eyes away. “God damn, baby, you are beautiful,” he rasped.
Biting he r lip, Poppy’s eyes squeezed shut and she fell completely silent. Then, without any production, not a shout, a moan, or even a shudder, she brought her head up and looked at him with glassy eyes. “I hope that was as good for you as it was for me.”
Felix’s brows pulled together as she withdrew the vibrator and climbed off him. With sharp movements, she stalked across the room and yanked her fuzzy pink robe down off the back of the bedroom door and slid into it.
When he realized what she was doing, the unease crept in and he panicked. “Where are you going?”
Turning from the doorway, she cast him a look that he couldn’t put a name to, except to say , it wasn’t good. She looked almost…hurt? But that couldn’t be right. She’d just come all over his thighs. She should be on top of the world right now. “I haven’t eaten dinner yet. I’m hungry.”
“You’re not going to finish this?” Tipping his head, he indicated his fully engorged cock, which continued to bob back and forth, as though waving to her to remind her it was still there, and raring to go.
She gave him a bored look. “I’m kind of tired. Rain check?”
Okay, so he would jerk off later. No big deal. How long did it take for blue balls to set in? “Fine, then untie me, and I’ll come down with you.”
She gave his wrists, still bound overhead, a cursory look. “No, I think you need to stay put and think about your behavior today. I’ll come back in a bit.”
“Poppy. Poppy!” Felix felt the steam pouring from his ears, he was so mad. What the hell had he done wrong? What did she mean he needed to think about his behavior? He struggled against the pantyhose, but they wouldn’t budge. Was she a sailor or something? Where had she learned to tie like that? “Poppy!” So help him, when he got free, they were going to have one hell of a serious talk. It just wasn’t right to leave a man tied up like that and not even give him the courtesy of a blow job to ease some of the pressure. Not cool, Poppy. Not. Cool.
4
“So then he confessed that he went golfing, but he still insisted that business was just business. I don’t know what’s worse, that he lied straight to my face, or that he was so convincing doing it.” Poppy was at a loss. She had already gone through all the emotions: denial, anger, grief…Now she was firmly rooted in depression. She gave the straw a twist, swirling it through the chocolate milk shake.
“I’m not sure what to say,” Piper admitted. “Felix just never struck me as the cheating type. You said he came home when?”
“It was after six. I called Patti just after four and I heard Jon in the background. Where the hell was Felix all that time?”
Piper shook her head in disbelief. “I don’t know, but if you want my advice, don’t jump to conclusions too fast. I know it looks bad, but there are always two sides to every story. Why not just ask him outright?”
Poppy stabbed her milkshake, taking out some of her aggression on the chocolaty drink as though it was the cause for all her problems. “If I asked and he lied to me again, it would break my heart. I’ve already been through that once with Jimmy and I hadn’t even given my whole heart away that time. With Felix, I don’t think I would survive it.”
Piper covered her hand with her own. “I feel for you, I really do. If I was in your position, and I thought Tate was up to no good, I would be devastated. But you had better believe that I would be in his face demanding answers. Let him know that you’re on to him. If he has something to hide, at the very least, you’ll make him think twice.”
“Yeah, maybe you’re right.” Poppy sipped her drink, considering Piper’s words. Felix had never given her reason to doubt him before. Lately, they had been arguing all the time though, and it left her feeling alone and confused. If he