“I’m not a whore, Pixie, but I appreciate you thinking of it.” She smiled at him, knowing deep down that he was only trying to help.
There were rare moments during their time together that Pixie really did show another side to his personality. It was a side she truly believed she could fall in love with.
He stroked her cheek. “I’m here whenever you need me.”
Following him out of her apartment, she snagged her jacket, and headed downstairs, wondering how he’d gotten to her apartment.
“Did you come by car or bike?” she asked.
“I walked.”
“Wow, you walked all the way from the clubhouse?”
“Pretty much. I was stopping in to see James and Cora anyway.”
Wrapping herself up, she felt the bitter chill of fall air. “It’s not going to be long until winter is upon us, and snow.”
“You can’t be moving in winter.”
“I’ll do what I have to do.”
“When can I see you again?”
“You come to my room every single night.”
“I want a weekend.”
She frowned. In the past ten months neither of them had moved their relationship from quick sex. Suzy had been too afraid of getting laughed at.
“I don’t know, Pixie. This was supposed to be a one-time deal, remember.”
“I remember everything, Suzy. We went past one time, one night, and we’re in the hundreds, easily.”
Staring up and down the street, she frowned. “I really don’t know if we should do the whole weekend thing.”
“You’re always putting me off.”
“And you’re always trying to put me into a girlfriend category. You don’t need to do that with me. I’m a sure thing.”
When he made to touch her, Suzy didn’t want to step back. Their relationship was based on sex, nothing else. Someone could see them at any moment, and yet, she couldn’t care about anything but him.
“I’ll be by tonight.”
“We’ll have the whole place to ourselves,” she said.
“It’s why I’ve got that little surprise. I’ll bring dinner. Don’t worry about cooking.” He pressed a kiss to her lips, and she watched as he walked away.
Her lips felt swollen from his lips.
Get over it. He’ll move on soon. Don’t let your heart get involved.
She walked in the opposite direction for town. She stopped at the grocery store, picking up the local newspapers, and of course some of the city ones.
Pulling out her cell phone, she sent a text to Chloe, letting her know what had happened. She didn’t expect to hear from the other woman yet.
Suzy walked around town, checking signs in windows just to see if something was there. She had grown up in Greater Falls, and it was where she’d imagined she’d stay.
Then she thought about Pixie. The club had been in Greater Falls for nearly seven years. She’d been finishing up the last year of high school when they arrived, and she’d avoided them. Until one day, two or three of them—she couldn’t remember how many—had come to where she worked. The men had been with a couple of women, and Pixie had been there. It was her first time of seeing him, and it hadn’t been her last. He’d always come into the shop, trying to talk to her, draw her into a conversation.