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His ey es na rro w as hi s ha nd moves to the und ernea th of my foot.
He slowly traces hi s fing ers from the tops of my toes , down to my heel .
“I still ver y much want to fuck you.”
Someo ne gasps, and it isn’t me.
R yle and I both look at the door way and Allysa is stand ing there,
wide- ey ed . Her mouth is open as she point s down at R yle. “Did you

just . . .” She looks at me and says, “I am so sorr y about hi m, Lily.” And
then she looks back at R yle with veno m in her ey es . “Did you just tel l
my boss you want to fuck her?”
Oh, de ar.
R yle pulls hi s bottom lip in and chew s on it for a sec ond . Marsha ll
walks in behi nd Allysa and says, “Wha t’s going on?”
Allysa looks at Marsha ll and point s at R yle again. “He just told Lily

he want s to fuck her! ”
Marsha ll looks from R yle to me. I don’t kno w whet her to laugh or
crawl und er the table and hi de. “You did?” he says, looking back at
R yle.
R yle shru gs. “It appea rs tha t way,” he says.
Allysa puts her hea d in her ha nd s, “Jes us Chri st,” she says, looking

at me. “He’s drunk . They ’re both drunk . Plea se don’t judge me
bec ause my brother is an asshole. ”
I smile at her and wave it off. “It’s fine, Allysa. Lots of peo ple want
to fuck me. ” I glanc e back at R yle and he’s still casually stroking my
foot. “At lea st your brother spea ks hi s mind . Not a lot of peo ple ha ve
the courage to say wha t they ’re actually thi nk ing .”
R yle wink s at me and then caref ully moves my ank le off hi s lap.

“Let ’s see if you can put any wei ght on it,” he says.
He and Marsha ll hel p me to my feet . R yle point s to a table a few
feet away tha t’s pushed up agains t a wall. “Let ’s try to make it to the
table so I can wrap it.”
His arm is sec ured around my waist, and he’s gripping my arm
tight ly to make sure I don’t fall. Marsha ll is more or les s just stand ing

nex t to me for support. I put a little wei ght on my ank le and it hu rts,
but it’s no t ex cruciating . I’m able to ho p all the way to the table with a
lot of assistanc e from R yle. He hel ps me pull mysel f up unt il I’m