to add to my sex life. Just the thought of it grosses me out. If they suck on your toe, then move to your mouth or pussy, isn’t that transferring germs? Wouldn’t their mouth now taste like feet?

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