My hands stopped roving and my arms got tight.
“Okay,” I said.
He rolled to the side, rolling me with him but keeping my leg around his hip with a hand behind my knee. Then his fingertips slid gently from the back of my knee to my bottom and back again and again and again.
I tucked my face in his throat and memorized the feel of what his hand was doing too.
“You wanna talk about yesterday?” he asked quietly.
“What about it?”
“In Lee’s office.”
My body went tight and I immediately shook my head.
He stopped stroking my leg and his arm went around me.
“That’s okay, mamita, you don’t need to talk about it.”
I relaxed.
Then Pretend Sadie asked, “Can you do me a favor?”
It was his turn for his body to grow tight.
“What?”
I tipped my head back to look at him and his chin dipped so his eyes could lock with mine.
He looked great after we had sex, his eyes still intense but his expression satisfied. It was his best look ever.
“The Rock Chicks have called a powwow,” I told him. “Do you know what that is?”
He shook his head but I felt his body relax and his mouth twitched.
“I don’t either but I’ve been ordered to attend. If Ralphie’s not invited, can I call you? Will you take me there? It’s at noon.”
The intensity in his eyes faded and they went soft.
“I think I can do that.”
Pretend Sadie relaxed into him and she smiled.
Real Hector smiled back.
Real Sadie’s heart clenched so hard it hurt.
Then she memorized his smile too.
* * * * *
“You aren’t allowed here. Go!” Daisy demanded, pointing at Hector the minute he, YoYo and I walked into Fortnum’s.
“Daisy!” I snapped.
“What a cute dog!” Roxie cried.
Daisy’s ignored Roxie (and YoYo) and her glare settled on me. “This is a Rock Chick Powwow. The rules of a Rock Chick Powwow are, you gotta be a girl, a g*y, Duke or Tex. No one else is allowed.”