Free Secret Indiscretions by Trice Hickman

offering, and then made love so hard and heavy that his body felt exhausted, he’d gone to sleep almost immediately after reaching his climax. Just before he drifted off, he asked Vivana to set the alarm so he could wake up in two hours. Geneva was an early riser, but she wasn’t a night owl, and she usually had trouble staying up. He’d hoped he would get back home somewhere between her drifting off to sleep that night and waking up bright and early the next morning. But apparently Vivana had been wiped out, too, and she’d dozed off right along with him, forgetting to set the alarm.
    â€œI need to slow things down with ol’ girl,” Johnny said aloud as he sifted through the papers on his desk. He could tell that Vivana was becoming more attached than he liked. She’d even tried to withhold sex last night because she’d been upset that he hadn’t greeted her with a hug and a kiss when she let him into the hotel. But they’d been in public, and as he’d told her from the beginning, he couldn’t risk getting caught.
    Unlike the other women he’d slept with since he’d been married to Geneva, Vivana had a husband, which Johnny initially thought was going to be a plus in his favor because she had just as much to risk as he did. He reasoned that he wouldn’t have to worry about her demanding more from him than he was willing or able to give because she was in the same situation he was. But as he reminded himself from last night’s encounter with Geneva, things change. “Yeah, I’m gonna have to cut Vivana back,” he mumbled.
    Just as he was about to call in a pick-up order to China Express, his cell phone rang. It was Vivana. He didn’t want to talk to her right now. He knew he should probably let it roll into voice mail because if he was going to pull back on their contact, this was the perfect time to start. But as he watched her number light up his phone screen, he couldn’t deny the urge he had to feel her body next to his and hear her sexy voice moan in his ear. There was something about Vivana that drove him wild, and as annoyingly brazen and temperamental as she could be, he desired her. Against his better judgment he picked up the phone. “Hey you,” he said, trying to sound casual.
    â€œHey back. Are you all right?”
    â€œI’m tired, but good.”
    â€œWas she gone when you got home this morning?”
    He’d told her that he hoped Geneva would be on her way to work by the time he got home, otherwise things might get nasty judging from the night before. “No she was there.”
    â€œOh . . .”
    â€œShe was about to leave for work when I walked into the house. We didn’t speak to each other but I could tell she was pissed.”
    â€œIf you two didn’t talk, how do you know she was upset?”
    Johnny chuckled. “You know how y’all women do. She gave me the evil eye and a lot of nonverbal attitude.”
    â€œPlease don’t compare me to other women, Johnny.”
    â€œThat’s not what I was doing. I was just making a point. You know what I mean.”
    â€œUh-huh . . . so she was pissed?”
    â€œOf course she was. If you had an argument with your husband and he didn’t come home that night, wouldn’t you be pissed?”
    â€œNot at all.”
    â€œYes you would.”
    â€œNo, I wouldn’t. You know my situation.”
    â€œI guess.” When Johnny thought about what Vivana had just said, he realized that he didn’t fully know her situation. As a matter of fact, aside from knowing that her husband was a stick-in-the-mud accountant who didn’t excite her, she’d given him very few details about her life. But he figured that was a good thing because at this point he didn’t want to know anything beyond what she’d already told him, or vice versa.
    â€œYou don’t have to guess,” Vivana responded. “I