Chapter 52

“Sherlock never solved anything without Watson. Plus…”

“I’m far more fuckable.”

I nodded. Me and my dick both. “My point exactly.” He grabbed my other point and downed it in one fell swoop. “Indubitably, Watson. Indubitably.” 9

Ray returned from his mini vacation. I set up a date. Dinner. At his place. I feigned a bad back and a need for company without sex. Hunched over, I entered his apartment.

“Poor baby,” he said, rubbing my shoulders. He tried for a kiss and managed to graze my cheek. He was tan from his brief sojourn to Mexico, making him all the more handsome. Me, I had a boyfriend, which is what I kept telling myself as he continued to rub my shoulders, as my dick feverishly protested from within my jeans.

“I twisted when I should’ve turned.” I aimed my body for his couch and fell backwards with a well-placed wince and grunt. “Better.” I glanced up at him. “How was Mexico?”

“We found a drag bar. Britney impersonation, it turns out, is universal.”