Page 71 of Semantics

“Yes,” she said.

“Then, make me come, and I’ll let you sit on my face and take care of that for you.”

Violet’s hand reappeared, and she held it out in front of Stella’s face. Glistening fingers awaited her mouth, and Stella sucked on them and closed her eyes, savoring the taste of her. Then, she had to let them go and moved down Violet’s body because now wasn’t the time for foreplay. They both had to get to work, so she pushed Violet’s thighs apart eagerly, earning a cute little laugh that she silenced with her tongue.

About thirty minutes later, they were both showered and dressed. Violet wore what she’d had on the previous night, while Stella was ready for work.

“You get to wear this to work as an SVP?” Violet asked as walked over to her and tugged on the front of her T-shirt.

“It’s a tech start-up, so yeah. What do you wear to work from home? A business suit?”

“Sometimes,” Violet said and ran her hands up Stella’s stomach until she reached Stella’s breasts, which she cupped. “You are… my kryptonite, I think.”

“What does that mean?” she asked with a little laugh.

“It means that I want you again, but I have to go. Can you drive me home, or should I get a car? I know you’re not a big fan of driving.”

Violet dropped her hands from Stella’s body.

“I can drive you. I usually drive to work. It’s other places that I like to avoid it if I can. I hate finding parking. It’s like the worst.”

“I agree,” Violet replied.

“Want to stop at this place I go to sometimes for breakfast to-go? They’ve got great sandwiches and coffee. I’ll buy some for all of your friends, too, so that they won’t get mad at you for showing up empty-handed.”

“You’d do that for me?” Violet joked.

“Well, I want them to like me, don’t I?” she asked and kissed Violet on the lips. “Come on. Let’s go.”

Stella wasn’t sure where that quick kiss had come from. They tended to only kiss before and during sex, but it wasn’t like they were dating and kissed hello and goodbye or for any other reason. Violet hadn’t said anything, though, so Stella decided that it was probably fine. She grabbed her bag in the living room, and Violet followed her out to her garage.

“God, it must be nice to actually get to park your car in your garage, huh? We can barely fit the four of us and all of our work stuff in ours. There’s not even room for a bike.”

“How long do you think you’ll be in the garage?”

“However long we can until we can afford to get some office space. Hopefully, the meeting with the VC firm goes well, but we wouldn’t just go right out and get an office space. We’ve got more to do before we get there. It could help us get out of the house eventually, though.” Violet climbed into the car, with Stella getting behind the wheel, before she continued. “I won’t lie, I’m going to miss it when it all changes.”

“Miss what?” Stella asked before she started the car.

“Working all crammed how we are. Living together.”

“You wouldn’t all just live at the house but work somewhere else?” she asked as she backed out of the driveway.

“Maybe. But it’s only a matter of time, right? One of us will meet someone, fall in love, want to move in with them, maybe get married, have kids, and everything else. We’re all about the same age. I know Enya and Sarai want to meet someone and settle down. I think Arlowe does, too, but she lies to herself a lot since she got her heart broken big time back in school. It was her fault because she ended things, but she had her reasons. She hasn’t been the same since.”

“What about you?”

“What about me?” Violet asked.

“Do you want to meet someone, fall in love, and all the other stuff you mentioned? You talked about your friends, but not yourself,” she said and pulled them onto the road.

“Oh. Yeah. I mean, who doesn’t? Well, I guess some people might not, and others might not want to get married or have kids, but I want to meet a woman, fall in love, and go from there. I like the house we all live in because it’s our home and has been for a long time. It’s where we really cemented our bond as best friends and built our business. One day, though, even if the business is still there, Enya or Sarai or Arlowe will want to move out and make a go of it either on their own or with someone they love. I’m doing everything I can to keep us all together, but as much as I can do for the business, I can’t and wouldn’t stop them from falling in love and moving out if that’s what they want. When that happens, I’m going to be sad, and I’m going to miss what we have now, even though it’s hard most of the time.”

“You did it again,” Stella noted.

“What?”

“You said one day one of the three of them would move out after meeting someone, but you didn’t say you would.”