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I let my eyes slipped closed in pleasure while I stroked ainst ers I heard her pants and inedasm crashed overood it would feel to release myself inside of Penny

Afterward, I stared up at the ceiling with a pounding heart while half-listening to Neil converse with his wife downstairs I needed to do so, now that I had crossed the line I needed to talk to Penny to ht I could still picture the wide-eyed and horrified expression on Penny’s face when I had backed out of that booth quickly to call Neil for a place to crash for the night

I took a cold shower in the guest bathroom across the hallway Toys from the kids were scattered around the bathroo dressed in the saht I texted my driver to let Alyssa know that I needed a fresh pair of clothes so that he could meet me at work before the rest ofaround the office, and showing up in the saover was one way to spur the rumors on

“You look like hell,” Neil coed to le toy “What the hell happened to you last night?”

“I don’t even want to talk about it,” I said with a grimace “Is there any coffee?”

“Coht up”

I followed Neil through the chaos of the living rooathered in front of the television They greeted me with cheerful smiles as I walked by them with a strained looked Michelle looked up froe skillet over the stove

“Good , Gabriel?”

The smell of bacon made my stomach tith nausea I forced myself to sit down at the kitchen island to be polite I nodded gratefully at Neil as he poured me a cup of hot black coffee that smelled heavenly

“I feel liketo burst open,” I said “Do you have any Tylenol?”

“Of course I’ll grab some from the bathroom for you”

Michelle squeezedwhen she walked by me to the bathroom I sipped at my coffee while I waited for my driver to text me back

“So, are you going to tell ht?” Neil asked “I et drunk once before, but not like this I had to carry your ass up the stairs and put you to bed”

I gri another bar on the way over to Neil’s house to have a couple of shots in an atte after that was a dark blur of Neil draggingout of his mouth

“Thanks ht but I’d like to just forget the entire evening”