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“We won’t, Mandy.”
“What about…everything else? The club?”
“I don’t want to give up the club,” I admit. “I’d be lying if I said I wanted to. But if it’s not something you want, Mandy, I will. I’ll do that for you.”
A big smile. A dazzling smile. A smile that makes Mandy the most beautiful woman in the world. Which she is. Which she always has been. I just never let my conscious mind realize it.
“Jack, I don’t want you to give up the club. I want to learn more. Sir.”
I smile, and a sharp pain lances through me. “Man,” I groan.
“Oh my gosh, are you all right?”
“I’m fine. That big of a smile just hurts a little.”
“Then don’t smile. Just tell me you’re happy.”
“I am happy, Mandy. I’m the happiest man alive, love.”
She frowns a bit.
“What is it?”
“You’ve never called me love before.”
“Haven’t I?”
“No. You call everyone else love, but never me.”
Her recognition jars me. She’s right. I haven’t. All this time, I’ve been making sure I never crossed the line of our friendship because it was so important to me. “I’m sorry, baby. You are my love.”
“No, you don’t understand. You call all other women love. I don’t want to be all other women.”
I smile again…and wince again. “I understand. How about love of my life?”
She sighs—a soft and flawless sound that wisps against my cheek.
“Perfect.”
Epilogue
Jackson
A month later…
After a particularly satisfying scene, I kiss Mandy on the back of her left shoulder—right on the tattoo of two sweet cherries she got after our first scene at the club as two people in love. We visited the tattoo parlor together, and after getting some color enhancement on my eagle, I got the same cherries on my ankle, with Mandy written under them.
We dress and head back to the main room of the club, until Mandy tugs on my arm. “I want to go into one of the big rooms.”
“The exhibition rooms?”
“Yeah. You’re still my teacher, after all. I want to see what else we can do here.”
Damn. I’ll be ready to go again in mere minutes. This woman never ceases to amaze me.
We enter hand in hand. A quick scan of the room shows three different scenes.
Mandy holds my hand, squeezes it, and then nearly cuts off my blood supply. “Oh my God!”
