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He looked up at her and smiled.
“Did you miss me?”
PART FOUR
Eros & Psyche
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“What the hell are you doing here?” Lia demanded. “How did you get in?”
“I knocked on the front door. Mrs. Banks let me in.”
“She let you in? She just opened the door and let you in? I’m having a word with her tomorrow.”
“Women love me. And deerhounds, too, apparently.”
He said that at precisely the moment Gogo began licking his cheek.
“This is disgusting.” August winced. “But weirdly pleasant.”
“Don’t get an erection,” Lia said. “Gogo, bed.”
Gogo whined but he behaved and slipped through the door to her bedroom.
“Are you going to tell me why you’re here?” she asked August. “I didn’t invite you.”
“I’m not a vampire,” he said. “I can go anywhere I like, no invitation required. Plus, I told your housekeeper you were expecting me.”
“Just because they let you loose in the house doesn’t mean you can come into my room whenever you like.”
“You’re right. I’m wrong. I’ll send roses tomorrow. Wait. You live in a house with a rose garden. Never mind. Your rooms are very Victorian, by the way. I feel like I’m sitting in at teapot. ” He eyed her pink-and-white chintz furniture with suspicion and possible vertigo.
“My grandmother and great-grandmother both lived in this suite. And you’ve been in here before,” Lia reminded him. She refused to admit August had a point. Her suite was a bit fussy. On purpose. No one expected a madam to live in a suite this twee.
“In the dark,” he said. Then, quieter, “I think I liked it better in the dark.”
Lia kicked off her shoes and walked to her rose chintz love seat, keeping it between her and August like a security barrier. He remained sitting on the floor where he’d been playing with Gogo.
“Let’s forget about my suite for a moment, and you breaking into it. What I want to know is...how did you get into my head like that?”
“Get into your head?” August asked. “Oh, you mean the threesome, you saucy trollop, you tricky minx, you delicious tart?”
Lia glared at him. “Yes,” she said. “That.”
“There’s no reason to be embarrassed. Do you really think you’re the first person ever to fantasize about a threesome?”
“I didn’ttellyou any of that,” she said as she walked over and dropped down onto the love seat. “So, what I want to know is how it happened.”
“Do I need to draw you a chart?” Lia’s glare became more glaring. “It was your fantasy.”
“Yes, but you guide the fantasies.”
“YouthinkI do,” he corrected. “You want to believe it’s all guided hypnosis or whatever other rational nonsense you’ve come up with. But I already told you, the cup belongs to Eros, and when you drink out of it, it lets you experienceyourfantasies. You wanted a threesome with Achilles and Patroclus, the Rose Kylix gave you a threesome with Achilles and Patroclus.”
“You still believe in Father Christmas, too?” she asked him.
“Are you trying to tell me it’s the tooth fairy who puts all those gifts under my tree? Balderdash.” August sat back against the armchair, facing her.
