Chapter 29


    Harrison finally puts an end to this intense and erotic kiss. Just when I think it''s over, his tongue


    licks the tip of my ear and blows into it. My body instantly goes soft and I lean back in my chair.


    He hasn''t even left his seat, but has totally turned me on.


    No one pays attention to us with all the carsing and going.


    "You like this?" He nibbles on my earlobe and whispers softly.


    I am instantly conscious and my body stiffens.


    I haven''t been intimate with a man since the divorce. His sudden flirtation made me lose myself for


    a moment.


    Suppressing the desire in my heart, I ask, "Can we go now?"


    "You don''t like it?"


    His obsession with my answer turns me off. I speak with a poker face, "I haven''t had sex in two


    years. What do you think?"


    "If you''re just testing me, I can tell you I''m a woman of sexual desire."


    Being yed with really pisses me off, but I can do nothing to him. He''s not an ordinary man and


    he''s kind of my lifesaver.


    "Get out of your head." Harrison can''t help butugh. "I just couldn''t help myself. I''m a man of


    sexual desire."


    To hell with him! He''s just toying with me.


    The difference between humans and animals is that humans can control their own desires. He didn''t


    have to make excuses because I''d taken my clothes off for him before.


    That humiliating night will be a thorn in my heart forever.


    The car stops at the gate of mymunity. He looks at me and say, "Have a good rest."


    "That''s it?" I look to the front and ask hesitantly.


    The next I hear himughing. "If you want, I can take you to my ce and get back to what we were


    just doing."


    "Good night!" With that, I quickly jump out of the car.


    I walked for a while without hearing the sound of the car driving away. Just when I''m confused, I see


    a light shining on my way. I stop for a second, but I don''t turn around.


    When I get to my apartment, the light goes out. I stand still and look at the streetlights in the


    neighborhood, which are already yellowing because of aging.


    With mixed feelings, I touch my lips. They still seem to hold his breath and temperature.


    I got very bad sleep this night. I dreamed all night long, repeating the scene in the car. That''s why I


    get up in the morning with dark circles under my eyes.


    It''s not easy to find a job, and I''m not in the mood to go to work while my mother''s in the hospital. In


    the end, I decide to go to the hospital.


    When I arrive at the hospital, the nurse just scrubbed my mom. I ask her, "How is my mom?"


    "Great. It won''t take long for her to wake up."


    The nurse looks at me up and down, which makes me feel ufortable. "Thank you. I''ll go to the


    doctor."


    Just as I''m about to leave, she takes my hand and asks with a mysterious smile, "That was your


    boyfriendst night, right? He''s terrific."


    I knew she would ask that. Women love to gossip.


    "No, he''s just a friend," I correct her.


    But it''s useless. She just keepsplimenting my so-called boyfriend.


    She doesn''t know about my divorce. If she does, she might, like everyone else, think I''m not good


    enough for him.


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    She talked for a few minutes but I didn''t respond. Then, she goes back to work.


    I walk to my mother. I find itforting that she seems to have put on a little weight. I believe she''ll


    wake up soon.


    It''s already noon when I leave the hospital. I think for a while and decide to go get a job. There''s no


    limit on the ck card Harrison gave me, but spending his money just makes me uneasy.


    My job search doesn''t go well. One recruiter, after learning that I was divorced and had no children,


    said I could get the job if I signed an agreement not to have children for five years.


    I got angry when I heard this. Am I supposed to stay childless for a job? Although I''m single now,


    who knows for sure what will happen in the next five years?


    I refused his offer angrily and swore I''d never work for thispany.


    But thispany isn''t the worst. With that lesson in mind, when I interviewed for anotherpany,


    I told them my kids were being raised by my ex-husband.


    As a result, the recruiter''s smiling face suddenly turned cold. "Sorry, the high-intensity work of our


    company is not for you."


    With a confused look on my face, I asked, "Why?"


    "You don''t have to raise your kids, but what if they get sick and your ex-husband''s not here? We


    don''t need an employee who''s gonna be out of work any minute."


    After that, I sit on a chair on the sidewalk, looking at everyone who passes me, imagining their


    stories and reflecting on myself.


    Sienna once said the job market was hostile to married women with children. She told me not to quit


    when I got married, but all I could think about was love at that time.


    And now it''s my retribution. Allpanies want young, unmarried woman.


    Without any offer, I go back home. My mind''s in a mess, and my future seems to be hopeless.


    I can''t rely on Harrison forever, can I?


    I''m walking home when I suddenly hear someone calling me from behind. As I turn around, I get a


    p in the face.


    I cover my face with my hands, without knowing what is going on. Then, I look up and see Maisy,


    who''s like a shrew.


    "You b*tch, why can''t you just go to hell? I warned you to stay out of Callen''s face!" Yells Maisy.


    This time is just after work and school, so themunity is very crowded. Everyone gathers at the


    sound of her voice.


    I hated being watched, which makes me feel like a circus monkey. "You want to be seen as a joke


    here?"


    "They''ll only think you''re a joke because you seduced my husband!"