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“Monster romances?”
I laughed. “Yeah, that was an interesting one to me too. Women falling in love with orcs. They take male form, though. It’s complicated. Oh, and why choose, which used to be called reverse harem.”
Now he stopped chewing to stare at me. He didn’t even have to say anything. His expression said at all.
“Reverse harem is three or more men and one woman,” I explained.
He swallowed but continued to stare at me. “Is that what you’re into?”
I shook my head. “One man, one woman. That’s my thing.”
“Mine too,” he said. “Well, not in romance novels. In real life.”
I felt a little sting of jealousy. He’d said his wife had been gone more than five years. Did that mean he’d been celibate that whole time, or was he like some of the other guys who traveled to some bar over in Boone to find women? This town had a total lack of women. No single ones, anyway, aside from me and my sister. Oh, and my boss Reese, but judging by the flowers she’d received a couple of weeks ago, she might not be so single anymore.
“So, what type of sex scenes do you like in those novels of yours?” he asked.
I’d gotten a little distracted by my jealousy, which meant Tucker’s use of the word “sex” caught me off guard.
“Just kinky enough to be interesting,” I said. “Sex in strange places or interesting positions. Maybe him doing her from behind while grabbing her breasts.”
I was acting out the scene as I talked, my hands curled in front of me as though to demonstrate how he’d grab them. What was going on with me? You’d thinkIwas the one who’d eaten the sweetheart muffin that morning.
“I don’t know if I get it,” he said. “Maybe you could show me.”
I’d just taken a swig from the bottle of water I’d set on the ground next to me. At his words, I choked a little. Just enough to make a fool of myself.
“You know, we do have all the elements for a good steamy romance right here,” he said. “Outdoors on a warm day. You could take off your clothes and brace yourself on that tree… If you wanted to, that is.”
He looked down at the half-eaten fried potato in his hand, and for a long moment, I was sure he was changing his mind. Seconds ticked by. Yes, he was definitely having second thoughts. I saw my chance to have hot sex with my dream man floating away like a leaf on the breeze.
I had to catch it before it was gone.
“Let’s do it,” I said.
I tossed my last chicken bone into the bag we’d been using for trash. Then I stood, wiping my hands on the napkin, which I also tossed into the bag. I was already unbuttoning my shorts as I started toward the tree he’d indicated. By the time I looked back to see if he was coming, my shirt was off too.
Oh yes, he was definitely coming.
4
TUCKER
What the hell was happening?
It felt like a dream. Like I was still sitting over at the worksite, fantasizing about the woman I’d been thinking about all morning. But it was very much real, and she was removing her bra and panties just feet away from me.
What did I do now? Remove my own clothes? Touch her? I didn’t want her to know I was way out of practice when it came to sex. And I’d never slept with a woman I’d just met. I’d had sex with a high school girlfriend—the backseat, fumbling kind—and my wife—the long-term, married, mostly missionary kind.
“Turn around,” I said when she stood facing the tree, completely naked. “I want to see you.”
It was the opposite of what I’d suggested back over on that stump. If that was her fantasy, I’d make it happen, but first, I wanted to see her naked.
She turned, folding her hands over her stomach, then dropping them to her sides. Her gaze darted over to the left. She seemed to be nervous about looking at me. Shy?
“You’re beautiful,” I said as I scanned every curve and slope of her body. Her breasts were even more beautiful than I’dimagined—perky and ample and topped with nipples that made my hard cock throb. “Can I kiss you?”
Her gaze met mine, and she nodded. But then she held out a hand as if to stop me.
