aggravate her. That wasn’t enough, though. She was the kind of girl who could put up with aggravation as long as she appeared to have the perfect life. He needed to find some way to get her mad enough to not care about her image. Like that would ever happen.
MONDAY MORNING Mia walked into the shop and Penny was already there, sorting through mail at the front counter.
“Hey! How was your weekend?” Mia asked.
“Fine. Boring, as usual. But I did spend a bunch of time working on the advertising for the new campaign. Here. Look.” She grabbed a folder and pulled out a bunch of samples she’d put together.
“I like these. Especially this one.” Mia picked up a flyer with the title Ready for a Fantasy?
“I like that one, too. Kinda has a tropical feel to it, with the beach in the background.”
“Vacation sex is the best.” Mia recalled the one time she’d taken a trip with a boyfriend. The first three days they barely even left the room. Sex, sex, and more sex. But nights four, five, and six, he’d gotten so plastered he could barely walk. No more sex the rest of the trip. She ended it a week after they got home. No woman wanted a guy who got so drunk he peed his pants.
“How are the interviews going?” Penny asked.
Mia’s cheeks warmed with the thought of Ryan. “Good. After I got over my panic attacks, anyway. The first two guys seem great. Both would be good spokesmodels, and I can see either of them doing meet and greets in the shop.”
“Yeah, that’s fine and dandy business stuff, but what about their . . . you know?” Her eyes widened.
“Come on. Bryn already made me spill. Do I have to do it again?”
“Yes! Come on. I’m a married woman. I need juicy details.”
“Okay, okay.” Mia let herself daydream about Ryan and his body, his eyes. The spark of his lips when he’d kissed her so unexpectedly. Shaking herself out of the Ryan coma before her heart beat out of her chest, she said to Penny, “Number one was A-plus in size. Very nice. Definitely worked it well.”
But Mia’s brain wouldn’t let her stay in the present. It flashed her back to Ryan’s hand scorching her thigh. His lips on her neck, her breasts. Stop! Time to talk about Logan. She’d already discussed him with Bryn, omitting the part about not actually having sex with him. Bryn had enough to stress about. Mia had gotten what they needed without actually doing the deed. But she knew Bryn was very against not testing the guys with her vagina. She’d accepted the fact that the rest of the interviews had to go as originally planned, inserting tab A into slot B for proper evaluation.
Mia shook away her thoughts and continued. “Number two, while thinner, was still a lovely penis. Solid B-plus.”
“Only a B-plus? I’d think that would knock him out of the running. Don’t we want awesomeness?”
Mia giggled. Logan wasn’t awesome, even though he used the word frequently. “He was really good. Very outgoing. I think he might be better with the women. And he’s trying to work out a reality show thing, so that might help the shop.”
“Seriously? That would be so cool. And would definitely boost sales in a major way.”
“What would boost sales in a major way?” Bryn’s voice echoed behind them.
“Logan and his reality show.”
“Oh, yeah. Surfer dude. I like him already.”
“He’d have to tone down the spray tan though,” Mia added. “He was looking a bit Oompa Loompa–ish.”
“Sounds good. I’m not a fan of the man-gerine look. So, anyway, I spent my weekend doing research.” Bryn lifted a small tote bag and emptied its contents onto the front counter in front of Mia and Penny. Out poured a dozen sex toys.
“I’m gonna assume you washed these.”
Bryn rolled her eyes. “Of course.”
Penny hesitantly picked up a bright pink mini vibrator and flipped it on. “Hmm. Doesn’t seem real powerful.”
“It’s not, but it was a decent clit stimulator. I might stock it for women