. ‘Her matter-of-fact statement hit him like a sledge hammer. Her job had only been part time. If she’d told him that yesterday it would’ve been...a surprise, but no big deal. Now they were both jobless. Darius was gonna have to find another gig really fast.“When were you planning on tellin me?”“At the right time” she said, looking up from her computer. She smiled innocently. “Why are you back so early?”Darius scratched his forehead before folding his arms defensively. “Well, baby. That’s the. Meanwhile, all kinds of thoughts were going on in my head and I was thinking how would I kiss her and touch her.Suddenly, the washroom door opens and there she was in the bathrobe and she gave me another bathrobe and asked me to go and change as well, I followed her orders, changed, wore a condom and made sure I was not smelling bad and was looking tidy.I came out, she was sitting on the bed and she handed over a bottle of edible oil and asked me to massage her, then she took her bathrobe off. She moans as I kiss her back and tease my tongue across her lips. She slips her hands into mine and intertwines our fingers. I moan and melt into our kiss. She slides her tongue in between my lips and moans. Our tongues wrestle in our mouths as we kiss passionately. I moan and she kisses me one last time and pulls away but keeps her hands in mine. I wait a few seconds to open my eyes and look at her. I swallow as I realize that was the most passionate kiss Ive ever experienced. Our eyes stare. "Mike slid a card off the deck and across the bed. I lifted the corner. A ten. He slid me another card. I peeked. Another ten. Life is good. Larry took one, then Mike didn't take any.Jimmy Prescott made a disgusted sound and tossed his cards in the middle. Phil Barnes laughed, then opened for a nickel.I looked confident as I picked up my cards and fanned them out. I took a quick look, then folded them together again. I smiled and picked up a quarter. I hesitated, dropped the quarter and tossed.