ALICE Ch 335

Glynda climbs out of the tub, about to scold Lotte, but Julieta’s voice stops her.

The little woman says something in French to Aki’s back. Aki continues to dry herself for a moment, then she straightens and turns to regard the brunette. Lotte watches with interest as the moment stretches. Sun’s already gone, and Glynda is left with the distinct impression that she and Lotte have ceased to exist.

Finally, Aki points to the tray. Still wet, her towel forgotten, Julieta eagerly picks it up.

Glynda doesn’t quite understand, but Lotte seems pleased.

Aki offers her hand, and Julieta’s look of triumph falters. There’s another of those pregnant moments, and then she gamely balances the tray on one hand and reaches out with the other.

Aki takes her hand and leads her away. Julieta looks half-excited, half-terrified as she desperately tries not to drop the tray or spill the sake. She has clearly never worked as waitress.

“What the bloody hell?” Glynda mutters as they leave the spa area together.

Lotte ties a towel around her waist; they reek of chlorine and sake. Glynda hurriedly wraps herself up as well.

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Cosette’s footsteps echo as she crosses the deserted hotel lobby. She stops by the elevators, savoring the quiet. It is immediately broken by hushed, yet excited voices.

Three men fall silent as they emerge from a hallway and spot her. It’s the team leads for Williams: the TV presenters. They all wear massive smiles, and the awkwardness is painful. They nod politely and go to a different elevator, where the short one presses the button, and they wait in silence.

Cosette can’t help but wonder what they’re looking so pleased about.

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Glynda can spend all night fighting it, or she can give in and have a hope of getting at least a little sleep. Her wet bathing suit lies on the bathroom floor. In the shower, she does not hesitate to touch herself. It’s not that hearing a provocative story is enough to make her need release, or playing stupid games with younger women, or that horrible moment in the hallway just now when her body was so starved for touch that she seriously considered opening her mouth and saying something very ill-advised as Lotte walked away.

It's all of it. She finishes rinsing off the chlorine and gives herself the most cursory toweling before sitting on the bed and lying back. Two fingers work between her legs while she squeezes one breast and pinches the nipple almost savagely. Biting her lip, she lifts her hips and rubs faster, digging her fingers into her soft flesh.

She remembers Aki leading Julieta away. What other way is there to read that? She doesn’t even know what to picture, but she can see them kissing in her mind. She sees Erica Bruhl’s hard cock and feels Julieta’s tongue on her skin.

Glynda hisses and her body jerks. She sinks limp onto the bed, still rubbing down there softly with her palm for a moment before fully melting. She lets out a long sigh that threatens to turn into a moan, then holds up her shiny fingers. Utterly ridiculous.