‘Okay.’
‘So, was there anything else you wanted to try?’
‘Well, I read loads of sex tips, but most of them sounded a bit tricky – like that one. And a lot of them were just weird – like hiding in the bathroom, jumping out at you when you come out of the shower and swatting your legs with a hairbrush.’
‘Jesus, are these sex tips from the Spanish Inquisition?’
‘I think they could be, actually. There was one about dripping hot candle wax on you.’
‘Let’s not do that.’
‘Or putting a doughnut on your willy and eating it off.’
‘Gives a whole new meaning to “put a ring on it”,’ Luca said, and Claire laughed.
‘And rubbing food on you, then licking it off – that one cropped up again and again, just with different food.’
‘A classic. We could try that, if you like.’
Claire nodded eagerly. She didn’t want all her hours of study to go to waste. ‘They usually suggest whipped cream or chocolate sauce.’
‘I don’t have any chocolate sauce or whipped cream,’ Luca said apologetically.
‘How about ice-cream, then? It’s good because the cold stimulates the senses too.’
‘Sorry, I don’t have any ice-cream either.’
‘Well, what do you have?’
Luca thought. ‘How about cornflakes?’
‘But I couldn’t pour milk on you. It wouldn’t stick.’
‘No, you’d have to eat them dry.’
Claire thought about shaking cornflakes onto his nakedbody and eating them off it. ‘Cornflakes aren’t very sexy, are they?’ she said.
‘No. Frosties, now – that’s a sexy cereal.’
‘It needs to be something you can lick. Foods that melt at body temperature are sexy – like chocolate or ice-cream.’
‘How about butter? That melts at body temperature.’
‘Eew, no. I couldn’t eat butter on its own. I’d be sick.’
‘Maybe you could make yourself a few sandwiches. Have a buffet off me.’
Claire laughed. ‘Okay, let’s forget the whole eating-food-off-you scenario.’
‘Oh! I might have some Nutella.’
‘I hate Nutella.’
‘You could go out to the shops and get something,’ Luca suggested.
‘Nah. The moment has passed.’
‘Well, if you want to try it some other time, let me know and I’ll have something in.’
