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cuddling type, so she pulled the covers on
top of her nude body, positioned herself close to Ivan’s body and lay on her
side facing him as he lay on his back with his arms behind his head. She looked
at the beautiful man lying beside her and hoped it worked. She hoped that the
pain-staking task of putting holes in every one of those condoms would yield
her the results she was looking for. She was currently ovulating and needed
this to work. If not this time, hopefully, as long as they remained friends
with benefits she still had a chance.

 
    Ivan
lay there looking at the ceiling as his thoughts swirled around in his head. He
was thinking about his current situation with Ashley, the fact that he couldn’t
stop Stephanie from invading his thoughts and the major deals he had pending.
One in particular had become too complicated.

 
    “Ugh.”

 
    He
said he was starting to develop a headache. He swung his body around and
planted his feet on the floor. With his back to Ashley he lowered his head into
his hands. Ashley stared at him; there is definitely something wrong.

 
    “Babe,
what’s wrong? Did I do something to upset you?”

 
    “No,
I just have a headache. I’ll be fine as soon as I take something for it.”   He said softly. He stood up, grabbed his
silk robe off the hook and walked to the living room. He decided against the
medicine and got a drink instead. He sat in the dark nursing his drink and
headache when Ashley entered the room naked.

 
    “Is
there anything I can do to help you?”

 
    “No,
go back to bed. I’ll be there in a few minutes.”

 
    “Okay
but don’t take too long. The bed is cold without you.” She said trying to sound
seductive but it came out sounding desperate.

 
    Ivan
watched her retreating back as he lay on the sofa putting the glass to his head
allowing the coolness to soothe his head. He needed to end this with Ashley
permanently. Someone always got hurt even when perimeters were set. She knew
this was all she was going to get from him but he could tell that she was becoming
attached.   The best way to deal with
this was a clean break. His thoughts immediately went back to Stephanie. He
began imaging them together; making love in several different positions and his
entire body began to relax as he dozed off.
     

 
 
 

 
 
 
    CHAPTER FOUR

 
 
 
    TUESDAY,
JUNE 14th

 
    Stephanie’s
phone rang just as she was getting off the treadmill.   She looked over at the clock it was six
o’clock in the morning. It had to be Brianna, Tara, or both.

 
    “Hello,”
she spoke into the receiver.

 
    “Good
morning Ms. Young you don’t know how to return phone calls? Brianna asked in a
huff.

 
    “Yeah,
Miss Anti-social. You didn’t call me to find out how my evening went with
Lawrence on Saturday.”

 
    “Good
morning Ladies, I assume since you are calling me in a semi-good mood, that I
am still employed.”

 
    “Why?
What happened?” They inquired in unison. Stephanie explained to the duo the
events that happened up until she walked out the door.

 
    “Well,
you’re a good one considering how rude that bastard was, because I would have
cursed his ass out.   Tara said
irritated.

 
    “She’s
right Steph. If you feel like he is getting out of hand, you can quit and they
can find another agency to use. No one should be verbally abused at work.”

 
    “No
it’s fine, I think he got the message. The one major bonus to this job is the
eye candy I get to look at every day. Can I just say that my boss is drop dead
gorgeous and he has the most amazing green eyes? I didn’t know if I wanted to
smack him or sleep with him.”

 
    “Yeah
right Steph, considering you haven’t had sex, how would you know how to start?”
Tara said jokingly.   There was dead
silence on the phone.

 
    “I’m
sorry Steph, you know I didn’t mean anything by that, I was just joking,
obviously badly. I’m sorry, sweetie.” Tara