’ ‘Nonsense,’ he said, looking around, his eyes sparkling as he panted, ‘no one’s watching.’ ‘Will!’ she squealed as he rolled on top...of her and slid her skirt up, still looking around mischievously. She shoved him off and stood, sprinting away from him. ‘Barkley, heel!’ she yelled to her dog standing by the gate. He came sprinting over to her and attached at her side. ‘Barkley, guard,’ she said, turning on her heel and stopping. Will almost collided with her but didn’t have enough time before. ”“And your wife knows you’re with me?”“They BOTH saw you from the porch swing when you picked me up,” I chuckled.“Sorry, yes, wives. And they know I kissed you?”“And that I kissed back, the second time.”“Good,” she said. “Blunt and direct?”“That’s always the best.”“Then after we have a nice horseback ride, you’re going to come with me to the hayloft and take my virginity.”“And the price?” I said, looking over to see her smirking.“A wise man! It’s never free, is it?”“No! And especially not in. And while her journey had had morethan its fair share of bumps, some of them huge, she took pride from thefact that she never looked back, never felt the urge to go back to being'Liam' and hiding herself away from the world. She had earned the rightto be the woman she wanted, she had earned her independence, she hadearned an attractive, caring boyfriend and she had definitely earned allof her friends- many of whom descended on her flat shortly after theclock ticked over to 7pm."Hey Ell!". He produced a pair of scissors and waved them in her face as she looked horrified. ‘Who will perform the first cut? Mr Mayor I believe would be appropriate, please step forward’. He took the scissors and cut across both shoulders of her expensive designer dress, the front fell away revealing her matching bra. Jemma fought back a tear as she could see everyone watching intently. Two more guests came up cutting away more of her dress. The next one stood behind her, she felt the cold of the steel.