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and hoped her new friend would keep the towel in its current position. Sitting down across from Maddie, Alex leaned her head against the wall and released the pressure of her hands from the towel. It split slightly, not wide enough to show anything, yet revealing enough to make Maddie gasp for air.
    Alex's breasts and pubic area were covered, but Maddie’s eyes had plenty to feast on. A hint of rock hard abdominal muscles for instance, and that strong shoulder line. Droplets of sweat streamed down Alex's pronounced biceps and, despite probably only sampling a fraction of what Nathalie Orange had, she had to agree with her. Alex must have the best body in Hong Kong.
    Maddie’s clit stood to attention and she had to close her eyes to calm her nerves. Not that it helped the tiniest bit. As soon as her eyelids fell shut, far more revealing images of Alex were projected on the back of them. Alex dropping the towel entirely. Alex beckoning her with just one glance. Maddie’s lips on her collar bone, her tongue catching the descending drops of sweat. Her finger…
    “Ready?” Alex towered over her. “I’m starving.” Her towel clung to her body again.
    Maddie quickly regained composure—or at least tried—and followed Alex to the shower area where she cooled herself off under cold water.
    * * *
    “How did you meet Nathalie?” All the way to the restaurant, squashed between the rush of tourists and shoppers crowding Central on a Saturday, Maddie had racked her brain for an innocent but interesting question to ask. This was the conversation starter she’d come up with.  
    “How do you think?” Alex crooked her lips into a lop-sided grin. “How does anyone on this island ever meet Nathalie?”
    The question didn’t appear to be so innocent after all. “I see.” Maddie nodded. “She hit on you.”
    “She’s gone for younger ever since.” Alex took a bite of her pizza, unceremoniously squashing it between her fingers and discarding the provided cutlery. “And that was three years ago.”
    “Did you—” Maddie, who was never that much of a blusher, felt the heat rise to her cheeks. “—reciprocate?”
    “The love between Nathalie and me has gone unconsummated so far.” Maddie felt an irrational bout of jealousy stir inside of her at the casual mention of the word love. “I’m also very much a one-woman kind of girl and I was in a relationship when we met.” Alex chuckled. “Nat and I would also make about the worst couple ever.”
    “I can kind of see why.” Maddie tore her gaze away from Alex's tank top clad chest—did she ever wear anything else?—and focused on the food in front of her. Despite being used to more upscale eateries, she really enjoyed the pizza.
    “So?” Alex slanted over the small table. They’d managed to score one in the corner of the roof terrace, away from the hum drum of the busy lunch service.
    “So… what?”  
    “Earlier, you expertly derailed our conversation when it went into the direction of your bedroom.” Alex put a good amount of emphasis on the your in that sentence.
    “Mostly because there isn’t that much to tell.” Maddie felt her cheeks flush pink again. “I haven’t had the best of luck with the ladies in Hong Kong.” Her mind wandered to June, who was probably grocery shopping with Mark right now, or eating dim sum with her in-laws. “Made some wrong choices along the way.” She couldn’t help but notice a twinkle of amusement in Alex's eyes. “Suffice it to say the master bedroom in unit A on the forty-third floor has not seen a lot of action in the two years I’ve lived there.”
    “Maybe you prefer to play out games?” Alex wasn’t letting up, and she clearly enjoyed this line of questioning. Maddie concluded it must be the Italian in her.
    “If that’s how you would categorise an illicit office romance, then yes. Out games are my forte.” Maddie usually knew better than to spill her secrets to people she’d only just met. At least