Had he not been on his patio when her garage door had started to open, he probably wouldn’t have heard her leaving.She felt that their pending conve...sation would require more than the few minutes that she could have dedicated to it either this morning when she had to get to work, or last night when she was dead tired from her protracted bus trip home. She would explain that to JR in a text as soon as she got to her office. In fact, she would text him from the parking lot before she went into. Firstly, he did all the handyman work around Rory and Daryl’s estate. But it was his secondary function that was far more intriguing. Reed was a hunky six-foot-three stud, with a cock that apparently had to be seen to be believed.With many of their friends enjoying open relationships, during one of these get-togethers Reed would often be ‘requisitioned’ to perform additional ‘handiwork’ later in the evening, once desserts had been served. He was always on the clock at these parties and all. "If you think you're going to leave the house, call me."Celeste nodded, went up on tiptoes, and kissed him. When Max kissed her back, she wrapped herself around him like a vine and had to be ordered to let him go before she would release."And don't pout," Max said. The smile that split her face was so abrupt and unnatural that he ordered her to forget his previous order. But, it still stuck in his mind's eye for most of the drive over.He walked around the mall several times, looking for people. In the event, I was left more than well off }-- the house was free and clear, and I had the life-insurance pay off as well.How odd it was. As a child, with my parents struggling, and largely failing, I had thought that the only important thing was money. Suddenly I was worth well over a million dollars, and it didn't mean a fucking thing.I guess I'm a sick bastard, but to keep hold of some vestige of my married life I went through the dirty laundry and got as many pairs of Belinda's underwear.