The Other Side by Trice Hickman

Author:Trice Hickman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2019-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

ARIZONA

“No, Chris. Like I told you last night, I need some time to think about things.” Arizona rubbed her temple with one hand and turned her steering wheel with the other. She was on her way to pick up Solomon from after-school care and she didn’t want him to see her upset when she got there. She was frustrated with Chris, and they’d only been talking a few minutes. “I have to get my mind straight before I pick up Solomon, then I have to go home, make dinner, get him down for the night, then work on the color palette for a client, make some changes to my business plan, and pray that I fall asleep before the sun comes up.”

“I can come over and help you, Arizona,” Chris responded, nearly pleading with her. “I can cook and take care of Solomon while you work.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Why not?”

Arizona replaced her words with a loud sigh.

“Baby, I know you’re upset with me, but we need to talk. The only way we’re going to work out issues before they become problems is to talk about them.”

“Please stop saying I’m upset with you. I already told you that I’m not.”

“Your actions don’t support your words.”

Chris’s rational tone and logical thinking had always been one of the things that Arizona found very appealing and downright sexy about her future husband. But now, his pragmatism irritated her no end. She wanted to hang up the phone, but she knew that would be rude, so she tried to remain calm in order to deliver what she had to say. “Trust and believe, you would know if I was upset. So just take it from me, I’m not.”

“Then explain why you’re giving me the cold shoulder?”

Arizona let out another loud sigh.

“Okay, I know that ever since we made love last Thursday night you’ve been acting differently, and like I said before, I take full responsibility for that.” Chris paused and then cleared his throat. “I came too quickly the first time, and the second time . . . well, you excited me so much, and I was already tired from a long day, and . . . well, I’m sorry. You felt so good that I got caught up in the moment. But I promise I’ll make it up to you, baby. We’ve got a lifetime ahead of us.”

And therein was the problem. No matter how much Arizona loved Chris, she couldn’t imagine a lifetime of unfulfilling sex with a man who possessed a nonexistent penis and no sensual moves to speak of. She knew she needed to be blunt with Chris and tell him that not only was she turned off by his micro-size penis, but neither his touch, his kiss, nor his caress turned her on. She’d tried to take Bernadette’s advice, but she could see that she and Chris were not physically compatible in any way.

She’d thought that after his disappointing performance Saturday night, he’d surely known he hadn’t satisfied her and that she was unhappy and concerned.

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