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along the edge of her body until he was cupping her ass and pressing her closer. She lifted up slightly, taking him back inside her, and he closed his eyes breathing in slowly through his nose trying to control his need to control the situation. He opened his eyes to find her staring down at him. “Let me know if I do something you don’t like.”
    “Impossible,” he breathed out on a hiss.
    “We’ll see.”
    Flower turned her face into the stream of water. She could hear Bradley moving around inside the bathroom before she felt his arms encircling her. She leaned back into his touch and he touched his lips to the nape of her neck. She twisted in his arms, twining her arms around his neck and pulling his face to hers. He nibbled on her bottom lip before allowing her the kiss she was demanding. He took a step forward, forcing her backwards until her back came up against the shower wall. He lifted her up into his arms and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he used the wall as leverage, entering her in one swift motion. Her head fell back against the wall, and she watched him through half closed lids. His face was taut with lust, making him the most beautiful thing in the world. Words fell from her lips just like a million times before. “I love you Bradley,” she said, except this time she meant them more than ever before.
    Bradley was quiet for the rest of the drive home, and she wondered briefly if she had worn him out. Several times she offered to drive, but he only smiled in response before falling back into his own thoughts. He glanced over at her a few times as if he was going to say something, but he always looked away just as swiftly, and she found herself hoping against hope that she wasn’t about to get, “The Speech.” Everybody universally knows the "we’re better off as friend’s speech." The, I love you, but I’m not in love with you. The, it’s not you it’s me. Call it whatever you want, it all ended the same. It ended.
    She unlocked the door to her boutique. Bradley, carrying her bags, followed closely on her heels as she made her way to her apartment above. The light on her answering machine was blinking and she hit play, freezing at the sound of Shannon’s voice. “Hey, Flower. This is Shannon. I’m going to be in Abernathy for the next two weeks covering the security on some sort of homeless drive The Queen of Diamonds is having. I’m guessing they liked our work on the gala and they’ve decided to hire us for this job as well. Anyways, I was wondering if you wanted to go do something while I’m in town. Give me a call. You should have my cell number, but in case you’ve lost it,” Flower listened to the rest of the message with only half an ear. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Bradley watching her, but she didn’t dare turn and look at him since the subject of Shannon was an uncomfortable one now. The next message was from her assistant Betsy. “Hey Flower. It’s Betsy. I don’t know if you’ve heard yet or not, but Chad has been arrested on some really nasty charges. I heard a rumor that The Queen of Diamonds was using their drive for the homeless as a ploy to draw in underage homeless boys in some sort of sex ring. Can you believe it?” Flower skipped the rest of the message moving onto the next with a growing sense of horror. “Hey Flower, did you hear about Chad?” Skip. “Hey Flower. It’s Chad. Don’t believe a word you hear about me.” Skip. “Hey. It’s Shannon again. So apparently, The Queen of Diamonds is being shut down and I’m temporarily between jobs. There was something about its owner and some sex charges. Anyways, I’m sure you know all about it. I’m still going to stay in town for the next two weeks and bid on some jobs around here, so I’m still game to get together, if you are.”
    The machine clicked off, and she turned to Bradley in confusion. “Bradley, did you know that Chad owned The Queen of Diamonds?”
    “It’s