Teasing him with a game won't work if he's never around.
I spend most of my time in the gym to occupy myself, or swimming in the pool and cooking things here and there, but each activity just piles on the guilt.
It's not just Mathew waiting for me to get pregnant. My entire family is as well, and god knows what's happening to them in the time it's taking me to do what should be the easiest, simplest thing in the world.
I have to up my game.
After a long cardio session in the gym and an equally long, hot shower, I spot Kon out by the pool, buried in paperwork.
It's the first time in a few days that he's actually been here and not out somewhere, which is prime time for me to put my little plan into action.
I raid my closet for the laciest bra and panties I can find, then pair them with a loose skirt and a shirt that almost reaches my knees.
The hem of the shirt bunches up and tucks into the waistband of my skirt, then I hurry through the house to the kitchen and the double doors leading onto the patio.
The sun-warmed stone is pleasant against my bare feet as I lazily walk out and stop a few feet into the patio.
Kon looks up immediately even though I didn't make a sound, and a thrill shoots through my stomach. He has some kind of radar for me, it seems.
"Kon," I whine softly. "I'm bored."
His dark gaze remains on me even as he scribbles something on the paper in front of him. "Bored?"
"Mhm. Can't you come and play with me?"
Even from here, the angle of his jaw sharpens as he tenses his chin. "I would, but I am busy."
"Too busy for me?"
"You have my deepest apologies."
"Fine." Sighing dramatically, I stretch my hands high above my head. "I guess I'll make my own entertainment."
Kon's lips twitch ever so slightly, then his head lowers and he finishes writing something. He slides a piece of paper into an envelope and seals it with a single lick.
Showtime.
Dropping my hands to my skirt, I very slowly drag the side zip from my hip down until my waistband grows loose. Then I let the skirt fall.
That catches Kon's attention again and his eyes snap up just as the skirt pools around my bare ankles and my shirt unfolds to brush against my skin halfway down my thigh.
"Rose." A sharp edge cuts through my name as he speaks, like a quiet warning, but rather than scaring me off, it only excites me. I smile widely at him.
"Yes? Is there a problem?"
He slowly lowers his pen and his eyes narrow while I walk my fingers up my shirt to the very top button.
It pops free easily and Kon's gaze flickers.
He stands and I take one step back toward the house.
"Don't you want me to entertain myself?" I ask innocently, trailing my fingers down to the next button. "I mean, I'm all alone in thishugehouse with no one to talk to. What's a girl got to do to get a little attention, y'know?"
The second button pops free and Kon's jaw tenses so hard that the slight shadow of a nerve jumps near his ear.
I step back toward the house again and pop the third button which is just enough to reveal the swell of my breasts and the very edge of the flower lace detail of my bra.
"Rose," Kon says again and his voice is strained this time.
