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There was a soft beep on Paulette’s line, indicating that another call was waiting. “Hold on a minute.” Paulette pressed the flash button after scanning the LCD to identify the waiting caller.
“Hey, baby,” she purred after switching calls.
“Do you miss me?”

“Of course I do,” he answered. At the very least there were certainly parts of her that he did miss.

“I miss you, too,” she crooned back at him.
“And so does your wife.” A sly smile crept across her face as she dropped this bombshell.

“My wife?” Maximillian’s deep, sexy bedroom voice quickly scaled an octave higher.
Lauren’s on the other line,” Paulette announced offhandedly. She managed to keep the coyness from her voice, realizing he wouldn’t find the situation nearly as amusing as she did.

“What does she want?” And why did she call you?” Panic flashed a shade of red over his high-yellow complexion like high tide washing up at sunset.

“Let’s just say she called to tell me something I already know.”

“What’s that?”

“That you’re having an affair.”
She barely stifled a giggle. The irony of the situation was rich as whipped cream; her lover’s wife (and her cousin!) was calling in the middle of the night for sympathy, when his wet spot on her sheets had barely begun to dry...........

TO BE CONTINUED APRIL 17, 2007 AT A BOOK STORE NEAR YOU!

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