Free Aphrodite's Reject: You Can't Lay Off Love by Mairsile Leabhair Page B

yours truly is going to make that happen for her.
    Okay, so get ready, it’s about to get sexual up in here, because the love guardian, that’s me, in case you had forgotten already, has a plan. You see, Teo is about to put a help wanted sign in the window, and I’ve arranged it so Sally walks by, just as she does. Wait, what? Oh no, she didn’t see it. Well dang. Okay,  plan B. Hmm, plan B, plan B, what is my plan B? Of course! Sally doesn’t realize that Teo is looking for someone with her special skills…, in every aspect of the word, heh‒heh.
    So I put a little bug in Teo’s ear, and she walked over to the window, and wrote on the placard, apply inside . Then I cajoled Aeolus, God of bad breath.. oops, did I just say that out loud? I meant the supreme ruler of the winds, to blow Sally back my way. Now I didn’t mean it literally, but the big guy coughed up such a blast of air so strong, that Sally staggered back, and grabbed a hold of the restaurant door to keep from falling down. This time, she saw the help wanted sign in the window, and walked inside. Okay, let’s watch my brilliant plan B, do its magic.
     
    “Can I speak to someone about the sign in the window, please?” Sally inhaled the sensual smell of lasagna and bread, baking in the brick ovens, that were to the side of the dining area. Having just been told she was laid off, she wandered the streets aimlessly, and she didn’t realize it was pass time for supper, and that she had missed lunch.
     
    Another words, she was suddenly weak from hunger, the poor thing. I don’t think she realized how hungry she was, until she smelled the bread baking. While Sally waited to see Teo, she sat at a table, where a waitress brought her a loaf of bread. Though she assured the waitress she wasn’t here to eat, she proceeded to fill up on that delicious bread, fresh from the oven. Dipping it in olive oil, mixed with spices, she practically made love to it, it was that good. I’m drooling now, just watching her bite into the crackling crust, dripping in oil. Inside, savoring its warm textured softness, that eventually melts away in her mouth, leaving only the after taste of love behind. Bite after delicious bite. I would die happy, making love to bread like that.
    Oh my. I was so distracted with the bread, that I, I mean, that Sally didn’t see Teo standing to the side, watching her. I must say, it was instantaneous love on Teo’s part. She had never seen such unadulterated beauty, in all her life. And to watch that heavenly vision, making love to bread she had just baked, flamed the fires of Teo’s own brick oven, whose ambers had been cold for to many years now. Am I good, or what?
     
    “They said you were asking about the job?” Teo sat down beside Sally, and waved for the waitress to bring more bread. She took off her chef’s hat and set it to the side, smoothing her hair as she did.
    Sally’s eyes lit up again, just as they had when she took her first bite of bread. She shyly wiped her face with her napkin, hoping that the ravishing woman with the inviting smile, didn’t think she was a pig, for eating all that bread by herself. She smiled sheepishly, “Not really. I guess I just needed an excuse to dine out tonight.”
    Teo’s smile dropped, and disappointment took its place. “So you’re not looking for work?”
    The waitress brought fresh bread to the table, and looked from her boss, to Sally, as she mixed the spices in a plate and pour the oil over it. Sally could barely contain herself, waiting for the waitress to be done. As soon as she left, Sally dipped a big chunk of bread into the oil, and then remembered that Teo was waiting for an answer.
    “Here, join me, won’t you?”
    Teo accepted the offer with a gracious smile, and tore off a chunk of bread. She dipped it in the oil, and tilted her head back slightly, partially sticking her tongue out to catch the drip. Then she sucked the remainder of the oil, from the bread, her eyes never