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They soon arrived at his place. Cassie was still able to appreciate the charm of the weatherworn row house. It was dwarfed between much taller, more substantial brownstones. Oddly enough though, her vivid daydream of her time with him at the club was still so fertile she could smell “club” in the air of his place. So she tried to calm her imagination.
She was so caught up in checking out his place that she missed him discreetly shuffle a few papers on a nearby table, covering what seemed to be an unusual map. Had she had been more sober or alert, she’d have noticed that the map had his apartment right smack dab in the center of it, not to mention the other markings that it contained.
“Can I get you something to eat, Cassie?”
Her stomach growled, answering for her! She needed more than a couple of veggie pizza slices. She’d not eaten anything else all day.
“Yes, please, Paulo.”
He froze, a perplexed expression on his gorgeous face.
“What?” She paused, too, not certain why he was on alert. In fact, he looked alarmed.
What the hell did I just say? She didn’t recall. Just “yes.” And “please.” With a questioning expression on her own face, she watched him take a slow deep breath before he said anything further.
“You called me Paulo. My name’s not Paulo – or not what I use. It’s Saul. But the nearest to me… a very long time ago, they called me by the Roman name Paul.”
“What? I thought…” You were so busy being in heat and rubbing up against him you didn’t really get his name! Paulo – that was your dream guy’s name, idiot!
Saul was still staring at her. “Odd. Paulo with an ‘o’ is another variation for Paul, Beautiful. In present time, today, Paulo is Italian. I must look Italian to you. Or Portuguese. I’ve heard it before. To some, I look Greek. Or biracial, sometimes black and white, sometimes other combinations. But, no one has ever called me—”
“I-I won’t again.”
He gazed at her a long while, so long she became uncomfortable. “It’s okay,” he said eventually, with a gentle smile on his face. “You can call me that. Or Paulo. Or Hank. Or Joe. I’ll answer to anything you want to call me. I’ll always answer to you, Cassie.”
She felt her cunt wet itself at the sound of his warm voice saying that, to her. At the moment, she felt very close to him. It was almost intimate, but not exactly that. It felt more than that; like they had been together as lovers for a very long time, able to communicate just by the look of the eyes, by the smiles on their faces, and by the beating of their hearts. A time before now… a long time ago.
But that’s… absurd.
She blushed and turned away, finding food upon the table for her and gratefully giving herself to it before she further embarrassed herself.
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About the Author
Lily Green is 41, divorced, and lives in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. She has two sons - Michael, 22 and Todd, 18.
Lily has a dark past - she was adopted as a child by a well-meaning, homey schoolteacher and her husband, a bartender. Her adopted father abused her as a child, and in her late teens, she decided she had had enough and reported the incident both to her mom, and the local police. Her mother, instead of coming to her aid, decided to evict her. Lily, therefore, had to move into the city and fend for herself, working odd jobs to put herself through college. She married Howard, a fellow student, and father to both her sons. They parted ways when Todd was 3.
Michael is in medical school - an intern - with a pre med degree in Psychiatry. Michael resides in L.A. Todd is a student at San Francisco University, taking up Dance as his major. Both Michael and Todd are single.
Her former husband is Howard, head of an architecture firm. Though he and Lily are estranged, he helps put the kids through college.
Lily herself was a dance choreographer - and now teaches Development of Dance Techniques and Dance Theory -- part time.
She is known to date men several years her junior, as she finds most men her age or older to be "too serious" and "boring." She has a healthy appetite for sex, but finds getting into a serious relationship for long periods "a waste of time." She feels she has yet to find a man her equal both intellectually and physically. She does not believe in "love" - she defines relationships as a meeting of minds and a consensual approval of helping the other grow.
Lily is into organic food and is a health and exercise buff (though mostly incidental--the exercising helps "clear her mind"). She is into "centering" and yoga. She has yet to give up smoking, though. She loves to shop but within reason. Anything excessive and lavish has to be justified, she feels.
Lily is deeply into social work (she is a member of the local LGBT group as a generous donor for free HIV testing drives, among other advocacies.). She is also an advocate for animal adoption. She describes herself as "a city girl with a small-town heart."
About the Book
Dance Of Desire
By Lily Green
Published by Publications Circulations LLC
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