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Chapter 15 - Hold my breath
“How are you?” My mother says on the other end of the phone. I have her on speaker as I prepare my work room. I have five clients coming in today to do their hair. I’m going to have a long day today and I need to be prepared. First on the agenda is making sure this room is clean and organized.
I always look forward to the days I can work from home. I can set up the mood and make sure both my clients and I are comfortable. I make sure the room is the right temperature, it smells good. And I need to make sure all my tools are available to me at all times.
“I’m okay.” I say redoing the bed Chloe left all messed up. It looks like she just woke up and pulled the covers over the bed. The corners of the covers are hanging at awkward angles, the sheets underneath are wrinkled. I can’t have clients in here when it’s like this. I remember telling her to leave everything exactly as she found it. Al she has to do is pick
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I want my sister's lover Chapter 17 - All the beauty in the world
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I want my sister's lover Chapter 18 - Something new
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I want my sister's lover Chapter 19 - An understanding
“Welcome.” I say when we walk into my apartment. I switch on the light and Adira gasps in surprise. She looks at me and then she looks back at my apartment.“Thank you very much.” Adira says walking in. I close the door behind us watching her look around. She has this look of awe looking at the art work. I have all types of art spread out throughout the apartment. It’s refreshing to see someone experience my personal space like this for the first time,“You are welcome.” I say walking past her into the kitchen. “I have two different flavors of ice cream, chocolate and raspberry. Which one would you like?” I ask opening the fridge. I take a deep breath to cal m myself. I can’t believe she’s here. Now that she’s a few feet from my studio all I can think about is painting her. I want to d it so bad but I know I can’t ask her now. I need to gain her trust and get her to a plac
I want my sister's lover Chapter 20 - Intentional
“Shit.” Is the first word that comes out of my mouth when I open my eyes. I can’t believe its morning; I turn so I can see behind me. Simon is not in bed with me, I lie still listening to the sounds outside his room. I can hear him walking around out there. I think he’s in the kitchen, I can hear plates clinking together.I close my eyes for a second and feel myself fall asleep again. I open them quickly, I can’t fall asleep again. I have to get home. I don’t remember when I fell asleep last night. We spent the whole night talking about art, food and anything else we could think about.We laughed so much the muscles in my stomach hurt and then I don’t remember what happened. I don’t remember coming to bed. But I can tell you I had the best sleep of my life. I didn’t wake up at all through the night, that’s rare for me. But last night I knocked all the way out.
I want my sister's lover chapter 21 - Rain?
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I want my sister's lover Chapter 22- Boundaries
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I want my sister's lover Chapter 23 - Uncomplicated
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