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slumber. All of the effects from last night ’s festivities were still lingering within me. The orgasms Rafael had given me in and outside of the suite drained me of every ounce of strength I had. I didn’t want to get up. I just wanted to lay here in some kind of sexual bliss.
    But morning was calling. I couldn’t sleep in today. Not with the smell of breakfast wafting into my nostrils and my boyfriend undoubtedly waiting for me to join him. I wrapped myself in a bathrobe and made my way out into the living room. I saw the picture I was accustomed to seeing after a night with him.
    Rafael sat peacefully at the table, his chair turned toward the window. The door was open and let in the warm morning breeze. With the paper in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, Rafael was dressed in his bathrobe and en joying the morning calm. Most people—both men and women—would love to live this kind of life. To sit carefree in a penthouse suite and do nothing at all was an experience that few people would ever get to experience. It was another reminder of how lucky I was to be with him.
    Rafael smiled at me as I took a seat across the table from him then turned his attention to the newspaper in his hand. I helped myself to the excess of breakfast dishes he usually had ready for me. My plate wasn ’t large enough to fit everything I wanted to eat in it. I was hungry but the first thing I needed was a cup of tea to settle the lingering effects of the alcohol in my body.
    “ How are you doing?” he asked me, his eyes remaining on the paper in his hands.
    “ I’m fine. Just fine. I’m a little tired but it’s nothing I can’t handle.”
    “ Maybe you should get some more rest. The food will still be here.”
    “ No, I’m all right. I’m used to getting up earlier. A few hours later isn’t a big deal.”
    “ I’m disappointed.”
    “ Disappointed?”
    “ I thought that a night with me would leave you a little more… tired than your average night.”
    Rafael looked at me, his eyebrow raised and a smirk on his face. I shook my head and covered my smile with my hand, my mouth half-full with the food I was shoveling into it. I t was no secret that part of the reason I enjoyed being with him so much was how good he was in bed. He always left me satisfied. Being able to talk about it with him out in the open just made our relationship that much better. I felt like I could be completely honest with him about anything at all.
    “ I’m still recovering,” I said. “But I needed to get up anyway.”
    “ Oh? Do you have plans for this Sunday?”
    “ I do… My family is coming into town today. They wanted to see me.”
    “ I see.”
    Rafael ’s attention was still on the paper. Even though we had been dating for nearly six months, Danica was the only person I’d introduced him to. I met some of his acquaintances and colleagues but it was usually in a passing capacity. They were his limo drivers and his waiters. His tailors and his security guards. His concierge and his personal trainer. They were all just people doing their jobs. I was the only one who was close to him that wasn’t being paid. And even then, I still worked for his company.
    “ It’s been a long time since they’ve seen me,” I said. “They just wanted to stop by and make sure I was doing okay. They’re a little overprotective of me, so I kind of have to put up with it.”
    “ You don’t have to explain it to me. It just sounds like parents being parents.”
    “ I know. But I’m a college graduate now. I have a steady job. I’m out here on my own. I can take care of myself. I—”
    Rafael raised his head from the paper and looked at me. I stopped myself and realized I was doing everything he just told me not to do. I was looking for every reason not to spend time with my family.
    “ You’ll see when you meet them,” I said. “Maybe not today but one day. Now isn’t the right time. It’s just… I—”
    “ Whenever you’re ready,