Chapter 24: Titillation

Laurel’s P.O.V.

Is it possible for one to die of embarrassment!

Or full on heart break?

She had never considered seriously the idea that a person could die of embarrassment. But from where she was crouched currently, dressed in nothing but a black leather bodysuit, watching her boyfriend laying another woman down onto the bed, she was sure that she was close.

And that, perhaps, should have been the first clue that it was actually a good thing that Hermes was cheating on her. Really, she should’ve known.

She should have known that whatever patience he seemed to have for her desire to wait, he would not defer his own pleasure endlessly. She should have known he didn’t actually love her quite so much.

And Laurel had always wondered why he’d been with her. She had always wondered why he was interested in her. She had met him when she was waitressing at a bar and she had been shocked when he’d approached her.

He was tall and beautiful with arresting dark eyes and an easy smile. His Greek a