Free Pleasure Train by Christelle Mirin Page B

twisting the cleaning cloth in both hands to occupy them and mask the fact that they were shaking. “I don’t have the slightest idea why you would need to see me. I thought we cleared up everything between us before I left.”
    “It’s been six months. I wanted to see if you’re finished with trying to find yourself or whatever it was you left me for.” He propped his head on his hand, looking at her smugly.
    “Trying to find myself?” She crossed her arms beneath her breasts and fought to control the urge to laugh. “Kenny, did you not understand why I was leaving? Did I not make myself clear?”
    “Willow, I love you,” he said, dropping his hands to the counter and leaning forward. “I’ve never stopped loving you, but you need to grow up. Now, I’m willing to forgive and forget the past six months, including the little tirade you spewed out when you left, but you need to give me a decision right now. Are you coming home with me or not?”
    Sue reappeared and silently slid a dessert plate with a piece of apple pie on it and a steaming cup of black coffee in front of Kenny and backed away, mumbling, “Bet I don’t get a tip from this one.”
    Willow pressed her lips together, trying to get her indignation under control. She really didn’t want to blow up at Kenny. He wasn’t worth the energy. Besides, there were other customers in the café, and she didn’t want them seeing her losing her temper. She took a deep breath and blew it out and, with it, part of her anger.
    “Kenny, let’s get this straight once and for all,” she said, controlling the timbre of her voice. “You and I are no longer a couple. I told you when I left that I wanted something more than what we had. I wasn’t running off to try and find myself. I will admit I may have had something more exciting in mind when I landed here in Forever, but after much thinking about the whole thing, I’ve decided I’m going to stay.”
    Kenny barked out a laugh. “How in the world could this place be exciting enough for you? This small town with its boring population.” He leaned forward again. “This can’t be enough for you. You could never love this place. Now stop being childish and come home with me. We’ll get married and start living an adult life, not a life where you’re constantly searching for the next best thing to stimulate your mind. A comfortable life.”
    Comfortable life? Is he serious? Willow sighed. “You haven’t changed a bit. You have no idea what it means to actually live your life.”
    The bell above the door jingled, signaling more customers had arrived. Willow needed to get this conversation finished so she could do her job and get out of here.
    “I don’t want a comfortable life,” she continued. “I want a thrilling, fully lived life. You can’t give me that. And for your information, I’ve found that life right here in Forever.”
    “You can’t be serious.”
    Willow looked past Kenny to the booth behind him. Mikey waved at her, Josh and Jack grinning from the other side of the table. A sense of excitement filled her. Those three men were the reason she was staying. She loved them, and it was time she admitted it. To herself and to them. But first, she had to put an end to the Kenny situation.
    “I’m dead serious, Kenny. I’ve found more love here in Forever than you would ever be able to give.” She leaned over the counter, putting herself within an inch of his face. “And I’ve got three men who want nothing more than to please me, three men who love me—”
    “What do you mean ‘three’? Have you finally got the ménage you’ve always wanted? You always were into kinky sex. Is that what sold you on this place?” Kenny asked, his eyes narrowed.
    “It’s not the ménage that’s keeping me here.” She straightened and glanced at Josh, Jack, and Mikey before training her gaze back on Kenny. “Though the three men over there practice sensual mastery,” she said, pointing at the booth