“Maybe date him.” George agrees. “Get painted by him, we’ll see.”

George smiled back, “So should we go shopping for a small pearl necklace?”

Abbey laughed, “First, I have to wash the one you just gave me off.”

He smiled, “Hey, you know how much this has all turned me on. You can’t say you weren’t expecting it.”

“Let’s go have a shower,” Abbey suggested. They left their coffees to grow cold as Abbey pulled George in the direction of the shower. “So you said you would buy me a big extravagant pearl necklace if I got painted by the neighbour while pregnant with his child?”

George laughed, “Yes, cause it would be an awesome birthday present.”

“So awesome that you would feel obligated to buy me extravagant jewels even though what I was doing was for your birthday?” she paused for a moment, “What are you expecting me to do for you to buy me a simple pearl necklace?”

George turned the water on and turned to face his wife, “How about I just buy you an extravagant pearl necklace, and you will find a way to pay me back?”

“By getting knocked up and painted by our neighbour?” she asked as she pushed him back into the stream of still cold water.

He jumped and yelped, “I’m sure you can find some other way to pay me back. The painting is just one option.”

“And your preferred option?” she asked him.

He pulled her into the stream of water, “You can’t say you aren’t interested,” he said.

She shook her head, “You know it’s a fantasy of mine, but it’s pretty **** to do it.”

“So you are saying it would be a gift to you as well, so you would need to give me something more for my birthday?” he joked back.

She gave him a playful slap on the chest, “I would still like an extravagant pearl necklace.”

He nodded, “So you come out and meet me at lunch, and we go shopping. Everything else, we see from there. You know I haven’t gotten my promotion bonus yet, so that could be our budget.”

“Your promotion bonus is like ten grand. We can’t spend that much?” she protested.

“Well, that’s less than what we would be spending on my birthday present over the next eighteen years,” he said.

Abbey shuddered, “You really want this, don’t you?”

“I can think of nothing hotter, so, shopping today?” he asked.