Penthouse Proportions (A Harem Fantasy) by Albright Jenna

Author:Albright, Jenna [Albright, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

3

The Wrong Woman

T o his unending anguish, Aubrey kept Zoe busy helping with dinner once she returned downstairs. The tasty meal sitting in front of Matthew a little over an hour later tasted like ash on his tongue, even as he put on airs for the chef’s benefit. He was sure it was tasty. He just couldn’t tell. He wasn’t sure any part of him worked right currently. Not while this roiling ache rumbled through his body like an excavator drill burrowing underground.

No solution for his anguish arrived. After dinner, Aubrey joined them on the couch for bonding amid a movie marathon that lasted another four hours. Hell. It must be. For his lecherous thoughts throughout the day, he must have gotten consigned to the wretched end. Only… when had he died?

Soon, he realized, if he couldn’t get any relief. He’d almost decided to rush off to a bathroom and finish this problem himself, only for his phone to buzz in his pocket. Glancing at it so that Aubrey, who’d placed herself between them, wouldn’t spot its contents, he found Zoe’s name – as she’d grabbed her phone again after dinner - popping up with a message that promised she’d finish what she’d started later. Grimacing, he decided he’d hold out.

“Those were good,” Aubrey said, stretching her arms over her head as the second movie ended. Glancing at the time on her phone, her eyes widened. “It’s past eleven already.”

A wave of relief crashed over Matthew. Aubrey had never been one for lingering once the sun plopped itself beyond the horizon. With any luck, she’d march upstairs in a hurry and leave her daughter downstairs with him.

“Tired, Mom?” Zoe asked, and he could hear the same hope within her voice.

“We should all get to bed, actually,” she said. “I want us to go out together tomorrow morning. We can do some shopping, get lunch, be a family.”

“We can totally do all that,” Zoe said chipperly. “Though, I’m not really all that tired yet.”

“Me neither.” It was an echo a touch too fast, Matthew realized.

Aubrey’s discerning gaze slid between the two of them, then stopped upon him. “You got up early today so you could make the long drive home. You need your sleep.”

“I think I could go a movie longer,” he said.

“Save it for tomorrow. I don’t want any of us to be tired tomorrow morning.”

Matthew could see a brick wall when it confronted him. For whatever reason might lay behind it, Aubrey had decided sleep was on the agenda for all of them. Trepidation skittered through his stomach, and he wondered if she might be suspicious of them. Still, it was a dull thud compared to the roaring lust he’d yet to find an outlet for.

“You’re probably right,” Zoe said. With her mother busy looking at him, she was free to tilt her head toward the staircase and nod. The meaning was clear. “We should all head to bed.”

Matthew pulled in a tight breath. He didn’t know how much longer he could stand to remain like this.

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