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Xe really looked like xe cared, and it hit Jillian straight in the guts.

She could do it, she could take a proper day off. The world wouldn’t end if she did… right?

Jillian exhaled softly. “I’ve already done most of it, actually. Can you grab me a baking tray?”

Lyle obediently followed her orders with a smile on xyr lips. Together, they took pieces of the dough to make little balls of butter berry cookies.

“I like it when you smell like berries.” Xe said it so quietly Jillian wasn’t sure if she was meant to hear it. She hid her smile and kept making dough balls.

When they finally put the cookies into the oven, they rested in the living room while waiting for them to bake. As soon as she sat down, xe launched xemself onto the couch, xyr head resting on her soft thigh. She imagined they’d be cuddling, but she didn’t think Lyle would be the one laying on her.

“That’s nice,” xe mumbled closing xyr eyes, pleased.

Accepting her fate, Jillian brought a hand to xyr hair, brushing some strands and occasionally massaging xyr scalp. Lyle kept xyr eyes closed, occasionally making small, soft sounds of appreciation, with xyr ears twitching in contentment as well. Xe looked just like an overgrown cat and it filled Jillian with warmth.

She couldn’t remember the last time she had cuddled with someone who wasn’t Lyle, or the last time she’d been this domestic with another person. It was almost funny that all this emotional and physical comfort was with a sex demon.

While looking at xyr peaceful face, she realized something.

“You stopped calling me nicknames,” Jillian suddenly said, sadness seeping into her voice.

“Do you want me to?” Xe asked, opening one eye. “To be honest, I only did it in the beginning because I thought it was what you wanted from my services.”

Jillian couldn’t help feeling disappointed to learn it was mostly an act, but she could understand why xe did it. She couldn’t really blame xem.

“I kind of liked ‘sweetheart’, actually.”

A slight smirk appeared on xyr face as Lyle closed xyr eyes again. “Noted.”

She twirled a string of black hair around her finger, loving the silky feeling of it. “Does relaxing on my day off also include no sex?” She carefully asked.

There was a beat of silence and she immediately knew xe was teasing her. “Depends.”

“On what?”

“If you’re a good girl or not,” xe smoothly replies.

Jillian was about to reply, heat rushing to her cheeks, when the magic alarm rang for the cookies. Smirking, Lyle swiftly headed to the kitchen, and when Jillian caught up, she found xem already eating one of the cookies.

“What are you doing! Those must be scorching hot!”

Lyle just shrugged, putting the rest of the cookie in xyr mouth. “I don’t feel it.”

Shaking her head, she went to get a basket. Lyle watched in confusion as she put fruits inside, as well as water and most of the cookies.

“Are you going somewhere?” Xe asked, raising an eyebrow in disapproval. “I thought we agreed we’d relax.”

She smiled, smug. “Wearerelaxing. There’s a small waterfall near here. I was thinking we could go there and have a picnic.”

Xe eyed her suspiciously. “Will I get to see you bathe naked?”

“Yes.”

“Show me the way, sweetheart!” Lyle grabbed the basket and rushed to the entrance door, keeping it open as xe impatiently waited for her to pass by. “Come on, up, up.”

Chuckling to herself, she flicked xem on the side. Xe followed her, quietly walking by her side as they listened to the chirping of birds and cicadas as they headed deeper into the woods. Watching squirrels jumping from tree to tree, Jillian became more aware of how much she would miss her surroundings once she returned to her town.

The terrain turned from flat to irregular as they approached the waterfall, which was just barely ten feet tall and dropped into a small pond. With all the trees surrounding them, there was enough shade for Lyle to be comfortable. In short, it was perfect.

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