Page 66 of Sweet Days


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piercing, sure, the whole world knows about it and

all he does is keep biting it between his teeth as

sort of a mating call to women, in this case. He

also has something like a nail in his right earlobe

and if you see it up close, it really leaves an

impression. And yet he has his charm.

Sexy and damned.

Old story.

He seems just like one of those bad boys off the

pages of a Harlequin romance, one of those

bastards through and through that drives the poor

stupid woman of the hour crazy before changing

his ways and swearing eternal love and giving her

an engagement ring and marriage proposal no less.

I rest just a second too long on that very unusual

image for me, and yet, it’s magnetic and sensual,

the kind where you can’t sleep at night, and I have

to confess, I haven’t been sleeping very well the

last few nights.

Hormones. That’s it.

I’m usually attracted to different kinds of guys.

Those who dress in a sophisticated way, who are

polite and cultured. The kind that don’t sayfuckor

shitas every other word. Guys like Nate for

example. But Patrick is …wow. You surely could

lose a bit of sleep over him.

As I allow myself to drift away in my thoughts

which are anything but innocent, he looks at me

for a second and catches me staring right at him

with that expression of someone who is about to