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I laugh. “Who would I have to do PR for to makethatkind of money? I’ll be rich after I win the lottery.”

“Or marry the rich, handsome guy and become Mrs. Marx,” she jokes.

“You know, Iamproud of what I’ve accomplished,” I say. “I’m even more thrilled that people don’t know that I’ve been sleeping with that rich, handsome guy.”

“You only slept with him that one time in the limo, right?” Lily inquires.

“Actually, I slept with him again in his office after hours,” I admit.

“So much for keeping it in your pants!” says Lily. “You guys are like two great big dogs that can’t stop humping each other. You need someone to turn the hose on you!”

“I can’t help it,” I say like a smitten teenager. “I’m drawn to him.”

“I don’t care that you’re fucking the guy,” says Lily. “You can have sex with whoever you want. You’re a grown woman who can make her own decisions. I’m just thinking, in hisoffice? Really? You guys couldn’t have gone anywhere else? You’re asking for trouble.”

“I know.”

“Do you have, like, serious feelings for him?” she asks. “Outside of work and the hooking up, do you care about this guy in some way?”

“Yes, no, I don’t know,” I say like I’m clueless.

“Come on, you really don’t know?”

“He’s taking me to meet his grandparents for dinner on Sunday,” I admit.

“Okay, soyes,you guys like each other.” Lily laughs. “What made that come about?”

“He just invited me to have dinner with them on Sunday,” I say. “That’s all. He even said ‘No strings attached.’ He said they just want to meet the girl who has been saving his fine ass.”

“Hmm, interesting.”

“I’m confused, Lily!” I cry. “I have no idea what’s going on between me and him. I don’t know if he just wants me for sex or for something more. What does he have in store for me? Rich businessmen are smart, or they have smart people around them. He has to get into situations like this with a lot of women. I just feel he has some kind ofplanfor me, and I can’t figure out what it is.”

“Youareconfused,” Lily agrees. “See, I’m inclined to think he has to like you if he’s bringing you over to, basically hisparents.You two just met!”

“I can see how it would look that way,” I partially concede. “But no one thought Aiden was going to make it out of this. His grandparents may have thought his career and reputation were over. I’ve proven just how wrong everyone was, and maybe they really are grateful. I’d like to think if I was a guy that Aiden hadn’t slept with, he’d still invite me over to dinner with his grandparents.”

“I don’t know about that,” she says with doubt. “I think he might invite you out for a beer or something if you were a guy. He likes you and wants to show you off to his family. Believe that.”

“We’ve never even been out on an official date!” I yelled. “Should I be freaked out? This seems really fast, and yet, I don’t mind it. Am I crazy?”

“I think you should discuss your feelings and desires openly and honestly with Aiden sometime Sunday,” says Lily. “Both of you need to lay your cards out on the table and figure out where to go from here.”

“I’ll drink to that!” I say. “Let’s get some fucking shots!”

11

Aiden

Iam feeling nervous on my way to pick Kate up from her apartment. It’s unusual for me to feel any sort of anxiety when it comes to women, but like most things related to Kate, she is proving just how much of an exception she really is.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her since the moment we parted on Friday. Now that she is back in my limo, I can’t stop staring at her.

She is wearing tight-fitting jeans and a nice silk shirt. She is playing it safe for a dinner with my elderly grandparents, but even in safe mode, she looks sexy as hell. I’m amazed by just how out of control she makes me, even by doing nothing.

“What?” she asks after many seconds of me staring at her.

“You look absolutely beautiful,” I say.