Safe Words by Magnolia Robbins

Author:Magnolia Robbins [Robbins, Magnolia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Magnolia Robbins
Published: 2018-02-01T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

THE ENTIRE WEEKEND blurred by me, every moment spent with Scarlett at her condo. Most of it naked. Bound to everything imaginable in her house. Ordered every deliciously dirty thing I could have ever imagined. I learned every whip and nearly every toy in the linen closet. By Sunday afternoon, my body was so sore it was hard to sit comfortably while we ate lunch together. Even after seeing her all weekend, I couldn’t help feeling distracted looking at Scarlett, sitting naked while we enjoyed our food.

“It’s impolite to stare, Natalia,” Scarlett scolded me affectionately. I smiled at her before I finished my meal. We sat chatting a while. Scarlett talked about herself more than anything. It had been the most I’d learned since we met.

“I started Stitch my senior year of college,” she explained as we worked together at the sink to clean dishes. Our hands would come together and they’d linger for a moment. Every touch she gave sent shivers through me. “It was an experiment at first, just for my enjoyment. Then an investor had an interest, and it continued from there.”

“How did you get on with Baker Publishing? They’re one of the biggest in the city.”

Scarlett hesitated for a moment. I could see the way her posture changed and I had a strange feeling I knew how she’d gotten it. “My ex-wife,” she admitted. “When I met her, she was working as a journalist. We’d first ran into one another at a fashion show we were both covering. She’d showed a vested interest in working with me, so I hired her.” It was funny they’d met one another in almost the same way Scarlett and I had. I didn’t mention it however, letting her continue. “Let’s say Diana had strings she could pull at Baker to get us on.”

My curiosity got the best of me. “Like?”

“Jonathan Parker was a friend of hers in college.” Scarlett didn’t hesitate in responding.

“As in the CEO? The one who gave me my job?” When Scarlett nodded, I stared at her baffled. It explained in part why Diana was so headset in taking away Scarlett’s business from her.

“As much as I hate to admit it, I owe her in part for my success,” Scarlett said. I could tell it was hard for her to acknowledge.

“Even still, it’s your business,” I argued. “It was your dream from the beginning.”

“Sometimes life has a way of making things complicated,” Scarlett gave me a small smile and we resumed cleaning without another mention of it.

That evening when Henry dropped me off at my apartment, I longed for Scarlett the moment I got there. It wasn’t until I’d collapsed onto the couch that I’d realized I hadn’t checked my phone once in two days. There was a flood of calls and texts, many from Justine. As soon as I read through them, I realized. I was supposed to meet her yesterday. Guilt plagued me. It was the first time in our entire friendship I’d ever bailed on her.

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