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    Roderick had wispy, light blond hair that he wore almost to his neck and gorgeous brown eyes. Ethan had that light-eyed, dark hair combination that made me feel like I was waiting for a turbulent storm on the horizon. But, for all I knew, I’d probably just been a sexual outlet for Ethan. A man that beautiful with that much experience probably had a trove full of women all wanting to fulfill his greatest needs. I couldn’t imagine a woman as inexperienced as I was being an object of his desire.
    “I don’t want to think about that right now,” I answered. “Not with the fundraiser tomorrow and Christmas the next day. I need a shower.”
    “I’ll leave a change of clothes for you on the bathroom counter,” she said, studying my face. “In the meantime, give me your phone. I’ll call Rick and tell him that you aren’t feeling well, so you’ve been here sleeping off a migraine.”
    I jumped up and wrapped my arms around her shoulders. “Thank you, Gee. I love you so much. I promise I’ll figure this out.”
    I handed her my phone and started towards the house, but she made a noise that caused me to turn around. She waved me over with the screen of my phone turned outward and when I was close enough, I saw the message that was displayed:
     
    Alexandra, it’s Ethan. I was just checking to make sure that you got home safely. Call me when you get this. Or text.
     
    The space between my legs vibrated.
    “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this,” Gia replied, a mischievous grin on her face. I grabbed for the phone but she quickly moved out of the way.
    “What are you doing, Gia?” I asked, moving towards her. I felt like we were eight and seven again, and she was hoarding a toy that our mother had demanded that we share.
    “Handling it,” she answered. Then, she looked up at me. “It’s handled.”
    “Heifer, you are not Olivia Pope.”
    “I just told him that you made it home safely and that you had a nice time.”
    I relaxed…until I remembered who I was talking to.
    “I might have also added a winky face,” she confessed. “And something about doing it again.”
    “Gia!”
    She laughed and rushed past me into the house. Even though the damage was already done, I still chased her. She was my younger sister; this was how we communicated. She’d do or say something completely off-base and then we’d play fight until we made amends. She was the light of my life and I couldn’t imagine an existence without the joy that she brought to the world I’d carved for myself.
    Roderick made me feel safe, but in a “you won’t be thirty and unmarried” kind of way. I wouldn’t find even an eighth of the joy I felt when I was with my sister with him, and this was something that I’d already been aware of. However, it wasn’t until tonight that it began to dawn on me that a life without it…wasn’t really the life that I wanted.

Chapter Three
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    Ethan
     
    I was sitting across from the beautiful, crème de menthe-eyed investment mogul Caitlin Warsaw whose breasts usually made my mouth water just thinking about them, but today I felt like I was sucking the Sahara through a straw. It had only been about twenty-four hours since my evening with Alexandra, but she’d claimed all of my senses in that span of time.
    When I closed my eyes, I saw skin that I wanted to be wrapped up in and felt her against the pads of my fingertips, both inside and out. Her taste lingered on my tongue, and the sound of her moans had kept me up for hours the night before as I’d contemplated calling her—like a fucking crazy person—even though I knew that she was probably laying right next to Roderick. I’d even actually had the nerve to wonder if Roderick had tried to touch her and if he did, whether or not she’d refused him.
    Then, there was her smell. Women will probably never know how bat-shit crazy their scent can drive a man, but I avoided taking a shower for a couple of hours after getting home because I