“I told you my dreams are much darker and kinkier than reality. So if you’re down to explore more of your sexuality, I’m game.”
She spins around and faces me. Her cheeks are red and her honey-colored hair flies in the wind. Now, I don’t know what angels look like and probably never will—thank fuck I have a designated place in hell—but she’s the closest thing to an angel I’ve ever seen.
My own angel.
Glyndon stares at me with the crookedness of an amateur detective. “Did you do that a lot? Explore your sexuality, I mean?”
“Why are you asking?”
“I’m just curious.”
“If you mean did I go to sex clubs and try kinks, then yeah, I did.”
She steps closer like a curious kitten. “What did you try?”
“Ropes, chains, canes, gags, bondage, breath play, knife play, impact play, D/s, S/M, objectification, electrostimulation—you name it.”
Her lips part and I wave. “Hello? Earth to my little rabbit.”
“Wow,” she finally breathes out. “I don’t even know what half of those mean.”
“Which ones? I’ll happily explain.”
“No, thanks. You’ll probably end up trying them on me.”
“Not if you’re not interested.”
“Are you serious?”
“You really need to quit the habit of questioning everything I say.”
She shifts from one foot to the other. “I’m just surprised you’d willingly forgo the chance of trying those kinks on me.”
“I don’t need kinks when I’m with you.”
She pauses.
I pause.
The whole world fucking pauses.
That’s right. I don’t.
“Really…?” she trails off when she realizes she’s repeating the fucking habit, then blurts, “I mean, why not? You obviously enjoyed them.”
“I’m not sure I actually did enjoy them. I only went to those lengths because normal sex wasn’t providing me the stimulation I needed.”
“And…I do?”
“You do. Now, stop grinning like an idiot.”
She flips her hair back, still smiling. “You must be so into me, huh?”
“Who’s the arrogant one now?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were the only one who was allowed the privilege.”
“You were an innocent little virgin not too long ago, remember? If I didn’t acquaint you with eroticism, you wouldn’t know what that word means.”