Resting one knee next to her, he cradled her neck and kissed her. “You have a beautiful body, Jade. Be proud to show it off.”
She didn’t get the chance to respond to his compliment for the phone rang. After one more kiss from Zach, she picked up the receiver. “Hello?”
“It’s almost noon,” Breanna said with a hint of impatience in her voice. “Why haven’t you called me?”
“It’s Bre,” she said softly to Zach.
“I’ll get dressed in the bathroom to give you some privacy.”
“Mom!”
“I’m here.”
“Were you talking to someone?”
“Yes, I was talking to Zach.”
“Ohmigod, he’s still there ? He spent the night with you?”
“He did.”
“Wait, let me get comfortable. Okay, I’m ready. I want all the details.”
“We’re getting ready to go to brunch. I can’t talk now.”
“At least tell me he’s hung and you had four or five orgasms.”
“I can’t believe the language that comes out of your mouth.”
“You’re changing the subject.”
“I am. I have to finish getting dressed. We’ll talk later.”
“You can’t leave me hanging, Mom! Zach told me he never spends the night with a date.”
Breanna’s comment left Jade speechless for a moment. “And just when did he tell you that?”
Silence. Jade could picture her daughter biting her lower lip, the way she did when she was stalling.
“Oops.”
“‘Oops’ is right. What did you do, Bre?”
“Uh, I gotta go, Mom. Have a nice brunch.”
“Breanna!”
Clunk.
Jade replaced the receiver and hurried into the bathroom. She found Zach sitting on the toilet lid, pulling on a pair of white socks. He looked up and smiled.
“That was a short conversation.”
“But very enlightening.” She crossed her arms over her stomach. “Did you talk to my daughter before we went to the gala?”
Zach slowly straightened. His smile faded. “Did she say that?”
“Do not answer a question with a question. Did you talk to my daughter?”
He released a breath. “Yeah, I did.”
“When?”
“Yesterday. She left a message for me to call her, so I did.”
“What did you talk about?”
He stood and stepped close to her. “She loves you, Jade. She only wanted to make sure you had a good time at the gala.”
“Why don’t I believe that’s all she said?”
“We…discussed some other things.”
“Like what?”
Zach ran his hand around the back of his neck. “Shouldn’t you ask Breanna that?”
His obvious discomfort made Jade even more suspicious. “I’m asking you and I expect an answer.”
Stepping closer, he ran his hands up and down her arms. “She said she wanted you to have a good time in every way…including sex.”
Hearing him say the words, Jade still couldn’t believe him. “What?” she asked weakly.
“She wanted to be sure we made love. I told her that would be your decision. I meant that, Jade. I’ve never pushed a date for sex.”
“She actually talked to you about having sex with me?”
“Don’t be angry at her, Jade. She loves you.”
Tears of mortification filled her eyes. “You had sex with me out of pity?”
“No!” Zach tightened his hands on her arms. “Don’t you ever say that. I wanted to make love to you. I still do. Pity has nothing to do with it. My God, don’t you know how beautiful and sexy you are?”
“My daughter must not or she wouldn’t have hired a man to have sex with me.”
“Jade, she told me you hadn’t been with a man since your divorce. She wanted you to feel desirable and appreciated as a woman.” He wiped away a tear on her cheek with his thumb. “I told her I would never do anything to make you uncomfortable. She wanted me to initiate sex because she said you wouldn’t. I told her no.”
“You did?”
Zach nodded. “My main job as an escort is to be an escort. If my date doesn’t want a more intimate ending to our evening, I accept that. I would’ve left you at your front door if that’s what you’d wanted.”
“I
She didn’t get the chance to respond to his compliment for the phone rang. After one more kiss from Zach, she picked up the receiver. “Hello?”
“It’s almost noon,” Breanna said with a hint of impatience in her voice. “Why haven’t you called me?”
“It’s Bre,” she said softly to Zach.
“I’ll get dressed in the bathroom to give you some privacy.”
“Mom!”
“I’m here.”
“Were you talking to someone?”
“Yes, I was talking to Zach.”
“Ohmigod, he’s still there ? He spent the night with you?”
“He did.”
“Wait, let me get comfortable. Okay, I’m ready. I want all the details.”
“We’re getting ready to go to brunch. I can’t talk now.”
“At least tell me he’s hung and you had four or five orgasms.”
“I can’t believe the language that comes out of your mouth.”
“You’re changing the subject.”
“I am. I have to finish getting dressed. We’ll talk later.”
“You can’t leave me hanging, Mom! Zach told me he never spends the night with a date.”
Breanna’s comment left Jade speechless for a moment. “And just when did he tell you that?”
Silence. Jade could picture her daughter biting her lower lip, the way she did when she was stalling.
“Oops.”
“‘Oops’ is right. What did you do, Bre?”
“Uh, I gotta go, Mom. Have a nice brunch.”
“Breanna!”
Clunk.
Jade replaced the receiver and hurried into the bathroom. She found Zach sitting on the toilet lid, pulling on a pair of white socks. He looked up and smiled.
“That was a short conversation.”
“But very enlightening.” She crossed her arms over her stomach. “Did you talk to my daughter before we went to the gala?”
Zach slowly straightened. His smile faded. “Did she say that?”
“Do not answer a question with a question. Did you talk to my daughter?”
He released a breath. “Yeah, I did.”
“When?”
“Yesterday. She left a message for me to call her, so I did.”
“What did you talk about?”
He stood and stepped close to her. “She loves you, Jade. She only wanted to make sure you had a good time at the gala.”
“Why don’t I believe that’s all she said?”
“We…discussed some other things.”
“Like what?”
Zach ran his hand around the back of his neck. “Shouldn’t you ask Breanna that?”
His obvious discomfort made Jade even more suspicious. “I’m asking you and I expect an answer.”
Stepping closer, he ran his hands up and down her arms. “She said she wanted you to have a good time in every way…including sex.”
Hearing him say the words, Jade still couldn’t believe him. “What?” she asked weakly.
“She wanted to be sure we made love. I told her that would be your decision. I meant that, Jade. I’ve never pushed a date for sex.”
“She actually talked to you about having sex with me?”
“Don’t be angry at her, Jade. She loves you.”
Tears of mortification filled her eyes. “You had sex with me out of pity?”
“No!” Zach tightened his hands on her arms. “Don’t you ever say that. I wanted to make love to you. I still do. Pity has nothing to do with it. My God, don’t you know how beautiful and sexy you are?”
“My daughter must not or she wouldn’t have hired a man to have sex with me.”
“Jade, she told me you hadn’t been with a man since your divorce. She wanted you to feel desirable and appreciated as a woman.” He wiped away a tear on her cheek with his thumb. “I told her I would never do anything to make you uncomfortable. She wanted me to initiate sex because she said you wouldn’t. I told her no.”
“You did?”
Zach nodded. “My main job as an escort is to be an escort. If my date doesn’t want a more intimate ending to our evening, I accept that. I would’ve left you at your front door if that’s what you’d wanted.”
“I
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