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Chapter 15
HENRYK
I twisted, tossed and turned. Then I counted sheep. I stared at the ceiling, watched an old telenovela on television, read the autobiography of an American president, and still I couldn’t sleep.
Stress. Aggravation. The fact that I couldn’t stop thinking about Erin and that kiss. In my experience, women didn’t kiss like that. But my experience was limited. I’d dated two women.
How pathetic was I? I was one of From Your Lips magazine’s top 100 most influential people and I’d only kissed two women. Only had sex with one. More than one time, but only the one woman.
That was not information I wanted to share with Erin or the other two. The same two who’d shared a woman before and were all about sharing Erin.Poly relationship. I didn’t even know how such a thing was supposed to work.
My regular relationships – well the one that actually counted as a relationship—had been a nightmare to work around. Between my parents, the paparazzi, an entire country watching me like I was atop the pedestal they worshipped, I always had eyes on me, someone watching, usually photographing. For all I knew, the hotel staff was earning tattletale money as I was supposed to have been sleeping.
Being a princelookedglamorous,seemedlike it was something out of a fairy tale. And this wasn’t the poor little rich boy inside of me whining it out. This was truth. This was my life. And my future, the future of the entire country was riding on this.
That was a lot of pressure. And then when I factored in what I wanted, it was amazing I didn’t walk with a hunchback from the weight of it all.
I walked down to the kitchen and found the Property Brothers sitting by the infinity pool drinking room service beers and eating take-out pizza. When I turned and started to walk back upstairs, one of them called out, “Hey, Prince Charming, come back. Have a beer.”
Prince Charming beat Fancy Pants, which had to mean that our chat after Erin’s threat must’ve been real, not just lip service. They were trying. And for me to prove I was too, I had to give them a chance.
I stared at the infinity pool for a second, shrugged, then walked out onto the patio. Erin was worth trying this weird relationship for. I didn’t know it for sure because I didn’t know her very well. But I knew enough to know I couldn’t stop thinking about her and that I was willing to do a whole lot of whatever she wanted. At least until someone found out and the whole thing blew up in my face.
“What’s up? Thought you went to bed.” Silas handed me a beer from one of the six-packs and I sat on the edge of one of the lounge chairs.
“Couldn’t sleep.”
“Yeah, it’s a lot to think about,” Silas said, then chuckled.
A guy like him wouldn’t have a problem with this kind of thing. Hell, hedidn’thave a problem with it. It had been partly his idea.
“I can assure you, my friend, it’s worth it. So worth it.” He said it slow and with inflection. This was a man who believed what he said.
Viktor nodded. “Oh, yeah. Chicks mean maintenance. A lot of it. I mean, if you want them to be happy. Which we do. So, there’s listening. Foot rubs, body massages.”
Didn’t sound horrible to me.
“It means making time, which can be hard around work and shit. Now, the way Si and I work it... I take baseball season. He’s a huge baseball fan. He takes football season and we split hockey. I give shoulder massages and foot rubs. He cooks.”
“I watch chick flicks and he takes her stargazing.” Silas grinned. “And at night, we take turns. Or we tag team. Or we work together to make sure no terrain is left untouched.”
Terrain? Interesting, but understood.
“And the women like...?” From the way they spoke, it was like they had women lined up.
They both laughed so I didn’t bother finishing.
“Hell, yeah. They love it. And they are grateful.” Viktor nodded like he was speaking a secret, coded language. “Sofucking grateful.”
I nodded. I could use a little grateful right now. Especially after that kiss from Erin.
“Haven’t you ever thought about that?” Silas looked at me, eyebrows halfway up his forehead and one of those cocky smiles on his face.
Of course, I’d thought about this kind of thing. Prince or not, I was still a man. I just didn’t talk much about it and I never thought I would have the opportunity.
“Women have fantasies too.” Viktor nodded at his own statement. “They watch porn like the rest of us. They just don’t advertise it.”
“Yeah. There was this one chick...” He rattled off a story of a past conquest, which was interesting enough.
