Chapter 21

Least I could do after the orgasms you gave me.”

I smile and blush. I did make him come. Several times. It gives me a warm feeling in my tummy.

I don’t know what he meant about the distance between us being a hurdle rather than an obstacle. It’s not just the distance. I look after my mum, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Maybe he’s thinking of suggesting getting someone in to care for her, but she wouldn’t want that. She’s a very private person, and I know she’d feel terribly embarrassed about having a stranger do some of the intimate things I have to do for her.

I don’t want to lead him on. But I like him so much.

On the other end of the line, I hear footsteps on tiles, the scrape of metal, then the squeak of furniture.

“What are you doing?” I ask.

“I opened the sliding doors so I could smell the jasmine,” he says. “It reminds me of your perfume.”

“Aw.”

“Now I’m lying on the sofa. What’s it like in your garden?”

“It’s a lovely evening here. I’m sitting in front o