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“You mean to tell me,” he said, when she raised him on the phone, “you’re going to leave me with Helena all week?”
“What’s wrong with that?” she asked.
“You just hired her, Jocelyn.”
“So I did, and she’s charming, don’t you think, a little seductress, I’d say.”
“Charming or not, she doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing, Mandy’s on vacation, and I’m supposed to tell a new maid how do to her job? You’ve got to be kidding.” Reggie’s droll delivery amused her.
“She’ll pick it up herself. She’s not stupid.”
“But damn flighty. I hate that.”
“Well take care of her faux pas with a little creativity. Not in short supply of that, are we?”
“What exactly did you have in mind?”
“She starts aggravating you, do what you usually do, spank her. She’ll behave.”
“Spank her?” He chuckled.
“Oh, you can handle her, Reg. I really want to go. I’m so primed for it. And it’s your fault I’m going.” It was as close to pleading as Jocelyn would ever get. And she knew he’d relent, he was just going to make it difficult.
“I suppose you’ll do what you want, won’t you?” he finally said. She could hear the yielding in his voice.
“You’re a love. I wonder if you’ll even miss me?” she mused aloud. Over the phone, she could almost see his cold expression, and then his eyes warming to a softer hue. It was something she didn’t have to see to know that it was there.
“More than you know,” he finally said. There was a trace of sadness that pulled her heart strings, but he’d forget about it quickly. “Maybe time away might be good for both of us,” she suggested. “I’ll call you when we get to our hotel.
She was going to miss him, though there was a method in her madness. With Reggie, ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder,’ so she believed. By the time she got home, he’d be ravenous and attentive, giving her all the time she wanted in his thoughts and arms.
Chapter Four
They canceled their hotel reservations in San Francisco and Santa Rosa, planning to spend the entire week at the spa just outside of Calistoga. All the old world luxury at a premiere hotel, hot springs, long massages, mud baths, sunbathing, the arid warmth of the days, the cooler nights, and hours to relax were a sure cure for the ailments of a city that was too big, too smoggy and too fast for a peaceful state of mind.
It was also erotic, the air pregnant with sensuality, and serenity enough to engage carnal stirrings and the mind’s active imagination. Jocelyn and Alexandra were missing their husbands much sooner than they anticipated, an acute condition they both noticed early on the first day.
“You know I used to look at men and wonder about their dicks,” Jocelyn whispered to her friend, as the two were lounging by the pool, having just watched a pair firm young male buns stroll by.
“Not anymore?” Alex asked.
“I think I might before this trip’s over.”
“Oh. Are you planning to stray a bit.”
“No,” Jocelyn replied firmly. “I don’t think I could. I’m so in love with Reg, it’s hard to imagine being with another man, even in my fantasies. You do feel that way about Will, don’t you?”
“Most of the time,” Alex replied.
“And you’ve never strayed?”
Alex laughed. “Strayed is not exactly the word, but you can’t call my escapades with Reggie an example of faithfulness no matter how you try to explain it.”
“But in a way it was faithfulness,” Jocelyn objected. “You were trying to work out your relationship, and this was a mutually agreed on accommodation. Will knew everything that was going on, didn’t he?”
“Most of it, I guess. Maybe even more than I know. But he didn’t really know my state of mind, the times I thought I was falling in love with Reg.”
“Don’t you suppose Will figured you’d fall in love with him?” Jocelyn said exasperated.
