After that fantastic breakfast, Charles kicked Theo and David out. We had agreed to meet them at 11:30 to go out to lunch on our way to the governor’s office. Once the door between our apartments was shut, Charles gave a playful growl and pounced on me, pulling me close.
“Let’s see how much of the list we can get through in the next hour and a half. That should give us just enough time to shower and get dressed before we leave for lunch.”
“Since when has s*x become a challenge?” I asked.
Charles laughed. “You were never a teenage boy. It’s always been a challenge.”
“I resent that,” I said.
He laughed and pulled me next to him, slowly unbuttoning the top two buttons of my dress. “It’s not as bad as it sounds,” he reassured me. “See, it starts as a challenge trying to get a girl to pa
