Total pages in book: 22
Estimated words: 20866 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 104(@200wpm)___ 83(@250wpm)___ 70(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 20866 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 104(@200wpm)___ 83(@250wpm)___ 70(@300wpm)
I shake my head while smiling mysteriously.
“No, even better.”
“Let me guess,” my friend hums, still studying my complexion closely. “You got one of those vampire facials, right? Where they extract your blood, spin it around in a centrifuge, before micro-needling your face and then doing a platelet mask.”
I stare at her.
“How do you know so much about vampire facials? Did you get one?”
“Hell no!” Rose exclaims, shaking her head emphatically. “Those things are dangerous. You heard that in New Mexico, there’s an AIDS outbreak because of unsanitary conditions, right? There was a spa that was providing vampire facials, but they didn’t clean their equipment properly and so many of their customers were exposed to HIV.”
My eyes are like saucers.
“Holy cow. No, I had no idea. Thank goodness I didn’t get one of those. But I did do something even better.”
Rose pins me with a look.
“Shoot. Tell me what it is. I want the secrets of the fountain of youth.”
I look around, my eyes darting left and right, before leaning in and speaking in a whisper.
“Well, Lionel and I did it. We started a relationship.”
Rose looks confused for a moment.
“Who’s Lionel?”
I pause delicately.
“He’s my stepdad, Lionel Kenneally. I’ve been staying with him ever since I moved back to St. George. Remember? You guys have met.”
“Oh, Mr. Kenneally!” Rose exclaims, tossing a long lock of pink hair behind her shoulder. “I didn’t even know what your dad’s first name was. Wait a minute: you hooked up with your dad?”
“Not my dad, my stepdad,” I say in a hushed whisper. “There’s a huge difference. And could you pipe down, girlfriend? I don’t want the whole world to know.”
Rose immediately leans forward, looking chagrined.
“Sorry,” she whispers. “But how did this even happen? I thought he hated you because you appeared out of nowhere with no place to go. Plus, he’s supposed to be mad at you for getting suspended, remember?”
I wink.
“Let’s just say that Lionel was mad at first. But our interactions got really intense, and before we knew it, we were in bed together.”
“Oh my god!” Rose squeals under her breath. “Is he massive? How did this even happen though? Was he lecturing you, and then suddenly, you found yourself beneath him with his cock poking you? OMG, OMG, tell me everything.”
I giggle and proceed to spill the beans. But at the critical moment, I leave out the fact that Lionel has two cocks because it feels too intimate to share. There’s something very real about my romantic connection with the man of the house, and I can’t betray him like an air-headed teen girl gossiping with her best buddy. So I tell Rose everything while leaving out the details of my stepfather’s anatomy, and she nods, her eyes wide.
“Goodness,” she breathes. “So what’s going to happen between you and Lionel?”
I shrug.
“I don’t know. I guess I’ll finish high school?”
“No, no, not about school!” Rose squeals. “I don’t care about that! What happens between you and your stepfather? Like do you guys get married and have babies? Do you become Mrs. Lionel Kenneally? But wait, isn’t that weird because your mom used to be Mrs. Kenneally?”
I nod thoughtfully.
“It is weird because I’m following in my mom’s footsteps but in a way no one anticipated. I mean, when most people say, “chip off the old block” or “following in his footsteps,” they’re talking about career aspirations. Like, my father was a lawyer, so I want to be a lawyer too. Or my mom was a doctor, so I want to be a doctor too. They don’t mean my mom was married to Mr. Kenneally, so I guess I’ll marry him after she passes.”
“Yeah,” Rose breathes, her eyes wide and scandalized. “It’s pretty taboo.”
“It is taboo,” I acknowledge in a slow tone. “But don’t worry, because I’m not ready to go down that route.”
Rose nods furiously, her pink curls bouncing.
“Of course not. We’re way too young to get married, and that wouldn’t be on the horizon for a long time.”
I nod.
“It’s funny because I always thought I wanted to get married young, and to have kids early. Preferably before I’m twenty,” I say in a slow voice. “But now, I’m feeling kind of different. I don’t know, I might still want that, but I’m not sure anymore.”
“That makes sense,” Rose hums, probing a bit. “You want to see what the world has to offer, right? You want to spread your wings and fly.”
I bite my lip because Lionel’s shown me such a good time in bed that it almost feels like a betrayal to say this. The man of the house made me come non-stop during our two weeks together. Lionel put his cock anywhere and everywhere I asked, stretching me out until I was dazed with pleasure and reeling with continued ecstasy. And yet, I don’t think it was enough because I want more.