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"Where are you?"
"Leaving dance school."
I take advantage of the opportunity to change the subject. Thinking about Serenity and fetishes at the same time is a guarantee of an untimely erection. "On a Saturday?"
"I practice every day."
"Do you intend to do this forever?"
"I don't know. Debra said I need to vary my activities a little, but I don't want to lose focus."
I know that she has visited several places since I went away, but I also know that her mentor accompanied her the entire time.
"I'm taking you to Greece for a week as soon as you have a break between performances."
"What?"
I know I shouldn't, but I don't own SIN for nothing. I am a sinner and also a hedonist. I want Serenity on my island, swimming on my private beach. "I'm taking you on a trip."
"Just the two of us?"
"Do you want to bring anyone else?"
"No. Just the two of us sounds perfect."
"Even if I have nothing to offer later?"
"I'm not saying we'll go as a couple, Ares. Don't jump to conclusions."
That should make me feel relieved, but on the contrary, it irritates me. "Be ready at ten, tomorrow morning."
"I thought we were going for lunch."
"Yes, but my brother's mother-in-law likes to get everyone together around ten, and then we only leave there late at night."
"Ares, I don't know if I should go."
"Why not?"
"I don't want to get used to you. If the two of us fight or decide to keep everything on a professional basis..."
"You have my word that I will never send you away."
"You can't promise me that."
"Yes, I can. You are ours now, Serenity."
"It sounds like you’re in the mafia."
"Exactly. There is no way out of the Kostanidis clan."
"I won't care if one day I have to walk away. I have Debra and JeAnne."
"And me."
"I don't have you. No one has you, Ares. You were very clear about that. Well, if you think I won't get in the way, I'll come."
"Be ready at ten."