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“I usually work,” I said, “but I’m off.” I’d just decided that. We didn’t have that much time together, and I intended to enjoy myself.
“Yay!” She grinned at me. “So, what should we do?”
I grabbed her hands. “I think we should go shopping. I want to get you some more dresses if that’s okay. I just found out we’re invited to the rehearsal dinner tonight at Il Pastorne, which is pretty formal.”
Jenny’s eyes widened. “You already spent so much on that other dress. You don’t have to do that, Cole?—”
“Iwantto do that. If it’s okay with you.”
She smiled. “Okay,” she said, giving in. “That’s real nice of you.”
“It’s my pleasure. Is there anything else you’d like to do?” I asked.
Jenny appeared to take my question seriously. Her pretty face screwed up into a grimace as she went quiet for a minute, considering her choices. “I’d like to go see the seals if that’s okay.”
I blinked at her. “I’m sorry?”
“Theseals. You know, the sea animals that are kind of round and look like torpedoes. They have whiskers.” She mimed hair coming out of her face.
“I know what a seal is,” I assured her, laughing. “I just don’t know where we can go see them.”
“At the aquarium, silly!” She hopped up and started gathering the dishes. “They have them in a big tank out front. It’sfree. You can just go there and watch them. I do it all the time.”
“You go see the seals all the time…?” This girl was full of surprises.
“Yeah,” she said. “They’re cute, you know? And I love animals. So sometimes I go stand there and watch them swim.”
“That sounds great, Jenny.” I hopped up and helped her with the dishes, even though I never picked up after myself. I literally had a “picker-upper,” a woman who worked for the managementcompany. She came to the penthouse every day and cleaned up after me when I left for work.
“Yay!” She kissed me on the cheek. “This is going to be the best dayever!”
Before we madeit out the door, we made love again. Twice. Once in the bed, once in the shower after we’d been in the bed. The second time was by accident—I couldn’t seem to keep my hands off Jenny, or my dick out of her for that matter. As soon as she was near me, as soon as my bare skin touched hers, I got hard.
I wasn’t exactly complaining about it.
“Your complexion looks real good, Coley,” she cooed when we finally made it out the door and into the elevator.
“So does yours.” I pulled her against me again for a hot kiss, then released her. “Woah, I need to take it easy. We arenotdoing it in the elevator.”
“Yet,” she teased. She looked smug.
Amari was working again. He gave us a broad smile as we crossed the lobby. “Mr. Bryson. Ms. Jenny. It’s nice to see you again. It’s a lovely day—would you like me to pull the car around?”
“I think we’re going to walk. It’s about twenty minutes to the aquarium, right?” I asked.
Amari’s smile widened. “Yes, it is. Lovely day for a walk. Enjoy the gorgeous weather, you two.” He held the door open for us, and we stepped out into the gorgeous morning.
Boston was not known for its weather, and for good reason. But today was one of those rare days when the sun was shining, and there was no humidity. I held out my hand for Jenny’s, vowing to enjoy all my good fortune.
My escort looked beautiful. Her skin and fantastic body were on display in the simple black sundress she’d chosen, which was perfect for the weather. She perched huge sunglasses on her nose and smiled as we walked down the street. “When was the last time you walked to the aquarium?” she asked.
“Never.”
“Have you everbeento the aquarium—even when you were a kid?”
“No,” I admitted. “My father wasn’t one for day trips. And he didn’t let our nanny take me out much.”
“Oh. You had a nanny?”