Ignoring her, Lee went on.“Your first day on a new job, trying to make a good impression, and there you are looking at the guy’s wedding pictures—and you put your foot right in your dirty little mouth, which your mother should have washed out with soap when you were a kid.”
Summer covered her face, still laughing, though it had been mortifying at the time, six years ago.She’d been replacing the newlywed, and he was showing her the ropes of the job.She couldn’t even remember his name now, only the story—and yes, she’d put her foot in her mouth.
Lee would never let her forget it.“There you were, going through all his pictures, being so polite,” she said in a singsong voice.Lee’s dark eyes crinkled with laughter.“And then you so innocently said,‘Boy, that guy looks familiar.’”
“Please stop, stop,” Summer begged, but they were both laughing too hard.
“And he turns to you and says, ‘Well, if you watch a lot of pornographic movies, he’s a big porn star.’”
Summer held her stomach.“Please, stop, you’re killing me.”
But Lee didn’t stop.“And then you realized that’s exactly where you knew the guy from—all those pornos you and your equally dirty husband used to watch.”
“Oh my God, it was mortifying.”Her cheeks were burning even now.
“Yeah, but it makes such a fabulous story.”
“How was I supposed to know some famous porn star was his cousin?It never even occurred to me.”
She and her husband had watched porn flicks back when the movies were more professionally made and had a bit of a story—well, a very loose story.She’d never liked internet porn, but those old movies had been fun.And truthfully, Everettneededto watch them.He had trouble getting an erection, even when they were young.But a porn movie did it for him every time.Summer had always told herself his lack of libido wasn’t her fault.But somehow she’d still felt like a sexual failure.And she hadn’t liked the way he focused on the movie and not on her, even as he initiated sex because the movie made him hard.The movie… not her.
At least they’d had sex.But God forbid the girls should ever learn they were conceived while their parents were watching dirty movies.
Still, she’d always found those movies titillating.They’d made her feel sexy.A few times she’d even watched when Everett was on a business trip and the girls were on a sleepover.Maybe that’s where her love of naughty storytelling had come from.
“You’re such a filthy woman,” Lee said with a laugh.
“But you love me anyway.”
“You bet.”Lee leaned in for a hug.“Okay, let’s talk about this Knox guy.What kind of name is that, anyway?”
Summer laughed.“Who knows?Probably some weird family name.”
Lee waggled her eyebrows.“Or maybe it’s a nickname, like he’s really rich.”
“Or maybe he’s built like Fort Knox.”
Lee gasped.“Don’t tell me you’ve been checking out his package.”
They both laughed.But Summer had looked, surreptitiously, of course.She couldn’t help herself because the man made an all-over extremely nice package.
“Anyway, the only thing I know about him is that he’s the VP of Equipment Engineering over at that company we’ve got the joint venture with—Silicon Valley Displays.”
“Is he married?”
Summer shrugged.“No ring, but I don’t know for sure.Some guys don’t wear rings.”
“Yeah,” Lee said with a snort.“Because they’re horndogs and don’t want to advertise that they’re taken.”
“I’ve heard a couple of tidbits about him being—” She air-quoted.“—a ladies’ man, to use old-fashioned terminology.”
“Like I said, horndog.”Lee sipped her coffee and leaned back.“Maybe you should test him out.”
Summer shuddered dramatically.“I don’t fool around with anyone at work.”
“But he doesn’t even work at your company.”
“He’s working close with our guys, and he’s in the facility all the time.It’s just too close for comfort.”
