I’m talking about my taking a lover.”I’m sure I gave a great impression of a gold fish with my mouth flapping open and closed and nothing coming...out, but I finally found my voice, and it was LOUD!“Are you out of your fucking mind? What in the world gave you the idea that I would stand by while you took a lover?”Now that the ice was broken, Lucy warmed to the task at hand.“Well, actually not A lover, that might lead to an awkward emotional attachment. More like a series of lovers.”“Oh, that. You’re already super hot. But there is no reason why you need to be starving yourself.”“You're only saying that because I told you when I gain weight it all goes to my butt and my boobs.”“That’s not how it works.”“It does for me! And I don’t want everyone at my work judging me and treating me like I’m a bimbo. If I finish this sandwich, I’ll finish my next sandwich. And then I will start to look like Angela. If that’s what you want, why don’t you go date her instead?”“What’s in it for me is. She walked back past the counter between the service area and a nearly full room of electricians and construction workers, who were chowing down quickly so they could get back on the clock, and muttered at the smoker in passing, ‘You want’a put that smoke out, Sugar? Missed seeing the sign over there? No smoking in here anymore.’ The smoker snorted and flicked the cigarette down onto his coffee cup saucer. Laurie had a sense of a white-teeth flashing smile and an aura of sensuality as she. "I've just got to come out and say it, don't I?" she said. "Helen, Robert isn't on a business trip. The company doesn't have a supplier in Bangkok at all. He flew off with that skanky little secretary of his."Helen froze. She stared at Sylvia as if she was speaking a foreign language."I hate to be the one to tell you," Sylvia continued. "But I just couldn't stand to have Jim and the rest of Robert's buddies laughing at you behind your back. I overheard Jim talking to somebody about it on the.