Chapter 96

VAL

Before I can start undressing him, the phone rings, interrupting us.

"Dame..." He ignores it. "Cross?"

"Afterward," he whispers. I try to push him away.

"No." He rolls his eyes, moving away to answer the phone. I step down from his desk.

*"What? My sister? Okay."*

"What's wrong?"

"My sister is here. She's coming up."

"She came to visit you?"

"I think so. What else would it be?"

"How old is she