Episode 245: I Love Myself Today

Xavier appeared behind her his damp black hair flopped in his eyes and against his sharp cheekbones. He wore a clean white shirt with black slacks.

"You look nice, where are you going?" She asked.

"With you."

"With me?" Ava snatched her fake pearls from the bedside table. "You came home three hours ago. You were up all night at least I hope you were since you didn’t sleep in our bed."

Gazing into her eyes, Xavier took the pearl strand and wound it slowly around her wrist. "I caught a catnap on the sofa with Shelby, then I showered and now I want to go with you."

Ava noticed that he failed to acknowledge her inference to other women. That’s what he does. With everything. "Maybe if you go to the studio now you could for once ditch the vampire hours."

He grabbed her jaw forcefully. "I’m not classy enough for these people? Or do you want your cake and to eat Sebastian too?"

"Let. Go." After a long thirty seconds he obeyed and she crossed her arms. "Do you know why I don’t want you to come? Because I don’t know where you are every night. I love you but you scare me. We have sex and it’s beautiful yet the whole time I’m afraid that if the condom breaks it’ll be like Russian Roulette for me. Should I expect a repeat performance from last year’s Garden Party? Oh, right, I’m not even supposed to know that happened am I?"

Episode 246: Somebody Like You