But the sting only lingered a moment, because there in the photo, poised right beside her scandalous painting, stood none other than Evelyn X, just as...sullen and sultry as ever—but still more unsettling were the two blurred figures hovering behind her. One I recognized as the creepy man I’d bumped into by accident. But the other... My breath bated, I narrowed my eyes.Yes, I thought. It was him. It had to be. Half-masked by a jagged shadow, and glaring dead-on into the lens. Dmitri.I must’ve. Me: Hello, hottie.After a few minutes, I got a reply from her.Anjali: Hello, Raj. Hottie? On your first message. Lol.Me: Well, you do look hot, especially in the saree pics. So why not give a compliment.We started having chats and getting to know our personal details. Turns out she lives just a block away from mine. That excited me even more. After a few days of chatting, we got comfortable with each other and started sharing more personal stuff. I told her that .Anjali: What? You wasted half. "And who wouldn't?" he asked. "Although it's nice to know I can still draw a woman's eye." "Well, you drew mine, back then," I admitted, "and you've still got it. In fact," I added, puzzled by the thought, "I'm completely turned on right now, watching you two." What the hell made THAT come out, I wondered. The answer came from between my legs and I squirmed in the chair to squelch the river flowing from me. I wondered if the animal reaction was human or Were, and didn't much care which. "Oh,. “Glad I could help,” I replied in my best man-of- the-world voice. “This party I went to was a real bummer. No interesting men. If I’d known that a nice-looking guy like you was just a few feet away, in the apartment just below me, I would have stayed home.” I felt myself blushing again. Cassandra put a lid on the wok and very suddenly stepped over to me at the dining table. I pivoted my chair to face her, and before I could react she had plopped.