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A sexy person could do anything and they would turn you on. They could be emptying the guttering at a country residence and you’d suddenly feel the undeniable need to carry them down off the ladder and take them to bed.
Or they could be doing the laundry, struggling with getting the load out the way they always did, then they would turn their head at that particular angle that reminded you of why you married them in the first place, why you needed to be with them for the rest of your life.
I had no idea where this relationship would head—if it would even end up anywhere—but I knew right then, if I was going to fake being in love with anyone, it was going to be with her.
“Have you lived here long?” she asked.
I snapped out of my daydream.
“Hm?” I said.
“In this apartment. Have you lived here long?”
“About five or six years.”
“It seems empty.”
“That’s the way I like it. Makes it easier to keep tidy.”
“And do you keep it tidy?”
“Most of the time.”
She nodded but gave nothing away. It was like she was playing a game of quirlatch (a similar game to poker) while I was playing shnorg (a similar game to checkers).
The wine hit my system. It was like tossing a rock into a pond and watching the ripples roll out from the center, affecting every part of the pond’s surface, except it was your senses the alcohol affected.
Vicky’s cheeks turned red and I could see it was having the same effect on her too.
“What will this little plan of yours entail me having to do exactly?” Vicky said.
“Take a few classes and lessons, learn how Titan traditional culture works,” I said. “And we’ll have to come up with a cover story for how we met.”
“We can’t say we met in Star Cross’d Lovers?” she said, wiggling her eyebrows.
“It’ll need to be something romantic but realistic. Something that will never make Mom doubt it’s true.”
“Sounds like it’s going to be difficult.”
“It won’t be easy.”
But you know what would be easy?
A kiss.
I looked at her lips.
They took up my entire vision.
Surely a kiss wouldn’t hurt?
She was so close, I could practically taste her already. I leaned forward a little further…
And a little further still…
And…
She pulled back.
