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“This is interesting,” he said, pulling out her new lingerie with a price tag that would feed them both for a couple of days. “I thought you weren’t in the mood for anything sexy?”
“I just thought I’d see if they’d help me feel amorous,” she replied smoothly, silently congratulating herself on her quick thinking.
“Yeah?” He raised an eyebrow and held it out to her. “So why not go try it on? See if it helps.”
She took the black leather body suit automatically, wracking her brain for any kind of excuse.
“The PVC is an interesting choice,” Marcus said, his tone almost challenging. “I thought you were more of a lace and florals type of girl.”
She was. But Alex wasn’t.
“I am,” she admitted in a small voice. “I just wanted to see if something new might spice things up for us.”
She offered him a tentative smile, clinging to the bodysuit as though it offered any kind of protection from the look in Marcus’ eye.
Leaning against the back of the sofa, he crossed his arms over his chest and spread a slow smirk.
“Is that so?” He asked, his tongue flicking over his lips. She nodded, perhaps a touch too enthusiastically. “Well, now I really want to see how you look. Why don’t you go pop it on?”
“What about dinner?”
“Don’t worry about dinner. We can eat later.”
“O-okay, well. Yeah, okay.” She cleared her throat and gathered her bags, walking past him towards the bedroom.
Showing him the lingerie wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, would it? It didn’t mean she had to sleep with him.
Funny, the thought of sleeping with Marcus made her feel as though she were cheating on Alex. The man who had made it clear he was only using Sophie for sex.
Stripping her clothes, she changed into lingerie, watching herself in the mirror. The leotard fit her like a dream, riding high on her hips and hugging her where it counted.
The lace-up front pushed her breasts together, creating cleavage where there usually weren’t any. Honestly, this thing made her tits look incredible and made her more inclined to wear PVC in the future.
The halter neck framed her figure beautifully and gave her a bit of edge to an otherwise very feminine fashion sense.
Alex would go crazy seeing her in this. She just knew it.
It was almost laughable how much he wanted to deny their connection. At the very least, he found her incredibly attractive, almost salivating whenever he got her naked.
And yes, there were aspects of her personality he found trying, but Sophie was nothing if not a fast learner. Just being around him was teaching her how to act and present herself. She was more mature now. More poised.
Like Erica.
She frowned at her reflection, ignoring that particular thought.
She was nothing like Erica, nor did she want to be. Alex couldn’t be completely happy with her, otherwise he wouldn’t be sleeping with Sophie. There was still a chance to win him over, she was sure of it.
Alex would be hers, and she would be the one with expensive clothes and a beautiful home. The thought was enough to make her giddy.
“Sophie? You need help in there?”
“No,” she called to Marcus, checking herself out one more time. “No, I’m fine. I’m coming.”
She left the room, finding Marcus exactly where she left him. He cast his gaze over her, his face void of emotion.
Curious.
He was normally so vocal about his attraction to her.
