Chapter 438

  Always sucker for these things, and Frank’s been plying me with them since Arrick moved here. I’m a hundred times happier with candy in my mouth, a hint of sexual tension from my favorite man, like somehow everything just got so much better.

  We get out onto the street and the doorman, holding the door for us, motions to the yellow cab sitting patiently on the sidewalk. Arrick leads me to it and opens the door for me. As I go to slide in, he whips the lollipop out of my mouth in a super sleek, fast move that I don’t see coming.