Chapter 52

I came out in my new shoes and a mini skirt with the full intention of seducing him tonight, wearing panties that are easy to pull aside. I’m a woman on a mission, and I am not even sure what pushed me to decide this was tonight’s plan. I guess it’s some delayed reaction to today, to Claude and the whole messy affair. Arrick does so much for me and believes in me, and I want him to feel like I appreciate him in all the ways I do. I guess letting him have a night of wild fun is sort of like a reward.

Arrick doesn’t say anything. He lifts his head to look around and then hauls me in the direction of a nearby alley. It’s in pitch darkness and so narrow between two closed shops that it’s almost invisible. He pulls me into the tight gap that’s barely big enough for both of us, but here it’s literally like walking into a black room. He moves me along until we are completely concealed from the street and hitches me up around his waist swiftly, so he can prop me against the freezing b