Are her nipples hard? Is she turned on?

I want to turn her on.

I don’t want some asshole from the app texting her.

I want it to be me.

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Katie

Proof?

Oh fuck. My breaths are coming short now.Is she asking for what I think she’s asking?No. Mirror-Tristan looks like he’s been doing drugs all night and hasn’t slept. Mirror-Tristan doesn’t give a fuck what his date thinks. He wants to rail Katie into next week.

I need to cool this off, and fast. Katie is new to this. She wants the practice. She doesn’t need me making things weird.

Keep it light, Tristan.

Tristan

I was told I last a long time. Unless I’m really turned on.

Katie

What turns you on?

You.That’s the only thing in my brain. I’m fully hard under my slacks, and it’s all I can do not to stroke myself.

Tristan

Sometimes I have these dreams…Has that ever happened to you?

I don’t wait for an answer. If I go down this road, I’ll end up doing something obscene.

“Sorry about that,” I say to Vanessa when I get back to the table. “I have to go. Work stuff.”

I give Nour the signal that we’re done here. I feel terrible for barely paying attention. I thought about Katie the entire time. I wished, in the darkest part of my heart, that she’d been on this date with me. Even if I can’t have her. Even if it goes nowhere. I don’t want to get coffee with anyone else.

Guilt makes me agree when Vanessa suggests that we see each other again.

“Maybe you can introduce me to your bodyguard friend. I want to meet the people who are important to you.”

I grimace, then turn it into a smile. I’d rather chew glass than share any of the time I have with Katie with anyone else.

“Sure,” I say mildly before I stalk to the car, raise the privacy divider, and pull out my phone.