Page 31 of Character Flaws
“Sure, not a problem. Oh hey, I just spoke with Pat right before you came over.”
He leans an elbow on the high countertop.
“Oh yeah? How’s he doing? He must not be too worried about Woody because I’ve only heard from him a couple of times the last week.”
I pull out a couple of plates from the cupboard, load them up with romaine lettuce and dish up the pasta salad on top of the bed of lettuce.
“You know Pat. He’s good. Enjoying the different cultures.” I hedge.
Theo laughs, reaching for the plate I hand him and placing it on the table.
“So you mean he’s already found someone and is getting laid?”
A weird-sounding gasp slips out of my mouth. Shit, maybe I shouldn’t have opened this up for conversation.
When he sees my expression, he laughs some more.
“Come on. I’ve known Pat a long time now and I’m very familiar with his sexual appetite. There’s no way he’s going celibate while in China.”
I sit down across the table from Theo and tilt my head in confusion.
“So that doesn’t bother you? Knowing he’s messing around?”
Theo’s fork stops midway to his mouth. “Why would it? It’s a human need to get laid. I would be getting some if I…”
I practically choke on my food as I swallow it down, trying to dislodge it with some water. This was not how I was envisioning our conversation over dinner tonight.
I’ve just been through the biggest dry spell in my adult life and here he is talking about his sex life, casual as can be. While I’m over here clenching my thighs together trying desperately not to wonder about his dick size.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. We do not have to get into each other’s sex lives. I’m sure the last thing you need to hear about is how I’m on track to becoming a spinster by the time I’m thirty.”
This garners that sideways grin of his again. Damn, he’s too good looking.
“Joey, my aunt Diana was a spinster. And you, babe, are as far from one as you can possibly get.”
